[Da Beer Guy]

You heard it here first. I plan on putting a futures wager on this.

Vin Scully coming back to do the broadcast again this year,
it's going to be an epic season for the Dodgers.

[William Walters]

You heard it here first. I plan on putting a futures wager on this.

Vin Scully coming back to do the broadcast again this year,
it's going to be an epic season for the Dodgers.

(not really going out on a limb though....considering the Dodgers are projected to win 92+ games this season)

[Da Beer Guy]

No not going out on a limb at all.

I think the Dodgers as an organization are ready to
take the spot light back from the Giants in California.


The Dodgers if they stay healthy and play up to their potential
have everything it takes to win a championship. Pitching , depth, speed , power, and solid blend of
youth and veterans. I'll take Clayton Kershaw over any pitcher in the big leagues in an
elimination game.

[CanuckG]

"Heard it here first"

[El Nino]

Dodgers don't win their division. How many "All Star" teams have to fail before people realize you need role players.

[King Mayan]

Da Beer Guy, great thread man..

[broadway6]

What are odds dodgers don't make the playoffs? Also, record below .500?

[Vegas39]

They will miss the playoffs

[King Mayan]

They will miss the playoffs

I knew you were a wannabe Angeleno.. You better not come around these parts boy.

[Vegas39]

I knew you were a wannabe Angeleno.. You better not come around these parts boy.

im a realist you 450 pound midget now go back to filling out your food stamp application

[High3rEl3m3nt]

Dee Gordon going to play SS? I really liked watching him play last year...damn shame about his injury.

[King Mayan]

im a realist you 450 pound midget now go back to filling out your food stamp application

A sister kissing, reptile collecting, trailer home living inbred is call me a food stamp recipient..

you can't make this shit up..

[Vegas39]

Glad you grasped concept puto

[King Mayan]

Vegas whenever you want me to break you in half.. Call me.

[Jeffie]

Well you got the city right, unfortunatly its the other team.

[opie1988]

Da Beer Guy, great thread man..

Last year Mayan was a big Angels fan. Now he's a Dodger man.

Same guy who's a "big Kings fan" but never saw a hockey game before last years cup finals!

[Vegas39]

Vegas whenever you want me to break you in half.. Call me.

if I called it would be so your wife knows what a real man sounds like you border jumper

[BeatingBaseball]

If Bochy was managing the Dodgers I might agree with you.

[innovation]

You got the LA part right. Halo's are stacked.

[THEINSIDER900]

jays are taking it all

[OMGRandyJackson]

I think Ill be taking the under 92 wins.

I dont see how you can call this over priced team a WS contender. Youve got Carl Crawford whose gonna run for 1 pop fly and somehow get hurt and miss 15 games. But dont worry its only 15 games, he'll come back and dive for another pop fly, missing it horribly, causing the go a head run to score, and reactivating some new nagging injury and will miss more games. When he finally does come back look for it to be mid August and him no where near his contract worth.

Then youve got Adrian Gonzalez....Another highly overpaid first baseman on the decline. Might get lucky with 85+ rbis.

Dont forget youve also got that waste of a talent hanely ramirez. Enjoy the locker room cancer.

Your pitching after Kershaw and Greinke is really not that great...Beckett? Good luck. Your 4th and 5th guys are shit.

Your bullpen sucks. Brandon League is a dirt bag scrub and Kevin Gregg is a joke.

The dodgers are FAR from a stacked team. Theyve got big names of former good players, and are paying them ALL good money.

BUT HEY DONT WORRY YOU GOT MATT KEMP!! AND EITHIER!!! OH AND MARK ELLIS IN LEADOFF!!! WEOWWW!!!

[JMobile]

Da Beer Guy, great thread man..

Mayan, ready for me to make my Dodgers lock thread this year????

[ProPicker713]

Same thing lakers fans said when they got dwight.
But its the other LA team shining right now

[Monitor-Tan]

arizona will do well this year and give the west a run for their money

[MrPlow456]

I said it before and ill say it again, the dodgers will not make the playoffs this year. Under 92 is a really good bet, much like the Tigers under last year was good cause of all the Prince Fielder hype.

[OMGRandyJackson]

With that rotation I really dont understand how they are projected to go 92+ wins.

[Da Beer Guy]

Dodgers don't win their division. How many "All Star" teams have to fail before people realize you need role players.

Role players ? Juan Uribe , Dee Gordon, Tony Gwyn Jr, plenty of good arms on the staff so they wont have to wear
guys out either.

