Dodgers add Marlins' Nolasco to rotation
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Dodgers resumed their role as Major League Baseball's deepest-pocketed buyer Saturday by acquiring Miami right-handed starting pitcher Ricky Nolasco for young pitchers Josh Wall, Steve Ames and Angel Sanchez.
The Dodgers also received international signing bonus slot No. 96 worth $197,000 to allow for the acquisition of additional foreign players, which has become a high priority under new ownership.
"This may not be the only deal we do," said general manager Ned Colletti, who also is looking for relief pitching, even after this week's trade for Carlos Marmol, who should join the club next week.
Nolasco, 30, earns $11.5 million in the last season of a three-year, $26.5 million deal, and the Dodgers will pay the approximately $5 million that remains. Nolasco went 5-8 with a 3.85 ERA for the last-place Marlins.
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Dodgers needed one more starter and this is the guy. There's no reason now (aside from injuries) the highest spending franchise in MLB can't win the weakest division in baseball.
