As January starts to creep towards February, the Dodgers still find themselves looking to strengthen their rotation. Finally, they seem to be making some progress.
While it's only names at this point, at least the Dodgers appear to be very much involved in signing either Vicente Padilla or Joel Pineiro. Also, Braden Looper and Jon Garland have been talked about as well.
The top dog seems to be Pineiro. He's coming off a great season in St. Louis, going 15-12 with a 3.29 ERA and 1.14 WHIP in 214 innings. Basically, he picked a great year to produce. The Mets have looked at a deal with him in the two-year, $15 million range. The Dodgers look like they only want to do one year, so that may put him out of reach.
Padilla had a roller coaster year, but it thankfully was a positive ride once he came to Los Angeles. He went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA, plus had two great starts in the playoffs. He was garbage with the Rangers, but looked golden with the Dodgers. So the reality is that he's probably somewhere in between. Still, he'd be a good signing for a year.
Looper had the best record for a bad pitcher that I maybe have ever seen last season. He went 14-7, which is really good. He also had a 5.22 ERA and 1.49 WHIP, which is horrible. He also gave up 39 long balls. Yikes! Though to be fair, he did play in a homer friendly park in Milwaukee.
Garland gave the Dodgers good innings at the end of last year as well. He went 3-2 with a 2.72 ERA. He's an innings-eater, so you can count on around 200 innings each year from him. I've never gotten the feeling this offseason that he'd be brought back, but I guess it's a possibility if nothing else pans out.
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