Comments on: Not Claudio Vargas!!

By: Time to Love New Mexico, Justin Miller and Prentice Redman « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:07:08 +0000

[...] with the Marlins today. You may remember that he’s who Claudio Vargas was traded for in July, which I thought was stupid at the time. It didn’t get any smarter by the time of our off-season reviews: Vargas went to Milwaukee [...]

By: MSTI’s 2009 in Review: Relievers, Part 3 « Mike Scioscia’s tragic illness

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:20:49 +0000

[...] him for a 29-year-old backup catcher hitting .249 on Milwaukee’s AA team, Vinny Rottino. This didn’t make sense to me at the time… Believe it or not, Vargas has actually been pretty good for the Dodgers since coming off the [...]

By: kathie solie

kathie solie — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:01:47 +0000

Vinny Rottino and batting crowns? He followed a record setting year by Prince Fielder in A ball at Beloit by slamming 124 RBI and leaving Prince’s record in the dust. He made the All Star Team each of three years in AAA… Brewers screwed him every way but Sunday… LA has a real keeper in him… if only given the change. The dude who wrote about his first at bat missed the at bat last year when he drove in the winning run in the game that propelled the Brewers to the play offs. Check the history… This guy has more heart than you can imagine. He works his butt off. You will be surprised. Happily.

By: David Hannes

David Hannes — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:59:19 +0000

I saw Vinny Rottino in his first MLB at bat…Yost put him in the game in the bottom of the ninth, tying and winning runs on base, with two outs. All I remember is the called third strike: first the Marlins’ pitcher (think it was Kevin Gregg) started walking off the mound, then the catcher starter walking away…Rottino stood there like a deer in headlights, finally turning around only to see the ump ringing him up…he had no clue that the pitch was a strike.
He’s only gotten worse from there.
I heard he’s a decent guy, gives 110%, and is decent with the glove…but he’ll never win any batting crowns.

By: Alireza

Alireza — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:54:59 +0000

Mike – Paul is already on the 60 day DL. He injured himself further during his recovery from that nasty staph infection. I am sure it isn’t a B.S. injury, because Paul has options. Ohman I just don’t get. He wasn’t THAT bad, he just couldn’t get Adrian Gonzalez out (or keep him in the park).
I also would have preferred DFA’ing Schmidt, but we all know that isn’t going to happen.

By: Mike Scioscia's tragic illness

Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:28:53 +0000

5 – DFA’ing Schmidt would have solved that problem, but you could also easily move Paul or Ohman to the 60 DL, they’ve each been there long enough.

By: Alireza

Alireza — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:06:42 +0000

AFAIK, neither Bell nor Jackson was on the 40-man roster, which means sending down Elbert or McDonald would not have been an option.

By: slam

slam — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:40:34 +0000

maybe this was to say that this was part of a failed trade… to show the GM at least tried to make the ballclub more competitive.
very curious. at least Vargas was useful. u can never have too many arms.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:28 +0000

Yeah – DFA Schmidt already. I saw him “pitch” in his first game back and it really looked like he was throwing BP. I’d rather see Vargas starting tonight than Schmidt. But what do I know? I wanted to DFA Mota in April.

By: dusto

dusto — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:54:10 +0000

agreed. just cut Schmidt already. Is it bad that I hope he gets injured every time he goes out?