Dodgers sign Brett Tomko to two-year deal

The Dodgers have been very active lately, so I've gotten into baseball mode just a bit here. Today, we signed starting pitcher Brett Tomko to a two-year deal. Tomko is a solid pitcher, but he's the number four starter type and the Dodgers current big gap is the lack of an ace starter. Granted, to get one off of the free agent market this year would cost $50 million and that's just for somebody with the potential to be an ace starter rather than somebody with the full track record of being one. (I'm referring to A. J. Burnett, who is enormously talented but also inconsistent and injury prone thus far.) I think we might be well-served to package someone like Jayson Werth with a top prospect or two to get another starting pitcher. I'd love to get Barry Zito, but at this point it's pretty doubtful that the A's are still interested in trading him. The Dodgers farm system is on the short list as the strongest in baseball at the moment, so we definitely have the people to make this happen.

Last year was painful (although it was helped by an inordinate number of injuries), but things are looking very promising these days for those who bleed Dodger blue. Maybe the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the long-rumored Great Dodger in the Sky that Tommy Lasorda always mentioned back in the day?