Still another week filled with injuries to key people gives us the chance to speculate away at the way the damaged teams can fill the new holes on their list. How can the Dodgers replace Zack Greinke, who will miss approximately ten days with a fractured collarbone? What about the Blue Jays, who'll be without Jose Reyes for three months due to a severely sprained ankle? The Angels' Jered Weaver may also be out for four-to-six weeks with a fractured left knee. These participants just cannot be changed. Their groups will have to use and make do using what they've while keeping a detailed eye on the business market to see if something is sensible. Hereas a look at each situation. Denis Poroy/Getty Images Zack Greinke, La Dodgers I knew there was a reason the Dodgers had therefore many starting pitchers! Theyall have the choice of going Chris Capuano to the turn now or causing Ted Lilly from the disabled list to take the open place. Theyave already traded Aaron Harang, so I doubt sometimes Capuano or Lilly is on the trade block any more. Getting still another pitcher who's a much better choice this early in the summer season is nearly impossible, so that you often will assume the Dodgers to stand pat. Understand that they still have one of the most readily useful pitchers in baseball, Clayton Kershaw, leading a pretty good rotation of Chad Billingsley, Josh Beckett and Hyun-Jin Ryu. No team in football is ready to drop a player of Greinkeas caliber. But the Dodgers had plenty of beginning pitching range and now they will need certainly to use just of it in order to compete in the NL West. Ron Osentoski-USA TODAY Activities Jose Reyes, Toronto Blue Jays Maicer Izturis, who hasnat gotten the very best evaluations defensively while filling in at third base for Brett Lawrie, today likely becomes the main shortstop with Reyes out. The 32-year-old switch-hitter hasnat struck much possibly (5-for-25) or is he the most durable person. The Jays could turn to Triple-A shortstop Ryan Goins, who had a OPS in Double-A last season and was put into the 40-man roster in November. It'd be considered a difficult job, but, to break into the major leagues while the Jays have grand objectives of winning the AL East. After a rapid glance around the league, I can find just three sensible industry targets: Ronny CedeAo of the Astros, Cliff Pennington of the Diamondbacks and Dee Gordon of the Dodgers. None of the three have good trade benefit, but their group might not be inspired to produce a trade this early in the period except the Jays wish to overpay. Clubs could be willing to spend their beginning shortstops later in the period when they fallout of competition, but Reyes must be back before the trade contract. Jered Weaver, La Angels The last-place Angels have won just two of the first 10 games and it will be hard to rise using this early pit without Weaver. His substitute, 24-year-old Garrett Richards, has the potential to give the team many quality begins in his position. Heas been pitching out of the bullpen, but he did toss 6.1 innings in a spring begin March 23rd, producing only one run, three strikes and one walk while striking out five. Even when Richards comes through, the rest of the turn has struggled and the Angels might have to think about an aggressive work at a beginner who could be obtainable in an industry. The issue is that they donat have a whole lot in the minors and many teams arenat ready to trade away a big group beginning at this time. Looking at a free agent-to-be who can take advantage of an alteration of scenery may be the best route. Tim Lincecum of the Giants satisfies that description well. If the Angels would be prepared to quit one of their leading position player prospects, possibly first baseman C.J. Cron or second baseman Taylor Lindsey, and eat the rest of the part of the $22 million he's getting paid in 2013, the Giants may consider giving up the two-time Cy Young Award winner.
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