Its only Halloween but considering the Tigers just pulled off a trade for Renteria and ARod declared himself a free agent, its never to early to make out a Christmas Wish List.
How would I fix the Dodgers, get us to the playoffs and have a shot at winning the title? Here it is in a few short steps.
1. Trade LaRoche, Kemp and Kershaw to Minnesota for Johan Santana and sign him to an extension. (7 yrs, 100 mil? - Something like the Oswalt deal)
2. Sign ARod. Bend over and take it. Whatever the cost. 7 yrs, 35 mil on average. Fine. Do it. He's never hurt and is the game's premier player, regardless of October problems. He'll play long enough to pass Bonds for the HR record and maybe Pete Rose for the hits record. The Dodgers are raking in the cash, already charge us twice as much to park as is a game ticket and are on the verge of busting the 4 million mark in attendance. What better way than to put ARod at 3B.
3. Cut, trade or retire Jeff Kent. He's an ass in the clubhouse. His defense has taken a huge step back. His bat gets worse every year. Nice career but you and Grady can ride your bikes back to the midwest.
4. Sign Geoff Jenkins to play a corner OF spot with Ethier.
5. Bolster bench and bully with a couple key vets - this is where Torre's rep will come in handy.
Where does this leave us? Look at this;
C- Martin, 1B-Loney, 2B-Abreu/Hu, SS-Furcal, 3B-Arod, LF-Jenkins, CF-Pierre, RF-Ethier.
Starting P's = Johan, Lowe, Penny, Billingsly and Schmidt.
Bully = Saito, Brox, Meloan, Loseriaza, etc.
Bench = Nomar, Repko, and others.
I'd like our chances.
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