Free pass: Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Orlando Hudson, Casey Blake.
Billingsley and Hudson are close to moving down to the temporary free pass list. I still love the O-Dawg and Bills, but they are both struggling. Struggling to the point where it's almost okay to start getting bothered at them. Broxton struggled twice, but he is nursing an injury. He's just fine. Blake has been everything and more for the Dodgers. He gets a bump up.
Temporary free pass: Matt Kemp, Ramon Troncoso, Ronald Belisario, Clayton Kershaw, Hiroki Kuroda, James Loney, Andre Ethier.
Loretta and Castro haven't done enough to stay here, but it doesn't mean they move to the bad list. They just simply are not on a list. Randy Wolf got moved off because he is stinking. He's on the sh#t list soon if he doesn't turn it around. Belisario and Troncoso have been so good in the bullpen and Kershaw seems to have really turned a corner. Kuroda is getting sharper, Loney keeps driving in runs, Kemp is still a stud and Ethier moves on to this list because three home runs in a game deserves it.
Sh#t list: Rafael Furcal, Juan Pierre, Cory Wade, Manny Ramirez, Russell Martin.
Believe it or not, Guillermo Mota has moved off this list. He isn't on a good list, but he's not in the doghouse anymore. Wade still stinks, so he stays put. Offensively, Martin and Furcal are still bad. They stay here. Manny still owes us a lot, and Pierre (for me at least) is still the mayor of sh#t list town.
Guys like Jeff Weaver, Mota and Brent Leach are making a push to get on a good list, but relievers have to be really good for a really long time.
bills is really not pitching well... i hope he turns it around because he let two wins slip away... o-dog is slumping too... the free pass guys on this list are struggling a bit...
Time to move Orlando Hudson off the free pass list. You can't leave that many guys in scoring position for weeks and not get some flack for it.
Hudson gets till Manny comes back for final judgement IMO, wait till the fastballs start coming back
You can close the book on Wade (thank God), and I'm starting to realize that after months of bitching about the bullpen, its starting to look pretty sick! Especially if McD can find his rythm from last year.