Manny signs with Dodgers

[The General]

2-year 45 Million ESPN reports

[Fiasco]

just saw it

don't know what's different then the last offer last week though..

anyone?

[The General]

I am a closet dodger fan, but I don't think they should have bargained with him any longer. I do not see them making a run with or w/out Manny honestly. I hope so, but Manny has left a bad taste in my mouth after all of this. He is about himself seemingly and not a team player. JMO.

[j0hnnyv]

once he hits .450 in september this will be a distant memory

[jjgold]

Well they needed him to be competitive, should be interesting.

[Willie Bee]

Have mixed fellings about this: 1) I really don't like the Dodgers, so I hate it when they improve their chances of winning; 2) At the same time, I'd like for this story to be out of the news, and; 3) If I'm LA, I wouldn't trust Boras at this stage of the deal, not until Manny's name is on the paper. Would not surprise me one bit to use this to leverage a 2-year, $48-$50 million deal somewhere else.

[The General]

Here is where the Dodgers need to be effective. Do you guys think the staff is made up of a championship group?

Look at the starting rotation:

• Chad Billingsley. After the All Star break last season he was a number one starter — his ERA was 2.99 the second half of the year, and over the course of the season he struck out more than a batter an inning. He is just 24. His stuff is wicked. He could be an All Star, but in the playoffs last year two of his three outings he looked like a kid scared on the big stage. Billingsley is a microcosm of the team — he has the talent to be big time, but will he be the inconsistent guy from the first half of last season or the stud from the second half?

• Hiroki Kuroda. He was the Wachowski Brothers of the Dodger rotation — mega-hit or mega-flop every time out. His numbers for the season pan out to be pretty good, a 3.73 ERA for example, but in he finished with a 9-10 record because he was a great pitcher one week and pulled in the third the next. At age 34, can he improve enough to skip the lows? Or are we starting to see the downside of his career.

• Clayton Kershaw. Potentially the best Dodger pitcher, but in just his second year as a starter, having been thrown into the mix last year, it seems the best the Dodgers should hope is for more consistency. In a couple years he may be special, this year above average would be good.

• Randy Wolf. Another guy with superb stuff, but who in the end is pretty average (he was 12-12 last season, pretty much the definition of average). He’ll have some good games, but what the Dodgers really need is just games — he needs to stay healthy. If he can start 33 games again like he did last season, and he can stay around .500 with his record, that will be plenty for an affordable fourth starter.

• Jason Schmidt? If he’s healthy, he could be a huge boost to the rotation — this is a former legitimate number-one starter. Of course, people are as likely to count on his health as they are to run out and buy General Motors stock right now. He hasn’t been on the mound since June of 2007 — the Dodgers need a backup plan. But since he’s getting paid Tom Cruise money, you’d like to see him at least earn some of it.

Overall, it’s a group that has you saying, “maybe, if everything breaks right…” But that is not a comfortable feeling. This is a group that is going to need the bats to provide some support — but that’s another group of talented but inconsistent players that could be great or not. Seems to be a lot of that going around.

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[BestPlay2day]

What I don't get is no one is offering any close to what the Dodgers are. Dodgers are basically bidding against themselves, they should of just said sign now or the offer next week is 2 years $40 million.

[gridiron guru]

just got a text saying that they havent reached an agreement with Manny

[daggerkobe]

Without Manny = last place
With Mannywood = 1st place

[BobHarvey]

just saw it

don't know what's different then the last offer last week though..

anyone?

I believe it had to do with deferred money. There was give and take on that issue.

[BobHarvey]

I am a closet dodger fan, but I don't think they should have bargained with him any longer. I do not see them making a run with or w/out Manny honestly. I hope so, but Manny has left a bad taste in my mouth after all of this. He is about himself seemingly and not a team player. JMO.

I'm with you. I've been a Dodger fan for years. Now I root for them from a distance. You know the money and all this stuff has gotten out of hand. For Manny to turn his nose up at $45 million five months ago and sign now for the same amount, shows me he doesn't care about the fans AND he and has agent totally misread the market.

McCourt did them both a favor and bailed them out of a PR nightmare.

[pat venditto]

General he sells tickets.

[tacomax]

Love how Manny still lives in the dreamworld that he had to take this offer due to the economic climate rather than him being such a cunt that no other team would touch him with a bargepole.

[smitch124]

I, as a Giants' fan, say that we bean him the 1st 20 times he comes to bat, after that every other time...

[Tsoprano]

He fukkin made it.

[The General]

Go LA Dodgers


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[Tsoprano]

General he sells tickets.

And hits the ball

[j0hnnyv]

mannys best hitter in all of baseball. worth every penny. love watchin this fkn guy. dodgers if they stay healthy will go deep in postseason again...and lose to the phils

[The General]

He has surprised me so far this season and he is playing solid ball. I still wish he would have cane in without the controversy, but maybe the agent is at fault also, maybe mores so?