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vtadave
Joe Blanton pitched very well today, so that might lessen the need for Oswalt.
Daniel Miller
sometimes it’s sunny in Seattle.
vtadave
Good point, but at this stage in their careers, I’m not sure I’d be more comfortable with Oswalt than I am with Blanton.
No Neck
The Rays enjoy that same philosophy. Their sustained success over the years shows how well a frugal team can compete in an unfair market.
Now if you’ll excuse me, my eyes need rolling.
Brian 31
“if their young core of starting pitchers can stay healthy and perform”
Wow, aint that enlightening. I wonder if anyone else thought of that.
aemoreira81
Whatever the team’s payroll will be, at least the Padres won’t be on a shoestring budget that has badly impacted the on-field product. Going forward, that figures to leave the Rockies in the dust if they don’t shape up.
Steve Brandt
One of the Seidlers is owner of the Visalia Rawhide, which is a Single A franchise of D-backs. How is that going to work?
camerondatzker
The San Diego Padres need to focus on pitching, speed and defense. I know that they can use a slugger at 1st Base and in RightField. I think that Venable is expendable.
Swing Pablo!
One thing everyone seems to be missing about the Dodgers is that the rotation is really bad after Kershaw (who is not as good as he was last year). Kershaw-Capuano-Harang-Blanton-Beckett is hardly a playoff rotation. it’s not even a rotation you would expect to see on a .500 team. Billingsley has been the Dodgers best pitcher since the ASB and his elbow is so swollen they can’t even read an MRI – can you say TJ surgery?Then, you take what was the worst offense in the national league and you add Adrian Gonzalez and Hanley Ramirez and what does it become? An average offense? Maybe slightly above average? This will not be enough to overtake SF especially when 13 of the Dodgers final 31 games are @SF(3), STL (4), @ Cin (3), @WAS (3). The Dodgers better sweep SF because they are going 4-6 at best against the other three while the Giants are playing all sub-.500 teams the rest of the way except for LA. All of this and the Dodgers have to overcome a 4 game deficit. Oh yeah, and it looks like your closer will miss some time as well. The best part is that the trade was made primarily for this year because all four of the players will only get worse and more expensive over the remainder of their contracts. It is going to be great when the Dodgers fall short this year while adding a quarter of a billion dollars to their payroll in declining players. Meanwhile, the Giants lose one of their best players and will still pull away.
neurogame
Oswalt is no longer a formidable starter. With Kenley Jansen out, I’d consider getting him as a closer so he could just throw gas out there for an inning or two at most.
Swing Pablo!
Excellent! Oswalt blew the save against the Giants in the 2010 NLCS! Hopefully history repeats itself.