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2012 Non-Roster Invitees

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:57 -0000

No	Player	Age*	Cut date
63	Jose Ascanio rhp	27	Feb. 23
61	Alberto Castillo lhp	36	Mar 18
6	Matt Chico lhp	29	Mar 18
33	John Grabow lhp	33	Mar 26
59	Angel Guzman rhp	30	Mar 24
47	Wil Ledezma lhp	31	Mar 24
72	Shane Lindsay rhp	27	Mar 15
62	Fernando Nieve rhp	29	Mar 24
73	Scott Rice lhp	30	Apr 4
70	Will Savage rhp	27	Mar 18
71	Ryan Tucker rhp	25	Mar 18
28	Jamey Wright rhp	37	Made team

30	~~Josh Bard c~~	34	Mar 29
82	~~Griff Erickson c~~	24	Mar 18
81	~~Matt Wallach c~~	26	Mar 18
67	Jeff Baisley 3b/1b	29	Mar 18
65	Luis Cruz ss/2b	28	Apr 4
37	Josh Fields 3b/1b	29	Apr 4
46	Russ Mitchell 3b/1b	27	Mar 15
64	~~Lance Zawadzki if~~	27	Mar 18
6	~~Cory Sullivan of~~	32	Mar 29

*Age on June 30, 2012
NRI count: 21 20 18 14 10 7 6 4 1 For more info, click here.

Others on 40-man Roster
No	Player	Age*	Cut date
78	Michael Antonini lhp	26	Mar 15
51	Ronald Belisario rhp	29	Susp.
50	Nathan Eovaldi rhp	22	Apr 4
79	Stephen Fife rhp	25	Mar 15
38	Ramon Troncoso rhp	29	Mar 22*
80	Josh Wall rhp	25	Mar 15
68	Chris Withrow rhp	23	Mar 15

31	~~Tim Federowicz c~~	24	Apr 4

63	~~Matt Angle of~~	26	Apr 4
76	~~Alex Castellanos of~~	25	Mar 15
49	~~Trent Oeltjen of~~	27	Mar 31
23	~~Jerry Sands of~~	24	Mar 27
75	~~Alfredo Silverio of~~	25	Mar 15
77	~~Scott Van Slyke of~~	25	Mar 15
*DFA; no longer on 40-man

2012 Dodgers Payroll

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:57 -0000

Pos	No	Player	2012 Salary
C	17	Ellis	$490,000
1B	28	Gonzalez	$4,590,164	trade 8/25
2B	14	Ellis	$2,500,000
3B	47	Cruz	$246,557
SS	13	Ramirez	$5,819,671	trade 7/25
LF	8	Victorino	$3,374,317	trade 7/31
CF	27	Kemp	$10,000,000
RF	16	Ethier	$10,950,000

1B/OF	21	Rivera	$4,000,000
IF	7	Punto	$327,869	trade 8/25
2B/3B	3	Kennedy	$800,000
3B/SS	5	Uribe	$8,000,000
C	18	Treanor	$850,000

SP	22	Kershaw	$6,000,000
SP	35	Capuano	$3,000,000
SP	61	Beckett	$3,442,623	trade 8/25
SP	44	Harang	$3,000,000
SP	56	Blanton	$2,879,781	trade 8/3

CL	74	Jansen	$491,000
RHP	51	Belisario	$414,426
RHP	31	League	$1,775,956	trade 7/30
DL	57	Elbert	$488,500
LHP	50	Choate	$581,967	trade 7/25
RHP	28	Wright	$900,000
RHP	46	Wall	$123,279

DL	9	Gordon	$485,000
DL	58	Billingsley	$9,000,000
60DL	29	Lilly	$12,000,000
60DL	55	Guerrier	$4,750,000
60DL		Crawford	$4,262,295	trade 8/25
60DL	6	Hairston	$2,250,000
60DL	60	Coffey	$1,000,000
60DL	36	Hawksworth	$495,000
60DL	12	Sellers	$481,000

Rook		Puig	$8,000,000	FA 6/29
AAA	10	Gwynn	$850,000	DFA 8/6
AAA	23	Abreu	$401,311	DFA 7/31
AAA	54	Guerra	$370,667
A	38	Tolleson	$220,328
AAA	37	Herrera	$173,115
AAA	33	Van Slyke	$107,541
AAA	56	Fife	$47,213
AAA	49	Castellanos	$31,475
AAA	56	Antonini	$10,492	DFA 7/31

