With the Dodgers in bankruptcy court right now, I see them trying to get as much money off the books as they can this week. I see the Dodgers not really caring what they get back for some of the guys as long as they don’t have to pay them. That isn’t the case with Hiroki Kuroda, Matt Guerrier, Jamey Carroll or Aaron Miles. Those guys have value on the trade market and the Dodgers should expect to get a decent return for them. But, guys like Rod Barajas, Juan Uribe, Casey Blake, Rafael Furcal and Ted Lilly could be moved for pennies on a dollar as long as the Dodgers don’t have to send much, if any, cash with them. The Dodgers will want to get something for 1B James Loney if they deal him because of his age. Dioner Navarro, Mike MacDougal and Juan Rivera could also have a new address by this Sunday. The Winds of Change are blowing hard for the Dodgers.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are in financial straits right now so I don’t see them being able to make any major moves. I would trade Carlos Monasterios to the Marlins for lefty starting pitcher Nate Robertson who would be a solid back of the rotation starter for the Dodgers. I would then deal 26-year old righty swinging shortstop Chin-Ling Hu to the Brewers for righty reliever Todd Coffey. Finally I would trade catcher Gorman Erickson to the Blue Jays for Jose Molina. Robertson, Coffey and Molina are not names that jump off the page but they would help the Dodgers the last two months of the season.

The Dodgers will likely look to improve the bench and find a new backup catcher. Mike Redmond and Humberto Quintero could be targets that would allow Russell Martin to take a day off once in a while. Corey Patterson, Adam Kennedy, Craig Counsell, Mike Fontenot, Jeff Baker, Jeff Keppinger, Ryan Church, Akinori Iwamura, Bobby Crosby and Ronny Cedeno might be able to help the Dodgers out off the bench. The Dodgers are 45-37 on the season which has them in 2nd place in the N.L. West, 4 games behind the Padres. I don’t think they have to make massive changes to win this season but a couple of minor deals could boost the team.

The Dodgers don’t seem to have much faith in A.J. Ellis. With that in mind they might be looking for a new backup catcher. Veteran hands like Mike Redmond, Dioner Navarro, Gerald Laird and Humberto Quintero are all likely available. But they could look to try to get a younger catcher to groom in guys like Landon Powell, Bobby Wilson, Taylor Teagarden or J.R. Towles. I’m thinking that the Dodgers can get any of these guys for cash or a C-type prospect.

The Padres are going to try to move righty starting pitcher Chris Young over the winter and he would make a nice fit in the Dodgers’ starting rotation. With that in mind the Dodgers should offer outfielders Xavier Paul, Jason Repko and a prospect to the Padres. With the Padres dearth of offense they would probably jump at this kind of deal as long as they weren’t worried about making a trade within the division.