Free pass: Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Orlando Hudson.
Bills and Johnny Cakes get the free pass without even the batting of an eyelash. The O-Dog is slumping, with just five hits in his last 36 at-bats (.139), but he's still a great presence and a terrific defender. He stays on the free pass list for now.
Temporary free pass: Matt Kemp, Casey Blake, Ramon Troncoso, Randy Wolf, Ronald Belisario, Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, Mark Loretta, Juan Castro, James Loney.
This list has expanded, welcoming Belisario, Kershaw, Kuroda, Castro and Loney with only Russell Martin departing. Belisario has turned into a very good reliever, Kershaw is starting to figure things out, Kuroda looks good after the injury, Castro and Loretta have been everything the Dodgers could have wanted and Loney keeps delivering. Kemp remains because he's still playing well. Even though Blake is slumping, he is still solid in the field and he's a gamer. Troncoso continues to shine in the bullpen, and even though Wolf has had a couple of rough starts, he's still been good to this point and just a couple of pitches have cost him.
Sh#t list: Rafael Furcal, Guillermo Mota, Juan Pierre, Will Ohman, Cory Wade, Manny Ramirez, Russell Martin.
Furcal is showing some signs of coming to life, but is still overswinging and expanding the strike zone. Mota sucks despite his most recent outings. Same with Wade and same with Ohman, even though he's hurt. Martin is baffling. He's just lost it. He can't hit the ball out of the infield and he is slumping defensively. Pierre continues to be the founder of this list with Manny as the mayor.
Ethier nearly moved to the sh#t list, but he's heated up. Not quite enough for a temporary free pass, but if anyone could move up based on two games, he could have after beating the Phillies twice.
I can't figure out why Russ sucks this year, but he is certainly deserving of being on the bad list.
Russ needs to bat eigth and figure it out there, he also should start to learn how to sacrifice bunt cause that would be better than striking out looking. Also if a catcher cant block the curveball in the dirt then the pitchers loose confidence and throw it over the plate! YOU SHOULD HAVE SIGNED MY GLOVE RUSSELL!
As always I will protest Juan on the @$it list, and thank him for his professionalism and baller attitude! His bat has cooled a bit, along with the rest of the team mind you, but you haters wanted him to improve his OBP, and its around .420 and has more hits than Russel, Raffi, Casey and Andre in far less ABs and is tied for the lead on the team in SBs at 13.
pierre will keep cooling off...you wont love him as much at the end of june...i cant even think of things to say about russ martin...he should have signed your glove...
We wont need Pierre at the end of june with Manny coming back, and all Pierre did during his suspension was play hard and well, and raise his value to the point where I think that someone will trade for him either this year or in the offseason...not bad!
No more Pierre in a month. I am torn between disliking Pierre and appreciating what he did. I don't like his game, but he was a spark plug for a few weeks.
Manny's statement was vague, but it had one clear message and that was to move on and play ball on July 3.