		Manny	$8,087,432	deferred
Bos	7	Loney	$4,981,557	trade 8/25
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Pierre	$3,050,000	deferred
		Furcal	$3,000,000	deferred
		Kuroda	$2,000,000	deferred
		Garland	$1,500,000	option buyout
		Blake	$1,250,000	option buyout
Syr	66	MacDougal	$650,000	DFA 5/3
PTBNL	41	De La Rosa	$376,339	trade 8/25
Phi	52	Lindblom	$311,443	trade 7/31
Bos	13	DeJesus	$191,675	trade 8/25
Mia	50	Eovaldi	$157,705	trade 7/25
PTBNL	30	Sands	$44,915	trade 8/25

Totals			$148,957,613
For more detailed information, click here.
Current 40-man roster count: 47 (incl. Crawford, Lilly, Guerrier, Hairston, Coffey, Hawksworth, Sellers)

Dodgers 2011 Non-Roster Invitees

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:57 -0000

No	Player	Age*
60	Roman Colon rhp	31
81	Lance Cormier rhp	30
78	R. De La Rosa rhp	22
67	W. De La Rosa lhp	26
47	Dana Eveland lhp	28
71	Jon Huber rhp	29
66	M. MacDougal rhp	34
80	Ron Mahay lhp	40
46	Tim Redding rhp	33
52	Oscar Villarreal rhp	29

13	~~Juan Castro ss~~	39
77	~~J.D. Closser c~~	31
61	~~Damaso Espino c~~	28
70	~~Dee Gordon ss~~	23
35	~~Gabe Kapler of~~	35
6	Aaron Miles if	34
49	~~Trent Oeltjen of~~	28
68	Jerry Sands of/1b	23
72	~~Justin Sellers ss~~	25
9	Eugenio Velez if/of	29

*Age on June 30, 2011
NRI count: 3 made team For more info, click here.

2011 True Blue LA Top Prospects

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:57 -0000

As Voted By You
	*Prospect (Age)**	2010
1)	J. Sands of/1b (23)	NR
2)	Tray Robinson of (23)	9
3)	Zach Lee rhp (19)	NR
4)	De La Rosa rhp (22)	NR
5)	K. Jansen rhp (23)	NR
6)	Dee Gordon ss (23)	2
7)	C. Withrow rhp (22)	1
8)	A. Webster rhp (21)	13t
9)	Aaron Miller lhp (23)	7
10)	Ethan Martin rhp (22)	5
11)	Garret Gould rhp (19)	12
12)	I. DeJesus 2b/ss (24)	4
13)	Jon Garcia of (19)	NR
14)	Kyle Russell of (25)	13t
15)	Scott Elbert lhp (25)	3
16)	Lemmerman ss (22)	NR
17)	Ralston Cash rhp (19)	NR
18)	Leon Landry of (21)	NR
19)	Nate Eovaldi rhp (21)	10
20)	Matt Magill rhp (21)	NR
*Age as of June 30, 2011

Dodgers 2010 Non-Roster Invitees

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:57 -0000

No	Player	Age*
26	Luis Ayala rhp	32
88	~~Scott Dohmann~~ rhp	32
79	~~Francisco Felix~~ ~~rhp~~	26
38	~~Eric Gagne~~ ~~rhp~~	34
70	Josh Lindblom rhp	23
45	Justin Miller rhp	32
35	Ramon Ortiz rhp	37
48	Russ Ortiz rhp	36
78	Juan Perez lhp	31
83	Josh Towers rhp	33
36	Jeff Weaver rhp	33

77	~~J.D. Closser c~~	30
81	~~Gabriel Gutierrez~~ c	26
82	~~Justin Knoedler c~~	29
76	~~John Lindsey~~ 1b	33
13	~~D. Mientkiewicz 1b~~	36
72	Russell Mitchell 1b/of	25
0	A. Amezaga if/of	32
30	~~Angel Berroa ss~~	32
21	Nick Green ss	31
63	Argenis Reyes 2b/ss	27
00	Garret Anderson of	38
66	~~Brian Barton~~ of	28
28	~~Brian Giles~~ of	39
61	~~Prentice Redman of~~	30
29	~~Michael Restovich~~ of	31

*Age on June 30, 2010
NRI Count: 26 25 22 17 14 12 11 10 9 8 5 For more info, click here.

