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Should Dodgers Look Into Signing Free Agent Starter?

By Zach Links | April 25, 2010 at 7:26pm CDT

Roughly one month ago, the Dodgers appeared to have a surplus of starting pitching.  There were more than a handful of hurlers who were making a strong case for the fifth spot in the rotation.  Carlos Monasterios, Charlie Haeger, Josh Lindblom, Ramon Ortiz, Eric Stults, and Russ Ortiz were all impressive during Spring Training.  There were so many candidates to choose from that the Dodgers sold Stults' contract to a Japanese team.  My, how things have changed.

Russ Ortiz was DFA'd after floundering in seven big league innings.  Haeger hasn't found much success in 15.1 IP (three starts and one relief appearance) either.  Now, the Dodgers have another hole to fill as Padilla is headed to the disabled list with a sore elbow.  There are pitchers at the ready in Triple-A Albuquerque, including the aforementioned Lindblom and once-ballyhooed James McDonald, though all have their fair share of question marks.  Padilla's injury aside, the Dodgers' starting five still looks like it could use a lift.

Steve Dilbeck of the Los Angeles Times drops the names of three notable starters still available on the open market: Jarrod Washburn, John Smoltz, and Pedro Martinez.  Washburn seems to be holding out for a deal approaching the $5MM he was offered by Minnesota this winter.  Smoltz won't completely rule out a return to baseball, though he's enjoying his television gigs.  Pedro is reportedly maintaining contact with the Phillies, though he is said to still hold a grudge against the Dodgers over things that happened back when jheri curls were still somewhat in vogue.

Should the cash-strapped Dodgers look into signing one of these vets or should they find other ways to improve?

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  1. Nicolas_C

    8 years ago

    I think they should give Braden Looper a shot. He’s at least an innings eater.

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    • lakersdodgersyankees4life

      8 years ago

      we had him in Russ Ortiz, no thanks

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    • lakersdodgersyankees4life

      8 years ago

      we had him in Russ Ortiz, no thanks

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  2. Justin

    8 years ago

    All these guys require time to get ready so they can join the rotation–probably more time than it would take for Padilla to return from the DL…

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  3. bomberj11

    8 years ago

    What does Washburn want? If he wants to win he should tag onto the Dodgers.

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  4. bjsguess

    8 years ago

    Washburn seems like a good fit. Get his price tag down to under $3m and make the deal. He’d do well in that ballpark – as long as he can keep batters from hitting it to left.

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  5. PaulGargano

    8 years ago

    Dodgers are too cheap to sign any of those guys – if they wanted to, they’d have done it in the off-season. They’ll promote from within, get half-ass starts, tire their bullpen, and and keep talking about how great their minor league pitching depth is… While in reality they have “developed” Bills, who is as inconsistent as they come, Kershaw who can’t make it past the fifth, and Elbert who they don’t trust enough to give a chance – maybe it’s time to start looking at new pitching coaches.

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    • joeym2623

      8 years ago

      Couldn’t agree more

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  6. jwredsox

    8 years ago

    Is it really pitching depth when all the options stink?

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  7. jwredsox

    8 years ago

    Is it really pitching depth when all the options stink?

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  8. mylan

    8 years ago

    unfortunately, McCourt and Ned are too damn cheap to get any of these guys for a contract. But to me i wish they would sign washburn or atleast martinez. too me smoltz is just too old for the spot. but got how i would give anything for a signing of one of those too.

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  9. mylan

    8 years ago

    unfortunately, McCourt and Ned are too damn cheap to get any of these guys for a contract. But to me i wish they would sign washburn or atleast martinez. too me smoltz is just too old for the spot. but got how i would give anything for a signing of one of those too.

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  10. Torgos_Executive_Powder

    8 years ago

    “Smoltz won’t completely rule out a return to baseball, though he’s enjoying his television gigs.” Well, that makes one of us.

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  11. Redhawk

    8 years ago

    Would really signing any of those guys for the money they are going to want, be enough to turn the Dodgers season around? Would they then be able to keep up with the Giants and the Rockies (I’m not a buyer on the Padres, yet)? If the answer is no…keep the cash, and play the best young pitchers in the system. Let them learn and develop. It will be painful, but if the season is lost anyway, might as well lay foundations for the future.

