Dem Bums – A Dodgers Blog

The Dodgers signed right handed pitcher Mark Hendrickson to a one year, $2,925,000 deal.  Because of the signing, the two sides will avoid arbitration.

Hendrickson had a rough season last year and because he never worked out for the Dodgers, we had to go out and trade for Greg Maddux.  This year, Hendrickson might be the odd man out after the Dodgers signed Jason Schmidt and Randy Wolf so I expect the 6’9″ pitcher to start the season in long relief.

For big guy, Hendrickson doesn’t strike out many batters.  He has 372 career strikeouts in 721 1/3 innings.  I guess height doesn’t neccesarily equate to velocity and strikeouts.  We must be spoiled by Randy Johnson or something.