[King Mayan]

Mayan, ready for me to make my Dodgers lock thread this year????

Don't do it moby...

DON'T DO IT!!

[Da Beer Guy]

With that rotation I really dont understand how they are projected to go 92+ wins.

You crazy son

That Jap is supposed to really good and they always do well their 1st year in the
bigs since there is no scouting report on him yet.

Josh Beckett, Aaron Huarang, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano
can fight it out for the 4th and 5th starter roles.

Maybe the Dodgers will even sign Kyle Lohse

[Da Beer Guy]

The closer Jansen is nasty too. Hell even if Crawford gets hurt they will be fine without him.

[stevenash]

You heard it here first. I plan on putting a futures wager on this.

Vin Scully coming back to do the broadcast again this year,
it's going to be an epic season for the Dodgers.

Are the LA Dodgers the new New York Yankees?

Other GM's are taking the same pot shots at the Dodgers that used to be fired at the Yankee teams of old.
I heard this one last week. "Money can't buy the Dodgers team chemistry"

There are question marks here.

Ellis is a weak lead off hitter.
Can Crawford rebound, is he another Grady Sizemore, tons of talent that is always on the shelf?
Cruz at third and his God awful power numbers for a corner position player?
AJ Ellis behind the dish will never make people forget about Johnny Bench.

Lineup	Player	POS	Team	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	FVal
1	Mark Ellis	2B	LAD	422	54	7	38	7	0.256	0.317	0.360	$-11
2	Carl Crawford	OF	LAD	440	63	11	52	23	0.270	0.318	0.418	$1
3	Matt Kemp	OF	LAD	573	96	31	101	21	0.288	0.359	0.513	$40
4	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	LAD	582	85	26	96	1	0.289	0.365	0.486	$24
5	Hanley Ramirez	SS	LAD	562	84	22	83	23	0.270	0.345	0.445	$28
6	Andre Ethier	OF	LAD	532	74	19	79	2	0.278	0.355	0.451	$10
7	Luis Cruz	3B	LAD	335	34	6	38	1	0.260	0.289	0.379	$-20
8	A.J. Ellis	Catcher	LAD	370	45	7	44	0	0.251	0.360	0.359	$-13

If LA knocks off the defending champs, it'll be because the best 1-2 punch in the game today
Kershaw and Greinke.

These are still the defending champs.

Lineup	Player	POS	Team	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	FVal
1	Angel Pagan	OF	SF	547	78	8	56	26	0.278	0.334	0.413	$8
2	Marco Scutaro	2B	SF	532	71	6	52	6	0.274	0.332	0.367	$0
3	Pablo Sandoval	3B	SF	533	73	20	83	3	0.291	0.349	0.478	$15
4	Buster Posey	Catcher	SF	524	78	21	89	2	0.305	0.383	0.496	$28
5	Hunter Pence	OF	SF	565	76	19	83	7	0.267	0.329	0.430	$11
6	Brandon Belt	1B	SF	478	65	13	66	12	0.264	0.358	0.427	$1
7	Brandon Crawford	SS	SF	462	51	6	47	4	0.236	0.300	0.338	$-15
8	Gregor Blanco	OF	SF	342	46	4	30	19	0.237	0.331	0.333	$-20

And their top three starters are extremely solid

Cain
Bumgardner
Timmy

[stevenash]

Josh Beckett, Aaron Huarang, Chad Billingsley, Chris Capuano
can fight it out for the 4th and 5th starter roles.

Projected Rotation

Starter	Player	POS	Team	IP	W	L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB	FVal
1	Clayton Kershaw	SP	LAD	208	15	8	2.77	1.08	216	62	$37
2	Zack Greinke	SP	LAD	197	13	9	3.24	1.14	193	49	$24
3	Josh Beckett	SP	LAD	174	11	9	3.78	1.20	151	50	$10
4	Hyun-Jin Ryu	SP	LAD	160	9	9	4.05	1.29	145	49	$1
5	Aaron Harang	SP	LAD	155	8	9	4.35	1.39	113	60	$-8

[El Nino]

arizona will do well this year and give the west a run for their money

[eidolon]

Maybe, because we all know the Yankees win the World Series every year...

[Big Bear]

You heard it here first. I plan on putting a futures wager on this.

Vin Scully coming back to do the broadcast again this year,
it's going to be an epic season for the Dodgers.

Vin Scully is the man. Love Kershaw and Kemp.

How has the starting rotation looked so far in spring? i havent paid any attention to spring training hardly