Four new Dodgers

The current offseason has been good to the Dodgers. They managed to acquire key pieces of the starting rotation in Jason Schmidt (3 yrs for 47 mln) and Randy Wolf (1 yr at 8 mln with a club option). This bolsters the rotation which lost free agents Greg Maddux and Aaron Sele to the degree where the Dodgers can negotiate with other clubs from a position of seller strength.

As of now the group of potential starting pitchers consists of Schmidt, Wolf, Derek Lowe, Brad Penny, Chad Billingsley and Hong-Chih Kuo, with long relievers Brett Tomko and Mark Hendrickson also in the mix. It's interesting who the Dodgers will trade in order to get another key piece of the offense. As of now Brad Penny seems to be able to bring the most back.

The other two new Dodgers are CF Juan Pierre and LF Luis Gonzalez. I'm less excited about them as they seem to block the lineup places for many of the up-and-coming youngsters (Matt Kemp, James Loney, destined to play at least some OF next year, and Andre Ethier).

GM Ned Colletti has kept his cards close to his chest and declined to trade the future. I hope he continues to do that, even if it means the Dodgers are not to expect any more moves.