2011 Dodger Payroll

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

Pos	No	Player	2011 Salary
C	28	Barajas	$3,250,000
1B	7	Loney	$4,875,000
2B	12	Sellers	$108,590
3B	6	Miles	$600,000
SS	9	Gordon	$199,082
LF	47	Sands	$169,672
CF	27	Kemp	$7,100,000
RF	33	Rivera	$178,721

IF	14	Carroll	$2,900,000
OF	10	Gwynn	$675,000
C	17	Ellis	$202,448
C	31	Federowicz	$52,033
OF	49	Oeltjen	$253,377
IF/OF	46	Mitchell	$126,842
IF/OF	3	Velez	$237,705

SP	22	Kershaw	$500,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$6,275,000
SP	18	Kuroda	$8,500,000
SP	29	Lilly	$7,500,000
SP	37	Eveland	$76,503

CL	54	Guerra	$309,934
RHP	74	Jansen	$416,000
RHP	55	Guerrier	$1,500,000
RHP	36	Hawksworth	$426,000
RHP	66	MacDougal	$500,000
LHP	57	Elbert	$319,754
LHP	56	Kuo	$2,725,000
RHP	52	Lindblom	$171,935
RHP	38	Troncoso	$149,749
RHP	48	Ely	$70,809
RHP	50	Eovaldi	$122,164

	16	Ethier	$9,250,000
DL	51	Broxton	$7,000,000
	23	Blake	$5,250,000
DL	5	Uribe	$5,000,000
DL	21	Garland	$3,500,000
60DL	44	Padilla	$3,000,000
TJ	41	De La Rosa	$289,574

StL	15	Furcal	$10,565,574
NYY	33	Thames	$1,000,000
DFA	30	Navarro	$1,000,000
TB	37	Cormier	$800,000
AAA	31	Gibbons	$650,000
AGM	3	Castro	$379,781
AA	9	Gimenez	$167,213
AAA	13	DeJesus	$104,109
Pit	3	Paul	$61,893
AAA	35	Hoffmann	$9,071

		Manny	$7,677,596	deferred
		Pierre	$3,500,000	deferred
		Andruw	$3,375,000	deferred
		Schmidt	$1,500,000	deferred
		Ausmus	$150,000	option buyout
		Dotel	$125,000	option buyout

Totals			$114,846,132
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2010 True Blue LA Top Prospects

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

As Voted On By You
1)	Chris Withrow rhp (21)*
2)	Dee Gordon ss (22)
3)	Scott Elbert lhp (24)
4)	Ivan DeJesus ss (23)
5)	Ethan Martin rhp (21)
6)	Andrew Lambo of (21)
7)	Aaron Miller lhp (22)
8)	Josh Lindblom rhp (23)
9)	Trayvon Robinson of (22)
10)	Nate Eovaldi rhp (20)
11)	Xavier Paul of (25)
12)	Garrett Gould rhp (18)
13a)	Kyle Russell of (24)
13b)	Allen Webster rhp (20)
15)	Jonathan Garcia of (18)
*Age as of June 30, 2010

The 50 Walk Club

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

Player	Date Joined
Martin	July 22
Ethier	August 3
Blake	August 16
Loney	August 18
Manny	August 27
Furcal	September 5
Hudson	September 5
Kemp	September 18

Eight Dodgers had 50 walks in 2009, and True Blue LA and its readers have pledged to donate at least $1,050 to Think Cure.

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All-Time LA Dodger Team

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

Voted By You (Pre-2009)
No	Player	Pos
30	Maury Wills	SS
19	Junior Gilliam	2B
31	Mike Piazza	C
28	Pedro Guerrero	RF
6	Steve Garvey	1B
10	Ron Cey	3B
12	Dusty Baker	LF
3	Willie Davis	CF
17	Rick Dempsey	C
27	Lee Lacy	Utility
25	Dave Hansen	L PH
11	Manny Mota	R PH
32	Sandy Koufax	SP
53	Don Drysdale	SP
55	Orel Hershiser	SP
34	F. Valenzuela	SP
20	Don Sutton	SP
38	Eric Gagne	CL
16	Ron Perranoski	Ace
51	Jonathan Broxton	RHP
97	Joe Beimel	LHP

Dodger Blogs

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

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Dodgerfan.net (Chris & Alex)
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Great Lake Loons Daily Take (Hugh Bernreuter)
Inside The Dodgers (MLB.com)
LA Dodger Talk (Mark Timmons)
Lasorda's Lair (Kenny Shulsen)
Left Field Pavillion
Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness
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Sons Of Steve Garvey (Assorted Bastards)
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Baseball Links

