Dodgers Rumors: Manny, Nomar, Lowe, Penny, Kent

In a word, no.

Pierre is owed something like $28 million for three more years, Marquis is something like $9 million for one year. That's be a stupid trade for the Cubs. Even if LA paid the difference I still wouldn't do it. That's how worthless Pierre is. Even if he were free, or even if the Dodgers paid the Cubs to take him, he would hurt the team more than help them. Let LA deal with their own problems.

although lowe did have the second highest number of strikeouts to billingsley....

iF THE Dodgers dont pick up Pennys opt. could u guys see him pitching for the jays in 2009 they might need 10 more wins from someone if Aj opts out and by the way coul some 1 up date me on how he left(sorry i must have missed that one)

Pennys numbers in 08 6-9 6.27
But in 07 16-4 3.03 and in 06 16-6 4.33

I don't see Penny coming back. The way he left after the season put a bad taste in everyone's mouths and he isn't the kind of fan favorite you keep despite his being a jerk about things.

Anyway, letting Penny go either allows for 1) Signing Sabathia with the combined Penny + Lowe pay or 2) resigning Lowe and pocketing extra for a Manny bidding war.

"May catch the flame thrower on this one, but someone they really should try to re-sign as insurance is Chan Ho Park"

There is no reason for a flame thrower there. Park had a hell of a comeback year and deserves a shot at starting for a full season, because it was his most effective role. It would be really nice to see him brought back as the 5th starter and have him relieve in weeks were a 5th starter was unnecessary. He was throwing 95 again and his slider was bending.

i wanna know how dodgers fans feel about this, watching all the young players everyday

dewitt, mcdonald, delwon young, and hu? for peavy.
mcdonald is a star pitcher in the making, but if the dodgers sign FAS to take the spots, that another down yr for mcdonald. the pads said they want 2 pitchers and a cf. mcdonald is our 3rd best pitcher and is mlb ready(behind bill and kershaw). dewitt can play 2b, as iguchi was thrown around in trades and ive heard they like mid-infield depth. d. young could start in the outfield. and they could use hu for ss and trade grenee.

then, i sign manny, blake and furcal. how about going after hudson? former dback who will be under market value, because of injuries. if poss sign cc, using money from maddux, penny, nomar, kent, furcals, and lowes old contract(save around 3m.)

this how this would work: peavy costs what nomar made peavy=8m, nomar=9.25, use lowes 15m+left over of nomar(1.25), and the difference from furcal(15m to 12m) to sign manny=19.25, furcal signed with 12m from old contract. those 3=25m. sign cc to 22m a year. that gets the total to 55m. blake and hudson will cost btwn 12-14m total. use they 3m left over from leaving FAs to start one of their contracts and raise payroll about 9m.

the rotation
cc
peavy
bill
kuroda
kershaw

lineup
furcal
martin
manny
ethier
loney
kemp
hudson
blake
pitcher spot

this is very reasonable, wats ur thoughts?

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081016&content_id=3625735&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

^^Pierre wants to play or be traded. Garciaparra might retire because he has a congenital condition that makes him more injury prone. And word is Andruw Jones doesn't want to come back because the fans were too rough on him.