Well, they did it. After a week of talk at the winter meetings and teasing the Dodgers finally made a move worth commenting on. They signed Andruw Jones, formerly of Hooters, the Gold Club and the Atlanta Braves to a 2 year 37-ish million dollar deal.
What does this all mean? In a perfect world it means Scott Boras had his worst offseason ever, screwing up the ARod deal and now only getting 2 years for Jones. Or it could mean the Dodgers are moving Pierre and his girly arm to LF or left out where it should hurt us less. Maybe it means Dead Head Ned will actually offer some prospects to MINN and get us Johan! (yeah, I doubt it too).
Why is it the Boston and NY are the only suitors for Johan? I would like to think LA can blow away any offer BOS or NY could make. Is a package of Kershaw, Kemp and LaRoche not far superior to Lester or Ellsbury, and some lesser prospects? Even P.Hughes, M.Cabrera and other MLs. LA has the superior prospects and talent to deal. SO DO IT! Why not? Prospects are all suspects until they make their first all star game. I will take the legit star, best pitcher in baseball at almost any cost.
Regardless, I'm ok with the Jones signing. Its short term so if he sucks, it won't last long. If he's great, we benefit and then either sign him or show him the door. He plays Gold Glove CF and just hit 93 HRs and 257 RBIs over the previous 2 years. Yeah last year was a down year but his stats still would have been tops on the Dodgers. Good move but don't stop now!
Monday, December 10, 2007
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