November 13th, 2007 by Top Dawg

1. CF - The Dodgers are supposedly going to hide the flea, Juan Pierre, over in left field so that leaves a gap in center.  I don’t know why you’d move him when he sucks, is he better than Andre Eithier or Matt Kemp?  Not even close.  Anyway Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones, or Aaron Rowand would be great replacements.
2. 3B - Nomar doesn’t have the pop or durability to play on the 3rd bag.  Andy LaRoche failed in his 2 attempts to take the job which led to a platoon at 3rd.  Alex Rodriguez, Mike Lowell, or Miguel Cabrera would stop the platooning.
3. SP - With last years free agent “gems”, Jason Schmidt and Randy Wolf, breaking down, The Dodgers need to help Lowe, Penny, & Billingsley.  I’m not sure Esteban Loiaza is the answer at 5 so you need 2 starting pitchers.  As GM Ned Colletti has stated the FA market for pitchers is pretty weak so an infusion of talent will have to come via a trade.  Joe Blanton, Carlos Silva, Johan Santana, or Hiroki Kuroda would help…maybe Clayton Kershaw by mid-season??

If I were GM…I would sign Andruw Jones to man CF at appx. $15mil.  Shore up 3rd base by trading for Miguel Cabrera (Pierre, LaRoche and Hu as the bait).  Sign Hiroki Kuroda to be your 4th pitcher and hope Schmidt, Loiaza or Chan Ho Park can be your 5th.  If they all fail at midseason you bring up Kershaw.  There is risk with this.  Andruw Jones struggled mightily last year and is getting up there in age.  Cabrera is fat, but can knock the ball.  You would need to put some weight parameters in a new contract with Cabrera.  You could shore up your entire team for about the cost of one A-Rod…