No Joke, Dodgers Sign Outfielder Garrett Anderson

According to Dylan Hernandez from the L.A. Times, the Los Angeles Dodgers have signed LF Garrett Anderson to a minor league deal. Alright, really, what in the world is going on in the front office. This move makes no sense under any circumstance. The Brian Giles deal was bad enough, but now Anderson. If Anderson somehow manages to make the big league club he will earn $550K, according to Dylan Hernandez.

I talked about my feelings regarding Anderson in January. I wasn't a fan of this signing even before the Dodgers signed Giles, and now it's even worse. Anderson hasn't been a good player in several years, and I wouldn't count on him rebounding anytime soon, or ever for that matter.

Anderson, 37, hit .268/.303/.401 in 534 plate appearances with the Braves last season. Terrible right? Abysmal is more like it actually. The only possible silver lining in this cloud is the guy hit a .714 OPS against lefties last year. Anderson would probably have a better 2010 season than Giles and Johnson if all three players were give the same chance. Anderson is fourth outfielder material only at this point, and two months ago this signing would've had a better chance of being justified. 


My big thing is, why can't Ned Colletti get off his high horse and give one of these young guys a legitimate chance? It's ridiculous, and frankly it's starting to irritate the crap out of me. Reed Johnson, Brian Giles, and now Garrett Anderson. Perhaps we should give Moises Alou a call, Dave Roberts is still around, and maybe we can pry Raul Mondesi from the Dominican. I guess it could we be worse. Colletti could have signed him to an $18MM contract, and called him the best signing since Andruw Jones.

Ed Price put it best today when he said, "must have needed another guy who used to drive in a lot of runs and plays LF like he doesn't care."