Today, I sent a question to MLB.com's Ken Gurnick, asking his opinion of the shortstop bottleneck that is quickly approaching in the Dodgers clubhouse.  Gold-glover Cesar Izturis is about to take a cleat to the backside, in one form or another:

My question:

All indicators are pointing to Cesar Izturis being trade-fodder as the Dodgers gear up to make more mid-season changes.  But given [Rafael] Furcal's sloppy infielding, why isn't Izturis being considered more as the long haul option?

Mr Gurnick's reply:

because colletti likes furcal

Who says getting in the boss's good graces isn't a beautiful thing??

I have always been a Rafael Furcal fan while he was with the Braves. He played hard, and always seemed to know how to make a difficult play work.  But watching the meltdown against the Padres last night--two first-inning errors leading to FOUR unearned runs--it just makes the whole Cesar Izturis thing worse.

See, it doesn't seem like the Dodgers are doing the right thing with respect to Izturis. He goes away for Tommy John surgery and returns to find his position "outsourced" to the tune of $39 million to Furcal's normally more-than-capable glove.  What's more, Izturis will be bludgeoned--excuse me, reassigned to another infield position with no plans to "make room" for him.  Gold Gloves just don't buy corporate loyalty like they used to.

Somehow, from the beginning this whole transaction just didn't seem right. 

The Dodgers exhibit virtually NO patience with injured players--there's already talk of demoting Dioner Navarro in place of Russell Martin full-time.  It just seems hard to swallow that Izturis gets so little loyalty after playing so well.  And speaking of "swallowing"...

...let's hope that Colletti's love-affair with Furcal can see past his rising error total, and the $39 milliion those errors will cost him.