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There hasn't much action here lately so I thought I'd put down some of the Dodger happenings this off season.


Re-signed Jason Repko, Scott Proctor, and Yhanci Brazoban to avoid arbitration.

Still negotiating with Joe Beimel.

Don Mattingly stepping down as hitting coach for family reasons.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=2353013&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

All injured players (Schimdt, Repko, Brazoban, Furcal) have suffered no setbacks, and are set to return as scheduled.

Projected Starters:

LF: Eithier/Pierre
CF: Andruw Jones
RF: Matt Kemp
3B: Garciaparra/LaRoche
SS: Rafael Furcal
2B: Jeff Kent
1B: James Loney
C: Russell Martin

Brad Penny
Derek Lowe
Chad Billingsley
Kuroda
Jason Schmidt/Estaban Loiaza


Go Dodgers!!!

I didnt realize that Donny Baseball stepped down. That is too bad I as hoping he would be in the mix.

Dodgers signed Saito for 1 year/ 2 million dollars. Avoiding arbitration.

^^^Here's the link for Saito

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080213&content_id=2372319&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=la


Also Schmidt seems to still be progressing without set back but still might not be ready for opening day.



http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080214&content_id=2373223&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

This should be our line up.

Furcal
Martin
Kemp
Jones
Kent
Loney
Garciaparra
Eitheir


Starting rotation

Penny
Lowe
Billiensley
Kuroda
Schimdt/Loiaza

Andy LaRoche out for a couple months. Looks like third base belongs to Nomar.

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080307&content_id=2412392&vkey=spt2008news&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

Dodgers rookie infielder Andy LaRoche will undergo surgery in Los Angeles to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb, and he will be sidelined for eight to 10 weeks after suffering a freak injury in Friday's 6-4 exhibition loss to the Cardinals.
LaRoche tore the ulnar collateral ligament off the base of his right thumb. He was attempting to catch a pickoff throw from Dodgers catcher Danny Ardoin that deflected off St. Louis base runner D'Angelo Jimenez and struck him on his throwing hand. Surgery involves the use of an anchor suture to reconnect the ligament and part of the metacarpal bone that chipped off.

Tough loss, hopefully Nomar and Kent still has something left in their tank. If anything they keep the veteran leadership, but then again the kids had major problems with these guys late in the season.