Next up in the series of NL West season preview Q&As: the Los Angeles Dodgers. Chad Moriyama (you can find him on Twitter at @chadmoriyama) was kind enough to answer a few questions about the Dodgers, who are coming off of an 82-79 season.
1. How would you grade the Dodgers’ offseason?
C-. The only thing that prevented this off-season from being a disaster was getting Matt Kemp locked up for the long haul. With a ton of money to spend (despite ownership claims), Ned Colletti brought in Juan Rivera, Mark Ellis, Matt Treanor, Adam Kennedy, Chris Capuano, Jerry Hairston, Aaron Harang, Tony Gwynn Jr., and Mike MacDougal. They should make the Dodgers reasonably competitive in 2012, but there isn’t a true impact player in all that mess, just a cavalcade of mediocre and average. Worse yet, most of them are on two-year deals, which is just mind blowing to me considering he probably won’t even be around in 2013.
2. Best move of the offseason?
Matt Kemp. There’s ri...
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PLAYERS:
Matt Kemp,
Ned Colletti,
Juan Rivera,
Mark Ellis,
Matt Treanor,
Adam Kennedy,
Chris Capuano,
Aaron Harang,
Mike MacDougal,
Nathan Eovaldi,
Trayvon Robinson,
Jerry Sands,
Javy Guerra
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants
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