Current State of the Dodgers:

Pitchers
Someone needs to tell Jae Seo that he’s not playing tennis. He doesn’t need to keep serving it up all the time. He gave up another two homers tonight, one to Chase Utley in the 1st, another to Ryan Howard in the 4th, stinking up Chavez Ravine in the process. I thought the Dodgers had already learned not to depend on Korean pitchers after the whole Chan Ho Park thing, but I guess not. Don’t they remember all the caca Park used to serve up on a silver platter? Barry Bonds’ 71st home run ball, Cal Ripken’s homer in the 2001 All-Star game, not to mention 2 grand slams IN THE SAME INNING to Fernando Tatis? What about all of Byung-Hyun Kim’s services throughout his career? What made the Dodgers think Seo was any different? ALL Korean pitchers give up big home runs. Maybe it’s the kimchi. From now on, if we need an Asian pitcher, make it a Japanese guy please.

So with Seo stinking it up and Tomko finally sucking like his old self again, the Dodgers have some rotation problems for the first time in about a month. Does this mean Odalis Perez and his Soul-Glo jherri curl could work his way back into the rotation? Maybe, but that’s a worst-case scenario. Hopefully those two at the back end can regroup and regain some decency. At least Lowe, Penny, and Sele are all pitching well.

Eric Gagne’s back as well, hopefully solidifying the bullpen back to its dominant status of a couple years ago. That is, if Danys Baez stops blowing like a USC sorority girl. Didn’t this guy save 41 games last year? What happened to him? Why does he keep surrendering the lead? Please stop, Danys. And don’t put an ‘s’ at the end of your name if it’s silent. You’re Cuban. It makes no sense.

Position Players
Rafael Furcal kicked another grounder today, making it 12 errors on the season already. He only made 15 all of last year, but he’s been looking like the Dodgers are playing a retarded kid at short all season. I almost feel sorry for him. Oh no wait, we gave him $39 million. Nevermind, I don’t. Make the damn plays! Rafael doesn’t have much time to start fielding well with the bling of Cesar Izturis’ Gold Glove in his rear view mirror. A position change for Furcal wouldn’t be the worst of ideas, especially with Jeff Kent on the DL.

Speaking of injuries, the Dodgers are pretty much fielding half their AAA team at this point with Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp, Russel Martin, Joel Guzman, and Willy Aybar, all receiving significant playing time. The kids have played extremely well, but you can’t expect all of em to keep it up over the whole season. Nevertheless, they’re doing a wonderful job of holding the fort until Bill Mueller, Kent, Jason Repko, and Ricky Ledee come back from the DL. Dioner Navarro on the other hand will probably have lost his starting job by the time he gets back, which is fine by me. I never really liked the deal (we gave up Shawn Green) to get Navarro, and Russel Martin has done a better job.

I would like to see the Dodgers put Navarro and possibly Izturis on the block to try to get a power hitting outfielder. The Dodgers lead the National League in almost all the offensive categories, but if there’s one thing they’re sorely lacking is power. They don’t hit a lot of home runs. Maybe they can trade those guys and maybe a prospect and get a power bat like an Alfonso Soriano or Pat Burrell. But I’m probably just dreaming.