Interesting arguments. I'm a die hard Dodger fan and I would love to see them snag Cabrera, Crawford or Santana this off-season. But, we don't want to give away our best young talent, which INCLUDES Ethier and Kemp. They are not good athletes? Ethier was the MVP of the Pacific Coast League the year before being dealt to the Dodgers from the Athletics and Kemp has shown extreme atheltic ability on both sides of the ball since he started getting regular time with the big club. I'd be upset if they were shipped away unless we got Crawford or Santana in return. I don't know which Kemp/Ethier you've been watching but apparently they aren't the same ones I have. Garciaparra is over the hill and needs to be replaced, and that's why I'm praying that we can put together a trade for M-Cab. But if we don't, maybe it's Andy LaRoche's time to shine? And on the topic of Jason Schmidt, I don't think it was that surprising that he was injured a lot and had bad numbers because his career has been declining and I knew we were overpaying him/placing lofty expectations on him when we got him. We need one more starter to complement the GOOD pitchers in the rotation so we have a shot at getting back in the playoffs.
J.D.