Because I Can

The Following Lineup
CF - Furcal
SS - Izturis
1B - Nomar
3B - Beltre
2B - Kent
LF - Ethier
RF - Kemp
C - Martin

Rotation
1. Penny
2. Maddux
3. Lowe
4. Hernandez
5. Billingsley/Tomko/Hendrickson

Bullpen
CL - Gagne
Saito
Brazoban
Broxton
Kuo
Tomko/Hendrickson

Bench
Saenz
Martinez
Ledee
Guzman
(non roster invite catcher)
Robles

Transactions to make this possible -
1) Toby Hall, Andy Laroche, JD Drew, and PTBNL to the Seattle Mariners for Adrian Beltre and Felix Hernandez
2) Nomar to a 3 year, $32 million deal, including a $5 million signing bonus, and $9 million per year over 3 years.
2) Sign Ricky Ledee, Ramon Martinez, Oscar Robles
3) Invite a bunch of backup catchers to spring training
4) Free agent signing of Greg Maddux to a 1 year deal at $12 Million, with team option for $12 million and $2 million buyout for 2008
5) Eat Odalis Perez' contract
6) Trade Hendrickson or Tomko for a mid-level prospect
7) Sign Eric Gagne to a 1 year deal at $6 million with a $1 million bonus for 40 IP, and $1 million more at each 50, 60, 70 IP
8) Sign Takashi Saito to 1 year $3 million with option for $3 million or buyout of $500,000

Payroll changes
1) + $2 million
2) + $14 million
3) + $3 million
4) + $1 million
5) + $12 million
6) no change
7) no change
8) + $6 million
9) + $3 million

Payroll (estimated): $122 million

Labels: Dodgers