NLDS Roster Announced

Hot off the presses…

The Dodgers will carry 11 pitchers and 14 position players. The roster is as follows:

Pitchers (11)
Ronald Belisario, RHP
Chad Billingsley, RHP
Jonathan Broxton, RHP
Jon Garland, RHP
Clayton Kershaw, LHP
Hong-Chih Kuo, LHP
Vicente Padilla, RHP
George Sherrill, LHP
Ramon Troncoso, RHP
Jeff Weaver, RHP
Randy Wolf, LHP

Catchers (2)
Russell Martin
Brad Ausmus

Infielders (8)
Ronnie Belliard
Casey Blake
Juan Castro
Rafael Furcal (S)
Orlando Hudson (S)
James Loney (L)
Mark Loretta
Jim Thome (L)

Outfielders (4)
Andre Ethier (L)
Matt Kemp
Juan Pierre (L)
Manny Ramirez

Quick thoughts:

1) Surprised – pleasantly – to see 11 pitchers rather than 12. With Thome only a pinch-hitter, flexibility would have been strictly limited.

2) Jeff Weaver makes the cut, and James McDonald doesn’t. He was an afterthought down the stretch – just 7.1 innings since August 30th – so it’s a surprise to see him making the squad.

3) We just can’t shake the corpse of Mark Loretta, can we?

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Its funny to think that in 3 weeks many of the names on this roster will either be forever endeared to Dodger fans or added to the collection of Jose Hernandez, Aaron Sele, Paul Bako, Kenny Lofton, Olmedo Saenz, etc. Though I think we all still love the Killer Tomato.

Comment by Tim— October 7, 2009 #

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It is strange, this recent Dodger fascination with terrible pinch hitters (Loretta and Sweeney come to mind).
I fondly remember the seasons of Manny Mota. He would come off the bench in a tight spot, near the end of the game, and quite often line a single or double to drive in a run. When Manny entered the game, you felt good, you felt confident, you got excited. He seemed magical.
With these recent guys, you feel dread when they rise off the bench. The strange thing is that after a half season of steady failure, the coach doesn’t say, “You know, this isn’t working, let’s try someone else.” It’s a weird addiction to bad hitting.

Comment by mk— October 7, 2009 #

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