The Dodgers started Spring Training with six starting pitchers but Jon Garland and Vicente Padilla have already gone down with injuries. Padilla will not back for two or three more weeks and Garland probably will not back until at least the middle of April and will start the season on the Disabled List.
The Dodgers probably will not need a fifth starter until the middle of April and if Padilla and Garland are not ready there are probably three likely canidates to choose from, all three of them right-handers. John Ely, who got work last year as both a starter and long reliever and sported a 4-10 record and a high ERA after looking good early, Tim Redding, owner of a career record of 37-57 and 144 career starts in the majors, and Carlos Monasterios, who also got some work in last year both starting and relieving.
Both Ely and Redding have had good camps and Monasterios has taken himself out of the running by getting lit up this Spring. I would like to see them give the spot to Ely for the simple reason that he brings a younger arm and more options to the table than does Redding. If it doesn't work out, he also has options.
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