12/18: Despite the recent signing of Jamey Carroll, MLBTR hears the Dodgers are still interested in Felipe Lopez and Ronnie Belliard. I would love to have either one of those guys on the team next year. Go Ned!
12/16: Here is an update on Jamey Carroll's potential signing.
12/10: Ken Gurnick is saying the Dodgers have interest in bringing back Jeff Weaver for another season.
12/10: Jayson Stark says the Dodgers could sign Jay Gibbons to a minor league deal soon.
12/03: Dylan Hernandez is reporting via twitter that the Dodgers are in discussions with Luis Ayala. The deal is reportedly a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training. His recent stats over the last two years are not worth mentioning. Another reclamation project, by the time March rolls around we will have heard about 645 rumors just like this. Eric Gagne, Noah Lowry, and hey don't forget about Hideo Nomo. Maybe the Dodgers can get Jose Lima on the mound too.
12/03: Ed Price confirms via twitter that the Dodgers remain interested in veteran utilityman Jamey Carroll.
12/03: Ken Rosenthal has a recent update confirming the Dodgers interest in bringing back veteran catcher Brad Ausmus.
12/02: Take a look at the Prelude to Winter Meetings coverage where a few rumor updates are posted. There are some updates on Marco Scutaro, Noah Lowry, Randy Wolf, and Kameron Loe.
11/25: Dylan Hernandez has a couple rumors to update us on. He says that Dodgers GM Ned Colletti is interested in re-signing backup catcher Brad Ausmus and has been exchanging voicemails with the veteran.
The Dodgers haven't had any discussions with Cincinnati about Brandon Phillips or with Florida about Dan Uggla.
11/16: Not sure how I missed this but Mark Bowman of MLB.com says the Dodgers and Braves are not currently in trade talks. He goes on to shoot down the Javier Vazquez rumor. Shocker. There is no way that Vazquez would go to the west coast. He will not be a Dodger and that's that. Plus as I said before the Braves do not think very highly of our prospects
11/16: Buster Olney says the Dodgers are looking at bringing Jamey Carroll aboard as a utility infielder. This could make sense if neither Ronnie Belliard or Mark Loretta come back. Not exactly the name I was hoping to hear rumors about in November. Carroll hit .276/.355/.340 with 26 RBI's in 2009. He is an affordable bench option, so I can sorta see the connection.
11/13: Former Nationals GM Jim Bowden has some Dodgers rumors for us. He says the Dodgers are talking with the Braves about a deal involving Javier Vazquez. He also confirmed the Luis Castillo rumors that have been floated around. Vazquez hates the west coast, and unless something has changed I doubt a deal gets done. Plus I don't think the Braves are too big on the Dodgers prospects anyway. I still think a deal with the Mets makes sense. Swapping bad contracts to fill needs on both ends, I don't like Castillo as a player, but maybe it's just me. If we can't get Hudson, Uggla, or my first choice Brandon Phillips at second, I would much rather stick with Belliard and Blake DeWitt.
11/12: SI's Jon Heyman says the Dodgers inquired on the NY Mets second baseman Luis Castillo. I am not a big fan of Castillo, but I have always thought a Juan Pierre for Castillo trade made sense. Castillo is owed $12MM over the next two seasons.
11/11: Dylan Hernandez spoke with Orlando Hudson who said he hasn't spoke with the Dodgers since the season ended. Hudson goes on to say he "doesn't rule out a return to Los Angeles."
11/11: Jon Heyman is tweeting the Dodgers have inquired on Mark DeRosa. No surprise here this guy is a perfect fit for the Dodgers.
11/11: DodgersNation.com is reporting the Dodgers are targeting Edwin Jackson in a trade.
11/09: The Kansas City Royals are interested in an Alberto Callaspo for A.J. Ellis swap.
11/02: Tim Dierkes at MLBTR has just posted a link that an AL team is interested in Manny Ramirez. You can see my coverage on the situation here.
10/28: Not a lot mentioned thus far in regards to the Dodgers being interested in Aroldis Chapman. Tim Dierkes at MLBTR helps confirm that the Dodgers are not big players in his services.
10/28: Tim Dierkes at MLBTR has a great list of bad contracts with Juan Pierre obviously making the cut. Any names that strike your interest in a trade of bad contracts? Michael Young catches my eye, any thoughts?
10/28: For those of you reading the highly speculative rumors that James Loney will be shopped this winter. MLBTR has a list of possible trade targets that the Dodgers may seek if they decide to try to replace Loney for some power. Don't expect anything to happen here, with Loney's age, glove, consistent swing, and his untapped potential Loney isn't going anywhere.
10/26: Jon Heyman agrees along with most that Orlando Hudson will not be with the Dodgers next season.
This will be a gathering of Dodgers news, rumors, and thoughts from around Dodgertown. There will be a link for each new item within the thread. I will keep this list updated as news and rumors pop up around the web. For now have a look below at what's to come.
Ken Gurnick has an update on the Dodgers plans for the upcoming winter. Both Colletti and Torre said an acquisition of an ace starting pitcher is unlikely. I found the following quote rather interesting, tough to swallow-but very true.
