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Sunday, September 10, 2006 |
The Good Start: Dodgers 9, Mets 1
There are those who claim that eleven good starts in the PCL is somehow predictive of something (I'm talkin'a you, CanuckDodger). Color me, uh, highly skeptical that a guy with a sevenish K/9 is going to be productive in the majors, but at least his K/BB rate is in the right place (around two). The Mets, of course are hitting .259/.337/.419 against lefties, which probably figured into the Dodgers' less-than-enthusiastic endorsement of Stults as today's starter. Regardless, the rookie starter kept the Mets off balance all day, save for one gopherball to Jose Reyes. Doing it against the class of the National League has to count for something, especially with the Dodgers' lead in the West so tenuous. After this performance, I'm a little less skeptical; his next start would in theory come against the Padres on Saturday.
Comments:
Oh, to be sure. One of the commenters in the DT thread (forget who and I'm too lazy to look it up) mentioned that this will prevent more Joel Guzman for Devil Ray rejects trades, and from that point of view, I'm all in favor. OTOH, it remains to be seen whether Stults is a long-term solution.
But even if Stults is not a long-term solution (and I agree that the jury is out on that), you guys are exactly right that Dodger interests are served just by keeping Hendrickson in the bullpen.
I do think, however, that Billingsley, Kuo, and Elbert would be a great foundation for the Dodger starting rotation of the next ten years. Whether Stults becomes Edwin Jackson or Billingsley is op in the air, but he's another option, if he's viable, and if he's not, perhaps he becomes Broxton's left-handed complement out of the bullpen. Given that Colletti has needlessly been giving away talent as throw-ins (not just Sergio Pedroza or Jhonny Nunez, but Chuck Tiffany, Blake Johnson, and Navarro), I think we need to start hedging some of our bets.
I do think, however, that Billingsley, Kuo, and Elbert would be a great foundation for the Dodger starting rotation of the next ten years. Whether Stults becomes Edwin Jackson or Billingsley is op in the air, but he's another option, if he's viable, and if he's not, perhaps he becomes Broxton's left-handed complement out of the bullpen. Given that Colletti has needlessly been giving away talent as throw-ins (not just Sergio Pedroza or Jhonny Nunez, but Chuck Tiffany, Blake Johnson, and Navarro), I think we need to start hedging some of our bets.
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