Lindblom has been a reliever his entire career with the Dodgers.

Yeah, Elbert bounced back and forth between starting and relieving after his arm injury, but had much more success as a reliever. Lindblom may have started one year in the minors and got rocked I believe.

You can't just take guys who have been in the BP all year (or for two years) and turn them into starters in the middle of the season. Guys to to be stretched out and build stamina.

Don't hold your breath.

"He (Loney) certainly can't be any worse than Bills."

Oh yes, he certainly can. Purdue tried him as a starter and didn't like the result and converted him into the pen. Then the Dodgers thought they could turn him into a starter, and also didn't like the result and converted him back into the pen. I'm going to go on a limb here and suggest that perhaps he's best suited in the pen?

That's not the type of experiment you try in a pennant race. Bills will be traded in the off season.

In the minors he started as a starter.

That's right Rodney. He's an experiment every inning of every game. What makes you think he'll be more consistent in the pen. He seems to be soft. You really think that translates to success in the 7th or 8th inning. What will RD give us when and if he returns in September? No one knows. Lindblum has been successful out of the pen. Why mess with that.

"who should be our number 5 starter until we get De La Rosa back? "

Bills. We have no one better.

During the offseason the Dodgers need to get rid of Bills! We should have got rid of him in 2009 if weren't for Ned Colleti blind faith in the guy!

***We all know that Bills seems to be OK most of the time through the fourth inning, and then falls apart after that.***

No, we don't all know that. That is a misconception. Billingsley is just as bad early in the game as often as he is not. As shown in a different thread, Billingsley's worst inning by far is the 2nd. That shouldn't give anyone any more confidence in Billingsley in short stints from the bullpen tha they have when he's starting.

***When we first brought Lindblom up, he was a starter.***

No, he wasn't. Lindblom has never started a game in the major leagues. In fact, he hasn't started any game since early 2010 and hasn't been a full time starter since his first professional season in 2009 in Single-A.

***Until we get De La Rosa back, why not try swapping Lindblom and Bills, and try Lindblom as a starter.***

Because you just don't pull a pitcher who's been a reliever for the last two-plus seasons and stick him in the rotation. That's ludicrous. He wouldn't get past the third or fourth inning.

***He certainly can't be any worse than Bills.***

Heh... That just shows exactly how little you really think about what you propose.

Kinda like suggesting trading for Jordan Pacheco would offer any kind of significant upgrade at all.

Stop and think about what you propose before you propose it. Might make you proposals a little more reasonable and credible.

"Stop and think about what you propose before you propose it. Might make you proposals a little more reasonable and credible.

Not only will he not do that, but his response will be to double down on his argument and insist that he is right.