"There's not a long list of guys where you would say, this guy would make a dramatic difference," Colletti said of the upcoming crop of free-agent starters. "It's a thin market. There are pitchers who would make us better. But tremendously better?"
To see a list of the upcoming free agents, you can check out the best list on the web here at mlbtraderumors.
Sidenote: Why all the talk of the Dodgers needing an ace? I don't get it. Clayton Kershaw posted ace like stats at the age of only 21. Chad Billingsley another ace like pitcher all season up until the second half of the season. The Dodgers don't need an ace they have two in the making, the Dodgers need depth in the rotation.
Colletti and Torre are in agreement on the key needs -- starting pitching depth and a starting second baseman. Looks like the O-Dawg is on his way out of town, just as we all thought. It also looks like DeWitt's stock is down in Los Angeles and could find himself off the starting roster again.
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Michael Young would be very nice, we could move Blake to second. Things don't seem to be going well in the McCourt household, however. I hope we don't end up cutting salaries like the Padres.
The drama between the McCourts is definitely heating up. However it appears that while their story will fill the headlines all winter, it appears that it will be business as usual. The difference between the Dodgers and Padres is the Dodgers are a winning big market franchise. The Padres are a failing rebuilding franchise.
I agree with you that the Dodgers are a big market franchise, but the reason that the McCourts were approved to buy the Dodgers in the first place was because they didn't have a lot of cash value. Rumor had it that MLB was trying to control the Dodgers payroll by allowing the McCourts to become owners, knowing that they didn't have the excess revenue to become the Yankees of the west coast. What scares me is the fact that Frank doesn't have enough money to buy out Jamie and he would never sell his half to her. It looks like they will have to sell the team if the courts decide the equity needs to be split 50/50 in accordance to California law. I suppose the only positive aspect is the fact that our core players are young and don't have crazy salaries.
You're right. The Dodgers have two aces in the making. We'll probably go all the way in 2011 or 2012, when Billingsley and Kershaw have matured to the point where they can dominate in the postseason. I suppose we can just wait until then for the World Series...
... what are we, the Pirates?
I don't like waiting either. The one big problem with big market teams, however, is the pressure to win every year. This may have actually hurt the Dodgers. For example, we had Nomar playing first base when Loney was hitting .375 in the minors. Then we had Luis Gonzalez playing outfield while Ethier sat on the bench. Kemp was on the bench while Andruw Jones and Pierre were getting playing time. We also lost patience with Jayson Werth because of his injury. Imagine Kemp, Ethier, and Loney with one more year of experience. We also could have an outfield of Werth, Ethier and Kemp and all the money that was spent on Manny could have gone to C.C. Sabathia. I know it's easy to say now that it's in the past, but sometimes the young players need time to develop in the majors. Pedro Martinez, Konerko, Edwin Jackson were just some of the Dodgers that weren't given a chance. Now it could be Dejesus, Gordon, Elbert, and James MacDonald. The best thing for the Dodgers may just be to play the young kids and give them experience; with Manny on the team we are still going to compete. Let's just do it without giving up the chance to have a future dynasty.
Great comments going on here. You all have some very interesting feedback. Thanks for reading and posting.
Dan Uggla and Josh Johnson for a slew of young talent. Dewitt, Troncoso, Elbert, Gordon, Lambo, Eovaldi? Whatever combo it takes. Imagine having three young aces and adding Uggla to the young core of Kemp, Ethier, Martin, Loney. Plus their combined salaries would probably be around 16 million or less
which McCheap will be happy about.
Kershaw
Johnson
Wolf
Billingsley
Kuroda
Broxton
Sherrill
Bellisario
Kuo
McDonald/Wade/Lindblom
Furcal
Kemp
Ethier
Ramirez
Uggla
Loney
Martin
Blake
Ausmus
Hu
Pierre
Repko
Lorretta
Wow!
Loretta and Repko are the biggest wastes of roster spots perhaps ever, in the long history of humanity as we know it.
Neither should be back.
Gordon is the shortstop of the future, and the future may be soon with the way Furcal has been trending, plus his back woes.
While I like Elbert, he and Troncoso are the most easily replaceable from your proposed deal.
I like DeWitt as well, and while I think given the chance to play everyday he could be a pretty good player on both sides of the ball, I could part with him in the right deal.
I really have a problem with trading Gordon and Lambo though.
Elbert/Troncoso/DeWitt/Eovaldi plus one mid-level prospect is more amenable to my tastes, but I highly doubt that gets it done.
And I'm not even that big of an Uggla fan, especially with a fairly hefty price tag from what I recall.
They have to at least talk to the Reds about Brandon Phillips. Forget about the fact that he hits 20 and steals 20 automatically every year. His defense will get this team two wins every year.
Unfortunately Phillips doesn't know how to get on-base.
Apparently Colletti is targeting Aaron Harang now.
Oh joy.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/12/dodgers-exploring-a-deal-for-aaron-harang.html
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