DODGERS NOTEBOOK: DAAL WANTS NO TRADE NOW.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Dodgers right-hander Kevin Brown The name Kevin Brown can refer to several different people, including the following:
Daal, who will start today against Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. , reiterated that his only desire was to be in the starting rotation, and with Brown's injury, that has taken place. Daal replaces Brown in the rotation for the foreseeable future. ``I told this team when I got here I only wanted to be a starter,'' Daal said Monday. ``If I'm a starter, why would I want to be traded? That's all I ask, ya know.'' Indeed, that technically qualifies as a rescinding of the trade demand, Daal said. However, with his place in the rotation secure, the spotlight gets a little brighter and much warmer on Daal, who is 4-2 with a 2.72 ERA. He is 2-2 with a 4.81 ERA in his four starts. He also allowed six runs in six innings in losing his last two starts and his ERA has risen two runs in that span, but he said he is confident he can fill Brown's place in the rotation. ``I know I can do it,'' Daal said. ``I said before that I don't want anybody to get hurt to get that opportunity. But it was the only way to get an opportunity, so now I just have to go out there and do my job. Not just me, but all the starters. It's not pressure on me. Everybody's gotta go do their job.'' --Draft signing: Catching prospect Michael Nixon, recruited to play defensive back at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX and one of the top five players in coach Bob Toledo's incoming class, agreed to a minor-league contract to play for the Dodgers. The deal prohibits Nixon from playing football. Nixon, from Sunnyslope High in Arizona, was drafted in the third round and agreed to a $950,000 signing bonus A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. (spread over five years) and will also have his tuition paid for him. ``His hands are so good and catching is a tough commodity to find,'' Dodgers amateur scouting director Logan White said. ``He's intelligent and we like his make-up. He's going to give football up and he's going to play baseball. We got a kid with size and athleticism and his bat is very good.'' The Dodgers are also close to signing Esperanza High's Greg Miller Greg David Miller (born November 3, 1984, in Orange, California) is a Major League Baseball pitching prospect in the Los Angeles Dodgers minor league system. Greg was on the fast track to the majors in '03, but a shoulder injury in the spring of '04 slowed him. , taken 31st overall with a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds. Miller, a left-handed pitcher who was going to attend Cal, could sign by the end of the week for a bonus of $1.2 million plus tuition. The Dodgers have agreed, in principle, to a deal worth about $1.3 million with James Loney, their first-round (19th overall) pick. --This ain't home: Before Tampa Bay's first season in 1998, Dodgers first baseman Eric Karros Afterward, Karros wasn't exactly oozing oozing exudation of fluid. nostalgia. ``They have the best clubhouse and best food room in the league,'' Karros said. --Odds and ends: Catcher Paul Lo Duca's triple off Tampa Bay's Jason Jimenez in the sixth inning was the first of his career. ... The Dodgers are 14-3 against left-handers, the best mark in the major leagues. ... Hiram Bocachica got his first start since May 18 and went 2 for 4 with a double, two RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in and a run scored. DODGERS vs. TAMPA BAY Time: 4:15 p.m., Tropicana Field. Radio: 1150-AM, 1330-AM (Spanish). Matchup: With a spot in the rotation secure for the long haul because of the injury to Kevin Brown, Dodgers LH Omar Daal (4-2, 2.72 ERA) will try to shake off a pair of poor starts. He allowed six runs in six innings two starts in a row and has yielded 16 hits in that span. In four starts, Daal is 2-2 with a 4.81 ERA. Devil Rays LH Joe Kennedy (3-5, 4.42) is 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA in his past three starts, allowing 21 hits in 19 1/3 innings. He is 1-3 with a 6.08 ERA in four starts against National League teams. CAPTION(S): box Box: DODGERS vs. TAMPA BAY (see text) |
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