Results tagged ‘ Blake DeWitt ’
DeJesus Injured…
Looks like one of the candidates to back up Furcal this season, Ivan DeJesus, Jr., broke his leg and is most likely out for the season. This may make the Dewitt move to Short even more important with an injury-prone Abreu and DeJesus gone for the year.
Blake of Many Trades…
Looks like the Dodgers are trying Blake Dewitt out at Shortstop. With Abreu down, again, this might be a good option torelive Furcal some so we don’t see another injury riden season.
I like DeWitt. The Hudson deal upset me a little because I feel like DeWitt is a good ball player that deserves a shot. He’s doneeverythingthe organization has asked up to this point and has proven his work ethic. If this move increases the chance he makes the team, seasons him for another year and gives him the starting job at Second next year then I am all for it.
We need character guys like DeWitt around. They are the glue that hold teams together– something we’ve been missing in the McCourt era.
Orlando on the Cheap
Looks like we just signed Orlando Hudson to a one year deal on the cheap. One big downside is sending a First Round pick the the D-Backs.
Not sure how I feel about this signing. I actually like Blake DeWitt and was looking forward to the story of him succeeding out of no where due to injuries last year. the sensible move might be to send him back over to third and put Casey Blake in Right. This move though does increase the depth chart at third, which seems like the best outlet for Russell Martin to get some rest, but still have his bat in the order.
The other obvious issue here is, how does this help us with power? We needed to sign Manny, Bobby Abreu or Adam Dunn to play left– not shuffle the outfiled around to put Blake out there. This just gets us a 30+ year old rented infielder with a less than .500 slugging percentage. How exactly does this solve the glaring hole in the Dodgers offense?
I think Mike Sciosia’s Tragic Illness has a good run down on all of this as well.
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