Manny Ramirez: Officially the Worst Dodger Outfielder
November 12, 2009 at 6:41 pm | In Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp | 8 Comments
The awards keep on coming – Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier each get Silver Slugger awards, the first for a Dodger outfielder since Kirk Gibson in 1988. No complaining about these; both Dodgers finished in the top 6 among NL outfielders in batting runs above average.
Remember back in March when I pointed out how this was probably going to be the best Dodger outfield in decades, if not ever? Yep. No complaints there.
Kemp, by winning both a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove, probably just saw his arbitration award shoot up enormously. Can we please sign him long term now?
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I literally laughed out loud upon reading this headline. Thanks for that.
Comment by FHR — November 12, 2009 #
Could be debated. Regardless, I love how are outfield looks going into next year.
Now lets solidify that rotation. I would love to see us sign Padilla, Wolf, and one of either Bedard/Sheets (on a 1 year deal).
I think the nature of the 162 games season mandates having more than 5 starting pitching options. I wouldn’t even be against a 6-man rotation. Especially when 4 of the 6 will be relatively cheap (not Wolf or Kuroda)
Comment by Mr Falcon — November 12, 2009 #
Rumors out there ned is trying to trade kemp for vasquez and their best outfield prospect who is a “true” cf. Horrid rumor
Comment by mgrumsb — November 12, 2009 #
Where do you see that?
Comment by Mike Scioscia's tragic illness — November 13, 2009 #
mgrumsb may be speaking of this from mlbtraderumors:
http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/11/dodgers-discussing-javier-vazquez-luis-castillo.html
There’s no mention of Kemp in the rumor, only in the comments section by Atlanta fans stating they’d only take Kemp or Ethier in a trade for Vazquez.
Comment by Gibby's Limp — November 13, 2009 #
Remember, Vazquez has that no trade clause for NL and AL west teams. He’s not coming west. And I don’t think anyone within the organization is trading Kemp at this point. I have not seen any rumors regarding Kemp. All I;ve seen is the Dodgers linked to Brandon Phillips so far, trade wise anyway.
Comment by Travis — November 13, 2009 #
There is no way Kemp is being traded unless it is some sort of blockbuster deal.
I agree completely on signing Kemp now…but I wonder if the players would be reluctant to sign long term for a team that looks like it could be in flux with ownership issues.
Comment by Kevin — November 13, 2009 #
it could be debated as to whome was more valuable last year… manny or Juan…
just kidding, Juan was the worst dodger outfielder by far last year. Not that he had a bad season, he did terrific for us in a well times 3 weeks. However, that doesn’t me he wasn’t 4th outfielder material.
I still love the way the team is looking as long as Ned doesn’t blow it up with a dumb move. Just add Garland or Piniero to eat some innings, and maybe Bedard to eat some quality innings. I wouldn’t go past that in SP role though.
Comment by dusto — November 14, 2009 #