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7.24.2003
Bubba Crosby recalled Following last night's embarrassing loss to the Rockies (embarrassing mostly because they were made to look terrible by Darren Oliver), the Dodgers had a lengthy closed-door meeting and made some roster changes, sending down Daryle Ward and Steve Colyer and recalling Rodney Myers and Bubba Crosby. For a team with the much-ballyhooed offensive woes that the Dodgers have, Crosby's addition to the team (assuming he's actually going to get a chance to play) is a very welcome one. When he was called up earlier in the season, he spent roughly three weeks with the team - but started just one game and got only nine at bats (and one hit). He joined the team originally when Brian Jordan was ailing (he's out now for the season)...and of course, the team had yet to acquire Jeromy Burnitz or Rickey Henderson. The promotion comes at a little bit of a strange time, given that the outfield has been improving lately with the relatively awesome month (.293/.369/.547, as compared to .260/.324/.444 over the full season-to-date) Shawn Green is having and the added production Burnitz and Henderson bring, although though the latter has yet to contribute much beyond his two home runs. I'm not surprised by the fact that he's been recalled so much as wondering why the team didn't think to give this a shot sooner, as Crosby has been destroying the AAA Pacific Coast League all season - in 76 games (277 at bats), he's got 12 homers, 24 doubles, 8 triples and 57 RBI, good for a .361/.410/.635 line along with 8 steals (and no caught stealings). In order for the Dodgers to remain remotely competitive for the Wild Card (amazingly, they're only 4.5 games behind the Phillies), they clearly need to improve offensively, as has been documented all over the place. While their biggest holes are in the infield at this point (second base and shortstop are just dreadful), Crosby's an in-house potential fix that they should really give a clean shot at some regular playing time, and hopefully, that's just what they're doing. - |