The Dodgers bench is looking bleak offensively for the 2013 season. Unless something of the miracle type happens during the spring, the Dodgers bench is not looking very impressive. Juan Uribe, Jerry Hairston, Skip Schumaker, Nick Punto, and Tim Federowicz just don’t scream or even whisper “offensive threat” off the bench to me. First of all, the Dodgers bench is of the ripened variety, especially with Federowicz removed from the equation. The Dodgers need to get younger and more offensive focused on the bench. Sure our bench can play a solid defense, but when you need a big hit off the bench I wouldn’t exactly want to trust any one of these guys. In fact, I would take Elian Herrera over any one of these guys any day of the week. Speaking of Elian, what ever happened to him? He got buried by Juan Uribe and Jerry Hairston. Yuck. Hopefully he can make a statement this spring.
Notice anything glaring wrong with the picture? No backup first baseman? Ding-ding-ding! Apparently Juan Uribe...
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PLAYERS:
Casper Wells,
Juan Uribe,
Skip Schumaker,
Nick Punto,
Tim Federowicz,
Elian Herrera,
Carl Crawford,
Andre Ethier,
Adrian Gonzalez,
Chris Capuano,
Aaron Harang,
Ted Lilly,
Bobby Abreu,
Ned Colletti
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, Los Angeles Dodgers
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