How I would fix the Dodgers

so Ill start this out by stating who will be on the team next year:

Andre Ethier
Matt Kemp
Rafael Furcal
James Loney
Casey Blake
Chad Billingsley
Clayton Kershaw
Hong Chi Kuo
Jonathan Broxton
Jamey Carrol
Ronald Belisario
Kenley Jansen
Jay Gibbons
AJ Ellis

non tenders:
Russell Martin
Ryan Theriot
George Sherrill
Ramon Troncoso

Free agents:

Ted Lilly
Hiroki Kuroda
Vicente Padilla
Jeff Weaver
Brad Ausmus
Rod Barajas
Reed Johnson
Scott Podsednick

that being said I would resign Ted Lilly as long as its no longer than 3 years, you dont want to sign a guy who will be 35 to a long term contract, sign jeremy Bonderman to be the 4th starter. For the fifth starter I would open up a competition in spring training to John ely, Jon link and maybe somebody else.

Bing back Rod Barajas, AJ Ellis as back up. Sign George Cantu to play third, make casey blake a back-up third base and first baseman. Sign Carlos Pena and trade James loney and Jon broxton to the cardinals for Colby Rasmus

Sign Jason Kubel to play left field with Jay gibbons already the back up corner outfield.

sign some new bullpen guys, and make the new closer a mix of Kenley Jansen and Hong Chi Kuo.

here is what the team looks like now under my proposed plan:

C- Rod Barajas
1b- Carlos Pena
2b- Colby Rasmus
3b- George Cantu
SS- Rafael Furcal
LF- Jason Kubel
CF- Matt Kemp
RF- Andre Ethier

SP1- Clayton Kershaw
SP2- Chad Billingsley
SP3- Ted Lilly
SP4- Jeremy Bonderman
Sp5- Ely, Link, someone else

bench:

MI- Jamey carrol
CI- Casey Blake
OF- Jay Gibbons
C- AJ Ellis
OF- Reed Johnson

Bullpen:

RP- Ronald Belisario
RP- Chad durbin
RP- loser of link and ely competition
RP- matt Guirrer
RP- Ramon Troncoso
RP- Hong Chi Kuo
CP- Kenley Jansen


I still think this is a 3rd place team in the west, but this is a realistic evaluation of what the team could look like. the payroll in my proposed plan would be around 80-85 million. Then again with this team it will probaly keep broxton, theriot and podsednick...


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