Friday, September 24, 2010

New season with plenty of new faces

A very active, but very strange offseason has fans curious to see what this team can do. No more AGON, no more May, no more Wilson, c ya Liriano. All of these guys were dealt in trades this offseaon, which had the fans wondering if this would be a rebuilding year or if kirby had something up his sleeve.

This offseason Free agency was a busy one for kirby and the Dodgers. Let's look at the list of all of the FA's they brought in.

Free Agency list
Cameron Maybin (back after deadline pickup with chicago)
Jay Bruce (acquisition allows Bowker to move to first if Mattingly wants to go that route)
Nate Schierholtz (back in the NL West with former teamate Bowker)
Manny Corpas (Stays in NL West leaving Colorado
Matt Wieters (adds good catching depth after losing May)
James Loney (Welcome back Loney)
Hiroshi Ren (2B signed in the IFA period)

Trades coming in
Julio Borbon (shares time with Maybin in CF)
Adam Mertens (acquired in Lucas May trade)
Zach Greinke (acquired in spec trade with KC)
Bobby Jenks (acquired in trade with KC)
Ryan Pope (acquired in Matt Holliday trade with ARZ)

A very active and good offseason for the Dodgers. Let's look at the projected lineup and rotation

1. Devaris Strange-Gordon SS
2. Cameron Maybin/Julio Borbon CF
3. Nate Schierholtz RF
4. John Bowker 1B
5. Jay Bruce LF
6. Dayan Viciedo 3B
7. Hiroshi Ren 2B
8. Koby Clemens/Caleb Joseph C

Bench
James Loney
Ivan Dejesus Jr.
Matt Wieters
Julio Borbon/Cameron Maybin
Caleb Joseph/ Koby Clemens
Trayvon Robinson

Rotation
1. Clayton Kershaw
2. Zach Greinke
3. Rich Harden
4. Jose Casilla
5. Matt Garza

Closer- Jonathan Broxton
Set up man- Andrew Bailey
Short Relief- Frank Francisco
Short Relief- Bobby Jenks
Middle Relief- Wilfrido Perez
Long Relief- Chris Withrow

Well folks, the start of the season is just a few days away. Let's see if we can get back on top this year. Haven't had a chance to say this, but congrats to San Fran on winning the world series. Alright that's all for now folks.

J.A. Adande

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