Dewitt's Status

by manny59 on Aug 6, 2008 7:28 PM EDT

I was just wondering whether the community sees Dewitt in the Dodgers future

now that Laroche is gone does that open a door for him next year?

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Inevitable Veteran

If Colletti keeps his job, Dewitt might get a shot, but a veteran will end up in the slot again. Maybe Josh Bell will break out and take the job some day. But Dewitt has a worse rep and worse upside than LaRoche, and LaRoche was run out of town.

by aap212 on Aug 6, 2008 8:18 PM EDT 0 recs

Ah...

But Joe Torre fell in love with DeWitt this year (at least it seemed that way). Maybe that’s DeWitt’s ticket in.

by demondeaconsbaseball on Aug 6, 2008 9:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

He fell in love with Shane Spencer too

Dewitt will keep blowing his chances. Not that he’s a terrible player, but he’ll get exposed time and time again as an everyday 3B. I still wonder if giving him a shot at 2B would work.

by aap212 on Aug 6, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

Uh...

Maybe I’m missing something but didn’t DeWitt, on the whole, perfor better than really ANYBODY thought he would?

He looked fort all the world like a very good 3b for a couple months and was just 22. He was also really good in the field. Certainly looks like the 3b for next season but I don’t think anybody can follow the Dodgers thinking on these things sometimes.

by casejud on Aug 7, 2008 2:39 AM EDT up 0 recs

On the whole, no

On the whole, he had a 79 OPS+, which is almost exactly what I’d have expected. For a portion of the time, however, I think he played well enough to raise expectations. But for the other portion of the time, he was pretty abyssmal.

by aCone419 on Aug 7, 2008 9:26 AM EDT up 0 recs