Dodgers In Lead For Hiroki Kuroda?

Does that mean that the Dodgers would be out on Erik Bedard? Because that just seems like an odd decision then for L.A. They still need an ace, Penny is really just a good #2. They're in a division stocked with other good teams, and have the surplusses of young talent needed. I mean the only guys on that team that really felt like they were untradable were Billingsley and Kershaw. Couldn't LA get that done for Kemp, Meloan, Elbert and Hu? Or would they prefer a Cincy offer of something like Bailey, Votto, Encarnacion/Hamilton?

Oh Penny is a Number 1 until the All-Star break. Then he becomes a No. 4 or 5. It's like clockwork.

(crawls from secret corner) #5 in VORP for all of starting pitchers sure sounds like an ace to me.

Kemp is as 'untradeable' as Bills and Kershaw--despite what the los angeles times tries to indicate, those three, loney (who has essentially had his 'prospect' tag removed) and to a lesser extent, la roche, are all fairly unmovable unless a big-ticket MLB-ready player game in the deal.

now if tim would just learn to stop breaking news so quick, maybe i could still contribute to the site ;-) keep up the great work, tim, excited to hear more on this

The Dodgers don't need an ace, they have two developing Ace's in Chad Billingsley and Clayton Kershaw. They need depth in the rotation, which now has a 1-4 of Penny, Billingsley, Lowe, Kuroda and the possibility of Jason Schmidt rebounding.

Everyone keeps dreaming up ridiculous trades the Dodgers will do that will never happen. Hopefully some of that will be put to rest now.

Yea I agree, it seems now that the biggest names on the trade market are all pitchers, and with this signing this removes the dodgers need to trade away their future to make a big splash. If i were the dodgers, I still would attempt to get Tejada or Rolen, but definitely not if it costs one of the players considered "untouchable."

I will throw another name into the mix though for the dodgers, with the middle of their order mainly right handed (Kemp, Jones, Kent), they could use a left handed bat, maybe eric chavez could be a guy to go get. He basically is a left handed rolen, same type of contract, plays great d, big health risk, rolen may be more productive, but chavez could be an idea, and beane might be willing to take on prospects who are not that highly touted, or he might want laroche in return. It would seem to be a good trade for the dodgers if chavez could stay healthy, but of course the unlikely hood of that is probably why his name has not been mentioned yet.

um...loney and ethier = left handed bats...

Updated the post with some info...this is not 100% right now.

Btw, that brings up a good point, what do the dodgers have against Laroche being their third baseman?

I think the Dodgers would have a hell of a team if they got Bedard, and they definitely have the talent to go after him. Billingsley would have to be in the deal most likely (assuming Kershaw is untouchable), though I don't think this would be too tough to bare.

A rotation of Bedard, Penny, Lowe, Kuroda, Schmidt, with Broxton and Saito closing it down, would be formidable. With Pierre and Furcal opening the line up, it'd be old fashion "scratching out runs". Not to mention Martin's ability to steal. However, they are not going to be able to piece together a power hitting offense so without a true ace the rotation can't sustain that kind of offense.

Wow, I hope we do end up getting this guy it will help us not throw alway many of our young talent guys.Hopefully we could get him.I always had a feeling that he will prefer LA over Seattle.Now we need find a team that will take Pierre, hopefully the White Sox could push for him.

If we did get Kuroda (who should be a solid number three starter) then we should:

1. Trade Pierre for anything we can get. Let Ethier and Kemp play everyday.

2. Let LaRoche play. Give him a full year.

3. Beat the Giants

Got it from a Mariner fan in Japan that Sanspo is reporting that Kuroda told his former team (Hiroshima Carp) that he is going to L.A. on the 12th to sign the contract with the Dodgers.

Agree Jeremydoger:
At this point I'm willing to trade Pierre for some relief help.If the White Sox want him they should give us two sold relief pitchers.

I would trade Pierre for a bucket of Popeye's chicken. In fairness though, their chicken is spiced to perfection...and Pierre sucks!

DodgerBruin, I agree with you but we can't just trade Pierre for nothing, we at least need to get a guy that could help us in any way.Hopefully we do trade him.I really don't want Kemp or Either to get traded so trade Pierre!

Thanks nancyecho

Signing Kuroda would be a good thing (assuming it's only 3 years and around $12MM/yr). This signing will help the rotation without giving up Kemp, Bills, or Kershaw.

I'm very comfortable w/ an opening day rotation of Penny, Lowe, Bills, Kuroda, and Schmidt.

Also, DODGER BRUIN was right to say we should trade Pierre for anything or nothing. Pierre is a negative on the squad. Any AB he has takes away ABs from better outfielder (Kemp/Ethier/Young).

The White Sox have an idea how bad Pierre is, they had to listen to us Cub fans complain about him for a year...fyi... you could probably get him for McDougal...

This just in Jeff Kent re-sign with Dodgers

The problem with trading Pierre is that he still has 4 years left on his contract. If he only had 1 or 2 years left, I'd advocate for attempting to get a reliever out of another team. However, because there is a 4 year/$36 mil. contract, the Dodgers can either eat the contract and get some league average reliever in return, or attempt to give Pierre away for a minor leaguer.
Personally, I like our relievers. Currently, we can have a relief core of Saito, Broxton, Proctor, Beimel and Loaiza as the long man. That leaves one spot open in the bullpen for Brazoban, Hendrickson, Houlton, Stults, Hull, Kuo, and Greg Miller to fight for. I think any of those players are better than any reliever we might get from another team.
Thus, trade Pierre for a non-prospect, and negotiate the minimal amount we need to contribute to the team we send Pierre to so that we get him off our roster.
I think Delwyn Young is a better 4th OF than Pierre. And he's slightly cheaper, thus allowing us to eat part of Pierre's contract without it affecting our bottom line.

Interesting to see how Jason Schmidt will pitch next season, we payed a lot of money for him, he looked pretty decent in San Diego.But back to Pierre, at this point we should trade him for anything it could be a player from A class or just anybody but just trade him.