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:56 -0000

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2009 Dodger Payroll

trainwreck84 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:47:55 -0000

Pos	No	Player	2009 Salary
C	55	Martin	$3,900,000
1B	7	Loney	$465,000
2B	13	Hudson	$6,550,000
3B	23	Blake	$5,250,000
SS	15	Furcal	$11,500,000
LF	99	Manny	$7,267,760
CF	27	Kemp	$467,000
RF	16	Ethier	$3,200,000

OF	9	Pierre	$10,000,000
2B/3B/1B	3	Belliard	$363,388
PH	25	Thome	$1,000,000
PH	26	Mientkiewicz	$550,000
3B/1B/2B	5	Loretta	$1,250,000
SS/2B/3B	14	Castro	$669,399
C	12	Ausmus	$1,000,000
3B/2B	33	DeWitt	$159,345
SS/2B	60	Hu	$48,208
OF	17	Repko	$500,000
C	49	Ellis	$118,032

SP	43	Wolf	$6,000,000
SP	22	Kershaw	$404,000
SP	58	Billingsley	$475,000
SP	18	Kuroda	$10,000,000
SP	21	Garland	$0
SP	44	Padilla	$85,246

CL	51	Broxton	$1,975,000
RP	52	Sherrill	$991,803
RP	38	Troncoso	$401,000
RP	56	Kuo	$437,000
RP	54	Belisario	$400,000
RP	59	Mota	$2,350,000
RP	31	McDonald	$321,914
RP	36	Weaver	$431,694
RP	57	Elbert	$139,891
RP	37	Haeger	$120,219

60DL	29	Schmidt	$16,000,000
60DL	77	Ohman	$1,350,000
60DL	3	Paul	$330,055
60DL	28	Milton	$557,923
60DL	49	Schlichting	$43,716
AAA	47	Wade	$239,740
AAA	45	Leach	$194,536
AAA	50	Stults	$184,524
AAA		Jones	$56,831
DFA		Hoffmann	$52,459
Traded		Abreu	$21,858
Traded		Vargas	$307,923
Traded		Young	$22,186
		Andruw	$4,850,000
		Penny	$2,000,000
		Nomar	$1,250,000
		Loaiza	$375,000
		Bennett	$50,000
Totals			$106,677,650
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OL Humani Stevens Commits

trainwreck84 — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:41:52 -0000

Humani Stevens an offensive linemen from Helmet (California) committed to the Bruins today. Stevens is 6-2, 290 lbs. Stevens is going to play guard or center for UCLA. Stevens right now is a three star prospect according to Scout (4 star on Rivals, 11th ranked G nationally), but he has a good chance to move up in the rankings, because he has started gaining a lot more attention. USC is supposedly going to offer him soon and many thought he was going to go there, but he decided to be a Bruin. It is always great to grab a recruit from Petey. Stevens is known for his aggressive style of play and is a real mauler. He probably the most talented offensive line recruit so far in UCLA's 08' class.

UCLA now has 19 commitments and they will probably take one more offensive linemen. LB Donovan Carter is close to making a decision and he is a heavy UCLA lean. Nelson Rosario (WR) is another top target that UCLA has a good chance of picking up a commitment from this summer. Rosario is a huge get for us, literally and figuratively. 6-5 wide receivers with speed and good route running ability do not come around often. We will need to add a DT and a star RB (to go with Dean) and we should have a potential top 5 recruiting class. Let's finish this thing strong!!

UCLA Has 12 Players in Rivals Top 250

trainwreck84 — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:34:58 -0000

UCLA has 12 players in the newly released Rivals top 250. Each one of our players is given a 4 star rating. Rahim Moore is the #1 ranked safety in the entire class and EJ Woods is #3.

The list:
Kemonte Bateman WR
Nick Crissman QB
Aundre Dean RB
Anthony Dye CB
Aaron Hester CB
Damien Holmes DE
Jerry Johnson WR
Datone Jones DE
Uona Kavienga LB
Rahim Moore S
Antwon Moutra WR
EJ Woods S

12 of our now 15 recruits (we just added offensive linemen Jonathan Martin) are 4 star recruits. Right now we probably have the second best class in the country and we definitely should have a top 10 class for next year. We are still in it with a few top notch players and according to Tracy Pierson at Bruin Report Online, we are doing very well with running back Darrell Scott, the #2 ranked player in the entire class.

I have been very critical of Karl Dorrell on the field, but he has really improved off the field when it comes to recruiting. Our assistant coaches are extremely good recruiters and if we have the success on the field that we should have, it will only get better. Have to give credit when credit is due.

