Dodgers Offseason Moves

Dodgers have made a splash this off season, solidifying their rotation before the Winter Meetings even began. They hurt the division rivals and reigning World Series champion Giants by signing Juan Uribe to a 3 year deal. Here's a run of the Dodgers moves.

Juan Uribe: 3 year deal, will play 2nd
Ted Lilly: 3 year deal, #3 starter
Hiroki Kuroda: 1 year deal, #4 starter
Jon Garland: 1 year deal, #5 starter
Matt Guerrier: 3 year deal, 7th inning relief
Vicente Padilla: 1 year deal, incentive based, long relief and spot starter.
Blake Hawksworth: Trade with Cardinals for Ryan Theriot, long relief and possible spot starter.
Tony Gwynn Jr: 1 year deal, 4th outfielder?
Jay Gibbons: 1 year deal, 4th outfielder? starter?
Rod Barajas: 1 year deal, starting catcher
Dioner Navarro: 1 year deal+arb years, backup catcher

The Dodgers have addressed most needs, but now they need to fill out their bench, and get a decent left handed hitting left fielder. A Gibbons/Gwynn platoon simply won't work. Johnny Damon, the Hairston brothers, Marcus Thames, and former Dodger Scott Podsednik are among the left fielders remaining.

Dodgers call up Kenley Jansen, hopefully to showcase him for a trade.

Kenley Jansen is going to be called up by the Dodgers today, with Justin Miller going down, and it could be to showcase him for a trade to the Houston Astros or the Arizona Diamondbacks for Roy Oswalt or Dan Haren, respectively. Dbacks want major league ready pitching and calling Jansen up could prove that he is. I think that McDonald and Jansen would be part of a good package to send to one of these two teams. Right now, Oswalt seems more likely. He could come to the Dodgers along with cash for Jansen, McDonald, Aaron Miller, and a hitting prospect not named Dee Gordon. Let's hope for the best.

All Sports Update from the admin

Some South African guy (not even gonna try with the name) won the open championship?

Serena Williams is having surgery on her foot because she cut herself on glass. No explanation.

Dodgers say they have no intention in trading Matt Kemp. Ha! Take that Ken Rosenthal...

Some guy named LeBron got spoofed by Steve Carrell and Paul Rudd. Hilarious.

Forget starting pitching, Dodgers need relief help and they need it bad. Broxton has struggled as of late to say the least. His blown save against the Cardinals wasn't as bad as his one against the Yankees, but it still shouldn't happen. He's got to get it together. Belisario needs to put the drugs down and come back. Sherrill needs to do well in the minors. So does John Ely. Put McDonald in the pen where he is most effective and bring Ely back up to start if he does well in the minors.

Well, that's all for now.

Looks Like I Called It On The Pitching

The pitching was absolutely electric for both sides, and the Dodgers almost ended up being the goat on this game. Kuo airmails a ball that leads to an AL run, and Broxton gets in trouble in the 9th but got the save. Only one run for the AL on 7 hits. Great job, NL, 13 years is long enough.

Why the NL will end their 13 year drought tomorrow night

I do think that the NL will win the all star game for the first time since 1996 tomorrow night. Here's why:
1) Pitching. Ubaldo Jimenez, Roy Halladay, and Josh Johnson will do wonders if they each throw an inning. Same with Jonathan Broxton and Heath Bell.
2) Injuries ended up helping them. Injuries brought in the choices that should have been made by Charlie Manuel. He is so biased and just pisses me off (putting Howard at DH instead of Votto, and not even naming him to the team). Final vote brought in first half MVP Joey Votto who was left off Manuel's roster for a guy who's power is worse than Carlos Zambrano's, Omar Infante. Also, with Jose Reyes getting injured, Manuel was forced to name Rafael Furcal to the team, who should've been named instead of Reyes in the first place. So, yes, the NL will prevail, even with a dumbass for a manager.
3) Ton of snubs in the AL, a lot of them were corrected in the NL. Mostly Kevin Youkilis who would've gotten in, if Joe Girardi and American were smart enough to realize that he's a more worthy All-Star than Nick Swisher.
4) Mo's pulled out of the game (thank god).
So yes, the 13 year misery for National League fans will come to an end tomorrow night.

Fisher to rejoin Lakers

Derek Fisher turned down a better contract offer from the "super team" Miami Heat to rejoin the Lakers for another title run. The deal is 3 years, with the third year being a player option. Even when completely ineffective, which is never, Fisher still provides a great veteran presence on the floor, and can help out the younger guys. Fisher will remain the starting point guard, with Steve Blake the primary backup, and hopefully Shannon Brown if he signs a deal to stay. Assuming Brown returns, this will bring back every key player from the Lakers 2010 championship team, other than Jordan Farmar, who signed a 3 year deal with the Nets. This will also keep the Lakers the title favorite over LeBron's Heat, who still are in need of a reliable starting center and the pickings are slim.

What was Dan Gilbert thinking?

His note to the public regarding LeBron James was over the top to say the least. Gilbert put the note out to revitalize the people of Cleveland. Instead, what he has does is ruined almost all hope for a championship in the near future. It was a personal attack on a person who left Dan's team to play for a team that now has possibly the best trio in NBA history. And if he thinks he can nab Carmelo Anthony or another big free agent after this, he is so wrong. People like Melo are going to look at that note to LeBron and say, "Why the hell would I play for this guy, he's insane. I don't want to be publicly crucified by this man if I leave the team to go somewhere where I can win." Gilbert has shot himself in the foot with his "personal guarantee" that the Cavs will win a championship before LeBron and the Heat do. Sorry Dan, you guys ain't winning anything anytime soon after this.