Tuesday, December 28, 2004 |
TINSTAAPP? Just You WTNY!
Greg Miller -- ... [N]ext season will be the second unveiling of Greg Miller to the minor leagues. With an arm that is apparently healthy, look for the Dodgers to send their prized lefty back to the Southern League. I think he’ll finish with a decent ERA, after a start to the season that will make Logan White question his presence in AA. Look for him to come back at the end of the season, and possibly even contribute to either AAA or the big league team.I very much doubt that DePo is holding back on finalizing the Dodgers' 2005 rotation because of these guys, but it certainly sounds like they're tantalizingly close.Chad Billingsley -- He’ll be Miller’s mate in the Southern League rotation, which will also have prospects like Jonathan Broxton and Mike Megrew. Yikes, watch out for this club next year. I expect Billingsley to just absolutely crush this league in April and May, with a promotion to the PCL in June. He’ll struggle there, posting numbers a shade better (with a much better K/9) than Joe Blanton’s last season. He’s much more likely to earn a September start than Miller, but an average Los Angeles team will probably be able to afford allowing both to see time.
Chuck Tiffany -- If you haven’t yet heard of Chuck Tiffany, you will in 2005. Pitchers just simply seem to dominate in Vero Beach, and Tiffany will provide no exception to that rule. Expect him to post an ERA in the low-2.00s before being moved up to AA to take Billingsley’s spot in the rotation. He’ll become known as a better pitching prospect than Greg Miller, though I think time will prove the latter to be a bit stronger. Tiffany will undoubtedly pass the John Danks of the world, that’s for sure.
Footnote: At some point, DePodesta has to start thinking about why the Dodgers are using pitcher-unfriendly Vegas for their AAA team -- and the choice may be made for him if Vegas wins its bid to get a major league team. I'd hate to see our youngsters get wrecked in the relatively thin air in Vegas. Of course, it was worse when they were in Albuquerque...
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