Free pass: Chad Billingsley, Jonathan Broxton, Orlando Hudson, Casey Blake, Clayton Kershaw.
Welcome Kershaw to this list. With an ERA of 3.16, best on the team, he has been the best pitcher for over a month. The kid is tough. Billingsley is skating on thin ice and one more bad start may move him off. Broxton is forgiven a bit because of his injury, and Hudson stays for a while longer because he closed the first half with a bang.
Temporary free pass: Matt Kemp, Ramon Troncoso, Ronald Belisario, James Loney, Andre Ethier, Randy Wolf.
Kemp almost moved up to the free pass list. He just needs to not swing at so many balls out of the strike zone. Randy Wolf is back on this list, and for good reason. He's done everything the Dodgers have asked for.
Sh#t list: Rafael Furcal, Juan Pierre, Cory Wade, Russell Martin, Hiroki Kuroda.
Martin and Furcal are starting to get going, so maybe they won't be long for this list. Wade is horrible and Kuroda has been garbage. We all know that it's a matter of principle between Mr. Pierre and I.
I have taken Manny off the sh#t list. He won't make any of the other lists any time soon, but he is doing what he needs to in order to win back the fans. How about how good guys like Guillermo Mota, Brent Leach and Jeff Weaver have been? But they can't make a free pass list. They are on too short of a leash in our minds.
Weaver as a long reliever and innings eater he is on the temporary free pass
Mota is on the Temporary Free Pass list as he was garbage in the first two months and unhittable since
Leach got hit recently and needs to show he can rebound before he gets on any list
Pierre is on the Temporary Free Pass list as his numbers off the bench and as a replacement merit it...it is a fair compromise
Manny is still officially in the dog house but he is like my husky puppy that is so cute that you cant stay mad at him for too long!
I agree on all the Free pass list and Bills will get it together but could use help...i.e. a fifth starter.
weaver yes, mota no... pierre is now irrelevant, forget him...
How can you forget about Pierre...even since Manny has been back he has been in everygame!
I think even Matt appreciates Pierre. He is just keeping him on the bad list as an honorary member, which I find funny. Gotta like someone that sticks to their guns.
However, Pierre has been great through all of this.