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Pick Your Poison, A Sad Fan's Guide To The Dodgers Off-Season

Found January 16, 2012 on Dodger Sims:
PLAYERS: Ned Colletti,  Mark Ellis,  Juan Rivera,  Aaron Harang,  Chris Capuano,  Adam Kennedy,  Jerry Sands,  Justin Sellers,  Nathan Eovaldi,  Prince Fielder,  Matt Kemp,  Clayton Kershaw
TEAMS: Los Angeles Dodgers,  Milwaukee Brewers

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Many people have railed against the off-season signings Ned Colletti has made for the Dodgers. Colletti was quick to fill out most of his roster this off-season. And in doing so made a few questionable signings. None of the signings as a single entity really hurt the Dodgers chances, but in aggregate they have possibly kept the Dodgers from making the big splash they need to compete for a playoff chance in the next two years. Instead of signing the likes of Mark Ellis, Juan Rivera, Aaron Harang, Chris Capuano, Adam Kennedy and Tony Gwynn Jr., the Dodgers could've used in house replacements making close to league minimum like Jerry Sands (LF), Justin Sellers (2B) and Nathan Eovaldi (P) plus probably few other replacement level players or NRIs. The savings many argued would allow the Dodgers to bid on such high profiled sluggers like 1B free agent Prince Fielder and maybe there'd be enough left over to sign Kuroda for a one year $13M deal (or along those lines). Sure, th...
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