Chad Moriyama Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting
In about seven hours time, the Dodgers will open the season in San Diego against the Padres, finally giving us all what we’ve been craving for months: baseball that counts.
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The team made a trio of expected moves to finalize the roster before the season opens.
Ted Lilly was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 26.
Ivan DeJesus Jr. was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to March 26. He strained his left oblique while swinging a bat during a game on March 17 and had to leave the game mid at-bat.
Ronald Belisario, who begins serving his 25-game suspension for violating the MLB Joint Drug Agreement on Thursday, was placed on the restricted list, which opens up a spot on the 40-man roster.
The only thing I wonder is whether they fill the 40-man roster spot with somebody or just leave it open for when Ronald Belisario returns.
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By the way, the team will be spending ~114 million dollars on the roster this season, though the team they’ll be running out everyday is worth ~22 million dollars less due to dead weight. Still, ~114 million dollars isn’t exactly the poor house or anything.
My body is ready.
Here’s hoping for a reverse of 2011, with a hot first half, that way the new owners can try to make some quality adjustments mid-season and see what happens.
I have to seriously wonder how much is available at the deadline due to the new rules though.
If Ned is still GM that could be a recipe for disaster. Money to spend + incompetent GM + no available talent = overpaid multi-year contracts for mediocre talent. That’s the exact opposite of what this team needs right now.