With the news that Vicente Padilla has been sidelined with a strained forearm and will hit the 15-day DL, the question becomes who will replace him in the Dodgers rotation? Who will Joe Torre and Rick Honeycutt deem worthy enough to replace our venerable Number 4 1/2 starter?First, confirmation from the Dodgers that Padilla is Padidown (/wah wah), and a fairly troubling quote from Vicente:"I can't even throw right now," Padilla said, declining to speculate on the severity of the injury. The choices at their disposal, currently up in the bigs:Ramon OrtizJon Link, recalled to replace PadillaCarlos MonasteriosA few more choices, currently at AAA:James McDonaldScott ElbertJosh LindblomJosh TowersEric Stults, where for art thou, Eric Stults? Oh yeah, you're turning Japanese. And Jeff Weaver, who would have undoubtedly gotten the spot-start, is DL'd with a bad back.Two excellent rundowns of the options come from Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness, who fears we'l...
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