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  12. Redhawk

    8 years ago

    Would really signing any of those guys for the money they are going to want, be enough to turn the Dodgers season around? Would they then be able to keep up with the Giants and the Rockies (I’m not a buyer on the Padres, yet)? If the answer is no…keep the cash, and play the best young pitchers in the system. Let them learn and develop. It will be painful, but if the season is lost anyway, might as well lay foundations for the future.

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  13. oldWillsfan

    8 years ago

    While you can’t turn back the clock that was why it was such a poor decision for the Dodgers to keep both Ortiz’s and sell Stults to Japan. If a veteran was so important they should have kept one and Stults.

    As an earlier post noted, with perhaps the exception of Washburn all of the other pitchers mentioned in the FA market will require at least a month and at this point are no more than six inning pitchers. Washburn is a Boras client, so don’t see him coming to the Dodgers.

    Potential move for later in the summer maybe trying to get Sheets from the A’s, especially if he continues to do well. He is auditioing for a long term contract and is the veteran type that Ned and Torre like. Regardless of how the A’s are doing they are always interested in prospects.

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  14. oldWillsfan

    8 years ago

    While you can’t turn back the clock that was why it was such a poor decision for the Dodgers to keep both Ortiz’s and sell Stults to Japan. If a veteran was so important they should have kept one and Stults.

    As an earlier post noted, with perhaps the exception of Washburn all of the other pitchers mentioned in the FA market will require at least a month and at this point are no more than six inning pitchers. Washburn is a Boras client, so don’t see him coming to the Dodgers.

    Potential move for later in the summer maybe trying to get Sheets from the A’s, especially if he continues to do well. He is auditioing for a long term contract and is the veteran type that Ned and Torre like. Regardless of how the A’s are doing they are always interested in prospects.

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  15. coach_coryell

    8 years ago

    ZAMBRANO!

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    • Joseph E

      8 years ago

      I’ve been thinking of Big Z. Sherrill and specs maybe?

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    • Joseph E

      8 years ago

      I’ve been thinking of Big Z. Sherrill and specs maybe?

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  16. coach_coryell

    8 years ago

    ZAMBRANO!

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  17. addude13

    8 years ago

    How about Elbert? Is he relief-only?

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    • lakersdodgersyankees4life

      8 years ago

      Hes a starter, but has had a rough start to the year…

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  18. addude13

    8 years ago

    How about Elbert? Is he relief-only?

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  19. buxfan

    8 years ago

    What would Dodgers fans be willing to give for Duke/Maholm?

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    • DreinLA

      8 years ago

      What would the pirates want?

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  20. guerrerogs

    8 years ago

    The best outcome would be for the McCourts to sell the team to an owner who actually cares about the quality of the product being put out onto the field MORE than ensuring they have five mansions in LA to live in, chauffered travel, Gulfstreams, mani/pedis, etc.

    Barring that, and given how cheap Frank McCourt is, what are the odds of the Dodgers offering up Manny Ramirez in trade for a starter? I know its a contract expiry year for Manny, but he’s posting strong numbers this year and there might be some AL teams out there with pennant hopes who would be interested in inserting ManRam into their lineups this season?

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    • lakersdodgersyankees4life

      8 years ago

      The chance Manny gets traded? Slim to none. If we want to compete, we need him. Look at the offense since he was put on the DL… when you take out a 400 hitter, an OPS of over 1.000 and MANNY FREAKIN RAMIREZ from a lineup, it becomes much weaker…

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  21. joeym2623

    8 years ago

    As a Dodger fan it’s tough to say this but it doesn’t make a difference if they bring in a half ass starter or not. It’s irrelevant. The bottom line is their rotation is rancid. Kershaw is going to be great but beyond that there’re shaky. Kuroda is looking good now but I doubt it will last. Billingsley…forget it. Should have traded him 2 years ago…he’s useless. We’re going to take a big step back this year. The whole division got better and the Dodgers who have been 1 ace short of a world series the last 2 years took a big step back. Sad…

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