UCLA has 12 players in the newly released Rivals top 250. Each one of our players is given a 4 star rating. Rahim Moore is the #1 ranked safety in the entire class and EJ Woods is #3.

Olson Named Starting QB

trainwreck84 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:13:40 -0000

Karl Dorrell just announced to Bruin Report Online that Olson is going to be the starting quarterback. He said Olson has performed better than Cowan in practice so far and the coaches felt now was the right time to announce the starter so everyone will know where they stand. He says he expects them both to get a lot of snaps in practice.

This is the decision that had to be made and thankfully it was. I am happy Dorrell named Olson the starter already, because I could not frankly handle the thought of Cowan opening as our starter. I think Olson would have been insulted if he had to go through another QB competition this spring. Obviously, Olson is the more talented passer and I think he is going to have a good season for us. Cowan is a decent backup quarterback, but I do not think many of us want to see him get on the field this upcoming season. I am hearing really good things about Norvell's offense so far and I think we will take advantage of Olson's good arm this year. Karl reiterated that expectations are high for this season. The offense needs to be sharper, but they are getting there day by day. The defense is already looking top notch and I expect them to one of the top defensive units in the country next year. It is time to start meeting expectations. No more excuses. And it will be up to Ben Olson to steer the ship.

Preseason Top 25 For Next Season

trainwreck84 — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:36:45 -0000

Rivals.com's Bob McClellan released the Rivals Preseason Top 25:

USC
Michigan
LSU
West Virginia
Florida
Ohio State
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Louisville
Georgia
Nebraska
Auburn
California
Arkansas
Tennessee
Penn State
Rutgers
Florida State
Texas A&M
Notre Dame
Hawaii
Boston College
Clemson

Others receiving votes:
Wake Forest, UCLA, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Maryland, South Florida, South Carolina, Oregon, Alabama, Miami (FL), TCU, Boise State, Missouri

NationalChamps.net also had their annual "Early Bird" Top 25, which is released around Thanksgiving day.

Their poll looked like this:

USC
Michigan
Ohio State
LSU
Oklahoma
Florida
West Virginia
Louisville
Virginia Tech
Texas
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Tennessee
UCLA
Auburn
Wake Forest
Texas A&M
California
Boston College
Notre Dame
South Carolina
Georgia
Penn State
South Florida

Others Receiving votes:
Arizona State, Boise State, BYU, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Rutgers, TCU

As a whole I agree with the Rivals rankings more. I think OK and Ohio St are going to definitely drop down a bit next season.
Ranking UCLA at #15 is far too high for me. I would have them in the #23-25 range or off the list completely. This does gives a good idea of where UCLA is in regards to the national media. UCLA is expected to finish the season a ranked team and for some it should finish in the top half of the poll. That one ESPN article even suggested UCLA as a darkhorse national championship contender, which I think is really pushing it. The offense is going to need to show a lot of improvement to meet any lofty expectations like that. The defense has some issues, but I think another year in Coach Walker's system is going to make a big difference. The defense usually was a problem when they stopped being aggressive and would play a more prevent style of defense, which did not work at all. Hopefully Coach Walker can learn from those mistakes. We know Coach Dorrell does not seem to. If Karl Dorrell does end up being the coach/offensive coordinator then there are frankly no more excuses and UCLA has to produce.

Rivals.com's Bob McClellan released the Rivals Preseason Top 25:

USC
Michigan
LSU
West Virginia
Florida
Ohio State
Virginia Tech
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Louisville
Georgia
Nebraska
Auburn
California
Arkansas
Tennessee
Penn State
Rutgers
Florida State
Texas A&M
Notre Dame
Hawaii
Boston College
Clemson

Others receiving votes:
Wake Forest, UCLA, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Maryland, South Florida, South Carolina, Oregon, Alabama, Miami (FL), TCU, Boise State, Missouri

NationalChamps.net also had their annual "Early Bird" Top 25, which is released around Thanksgiving day.

Their poll looked like this:

USC
Michigan
Ohio State
LSU
Oklahoma
Florida
West Virginia
Louisville
Virginia Tech
Texas
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Tennessee
UCLA
Auburn
Wake Forest
Texas A&M
California
Boston College
Notre Dame
South Carolina
Georgia
Penn State
South Florida

Others Receiving votes:
Arizona State, Boise State, BYU, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Miami (FL), Oregon State, Rutgers, TCU