From: demers@cs.ucsd.edu (David DeMers)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: WHAT SHOULD THE DODGERS DO???
Date: 24 Jul 92 17:16:18 GMT
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In article <182761@pyramid.pyramid.com> stown@pyramid.COM (Scott Townsend) writes:

>3B - ANOTHER BIG PROBLEM !! We don't seem to have anybody who can play this
>position well everyday. Sharperson is OK somedays, and other days he is
>terrible. 

I don't think his hitting is a fluke & his defense is probably ok
enough.  Let him take the job for a while.

>C-Hernandez all the way. Soscia should be relegated to the back up spot.
>Mike has given a lot to the team. But he no longer has it. He can't
>throw anybody out at second, and is not starting to make many mental
>errors. Hernandez is not perfect, but he is a major leaguer, and he
>will get much better as he gets more playing time.

Piazza seems to be the catcher of the future, and that future might
be soon.  Scioscia has given them a lot of great years, but it's time
to move on to the next generation.  Piazza/Hernandez.


[Davis]
>I would suggest trading him for several young
>promising stars. The teams greatest needs are at 2B and pitching. 

Where will you find a taker?

>Maybe he will suddenly get well and start playing to his potential.
>It's a gamble to keep him and I would opt for  a trade.

His value is pretty low right now...

>CF  Brett is now hitting above 300!! He seems to have really picked up
>his game since Offerman started leading off. He his a pretty reliable
>player. He probably has 1 or 2 more good years left. My recommendation
>would be to keep him and protect him.

He's great in the #2 or #1 spot; still one of the best CFs in the league.

>RF Well Daryl is on the DL again. It appears that he need surgery. Back
>surgery is a very risky thing, and Straw seems to want to avoid it.
>But, he is not getting better. I think the only chance for him is to
>get the surgery done, and then he may be able to play like he did when
>he was with the METS. Straw is a big question mark. I would opt for not
>protecting him in the draft and give that gamble to somebody else, or
>try to trade him for a young, healthy outfielder and/or pitcher.

Again, it's hard to unload an injured player with a huge salary for
anything decent.


>PITCHING
>========

>Candiotti - Most batters are figuring him out by the 5th inning. He
>	    is not worth keeping. Do not protect in draft.

??? He's the best starter on the staff!  Clearly a keeper.


>        Ojeda    - Looks much better this year. Protect in draft.

Yeah, maybe...

>        Gross,Howell,Crews,McDowell - All over the hill. Don't protect
>                                       any of them

No arguments!

>Pitching Summary. Not much on the 1992 team. Time to bring up the best from
>             AAA and a quality YOUNG pitcher from another team if
>              available.

Pedro time; Martinez and Astacio.  They're not Clemens and Cone, though.

Interesting note, the Padres also have a pitcher named Pedro Martinez at,
I believe, AA this year.  Hope he makes the majors - confuse the 
heck out of everyone to have the two face each other someday.

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