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Dodgers Roster: The Difficulty of Acquiring a Top-Tier Starting Pitcher

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As frequently as we’ve mentioned the need for the Dodgers to net a quality, top-of-the-rotation arm this winter to compliment resident ace Clayton Kershaw in the starting rotation, the task is much easier discussed than accomplished. When the dust eventually settles in the spring, if prudent, the club may have to wait until the 2017-18 offseason to land somebody worth a hefty price tag.

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Scott Kazmir Elects to Stay with Dodgers in 2017: Good or Bad?

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While it was certainly a foregone conclusion that Scott Kazmir would choose not to opt out of his current contract with the Dodgers and remain in Los Angeles next season, many fans of the club took to social media on Monday to express their disappointment with his decision to stay anyway, perhaps looking ahead to what could be a near identical starting rotation in 2017.

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Record Year

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“Quarter notes and Hank’s half time
Are poundin’ on this heart of mine
Song to song, I pass my time
With these speakers on ten”

~Eric Church

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NLCS Game Six-Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen-Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs Saturday, October 22, 2016 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois. Photo by Jon SooHoo/©Los Angeles Dodgers,LLC 2016

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A Very Preliminary Guess at the Dodgers’ 2017 Starting Rotation

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With the way the injury bug devastatingly ripped into the Dodgers‘ 2016 pitching staff, it’s almost futile to even make a generalized guess at a working rotation before the winter months fall upon us. However, just for the sake of having a starting point and an impetus into November, we thought a cursory list may be worthwhile if only to create a perspective for discussion during the Hot Stove season.

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TBPC Reader Appreciation Giveaway #2: Two Clayton Kershaw Bowman Rookie Cards

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As a tool to gain momentum and show a bit of reader appreciation heading into the winter months and the MLB Hot Stove season, the folks here at TBPC decided it would be a great idea to conduct our second official giveaway — a set of two Clayton Kershaw Bowman rookie cards.

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Over When It’s Over 

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“Now it’s over when it’s over
Ain’t it baby, ain’t it
Rips ya like a dagger,
Can it baby, can it
Wish we could do it over
Damn it baby, damn it
We had it in the air, but just couldn’t land it”

~Eric Church

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2016 NLCS Game 3—Dodgers beat the Cubs 6-0-Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Jon SooHoo/© Los Angeles Dodgers, LLC 2016

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Dodgers Head Home in Defeat, Look Towards 2017

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While it was natural for many fans of the Dodgers to express disappointment in the team’s loss to the Cubs in the 2016 NLCS, there are plenty of positives surrounding the club in the coming year, and once the anguish passes and the dust settles, forecasts for 2017 will be loaded with a wealth of confidence.

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Kershaw, Dodgers Hope to Handle Cubs in Game 6 at Wrigley

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For many fans of the Dodgers, Saturday’s NLCS Game 6 has a few of those eerie vibes of producing borderline irritable perspectives from those who can vividly count back the days to the club’s last World Series appearance in 1988.

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Just When I Needed You Most 

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“‘Cause I need you more than I needed before
And now where I’ll find comfort, God knows
‘Cause you left me just when I needed you most
Left me just when I needed you most.”

~Randy VanWarmer

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Heart Attack

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“If you only knew what you’re putting me through
There’s that heart attack
You’re givin’ me a heart attack
A heart attack, you’re givin’ me a heart attack
I must have died and gone to heaven
What a way to go”

~Olivia Newton-John

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