Wednesday, November 29, 2006

In the Giants' Jungle, The Brian (Sabean) Sleeps Tonight

ESPN's Phil Rogers puts the Giants at the top of his list of teams which will have a "restless December" due to a lack of moves (to date) and a lot of roster holes to fill. It's interesting that the Giants have been quiet while they have so many holes to fill (by Rogers' count, "two outfielders, a third baseman, a second baseman, possibly a first baseman and at least one, maybe two, starting pitchers"). I don't know if Rogers is counting Randy Winn or Jason Ellison as the other outfielder in the Giants' field (or maybe he's counting Dave Roberts?), but it's clear that they have tons of holes.

On the flip side, here's the Dodgers' lineup, if we start today:
Infield: Garciaparra, Kent, Furcal, Betemit (Loney, LaRoche in the wings)
Outfield: Ethier, Pierre, Anderson (Kemp, Repko, and possibly the return of Werth in the wings)
Catcher: Martin (Hall or potentially Lieberthal as backup)
Starting rotation: Lowe, Penny, Billingsley, Kuo, Wolf (Tomko, Hendrickson in the wings)
Relief pitchers: Brazoban, Broxton, Saito (and a bunch of other guys in the pen, including Elmer's Glue and that guy who sliced his hand open in a bar the night before the playoffs)

So the Dodgers have fewer holes, true. But we still have a lot of work to do; a power bat and a couple more pitchers come to mind.

10 comments:

Orel said...

Any confirmation that Brazoban will be healed enough to pitch next year?

Steve Sax said...

No, but I was being generous with Werth as well...

Orel said...

I love that article because the Dodgers aren't in it.

Steve Sax said...

...which is unfortunately because the Dodgers are in the article that you referenced, filed under "worst deals this off-season"...

Orel said...

So which is worse: dumb actions or inaction?

Steve Sax said...

"If you're going to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs."

Or "break some legs," if referring to brittle Nancy Drew.

Or "brake some legs," if referring to what Rich Donnelly (hopefully) learned this winter break.

Steve Sax said...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how Rogers is counting on Armando "Meltdown" Benitez as one of the mainstays in the Giants' lineup. Yeah, that's stable.

Orel said...

At least the Giants have a closer.

So which is worse: bad closer or no closer at all?

Alex Cora said...

I don' t think Saito is signed yet...Come on Kim Ng, use that Asian power! I wish some of those players (ie tall pitchers) would use those "wings" to fly away to another team - Red Bull gives you WINGS!

Orel said...

That was very stream-of-consciousness.