We can do a lot worse than Scott Elbert at No. 5

[realmofotalk]

Hey, his xFIP last year was just 3.60, despite awful "actual" results out of the pen. Let him pitch a full season and hitters will be hard pressed to whack 19% of all fly balls he gives up over the fence again. Not even gopher ball specialist Brad Radke has ever had such an inflated HR/FB ratio. Chris Ianetta, Bengie Molina, and Ryan Church got lucky with their HR's.

Has some of the filthiest southpaw stuff in the Dodgers’ farm system, but also has control/command issues. A fastball-slider pitcher who is working on a changeup, drawing comparisons to Scott Kazmir, but is gopher-ball prone. Pitched out of the bullpen some this season and showed some life, punching out 20 and walking 7 in 19 IP. However, he did also allow 4 HR, which inflated his ERA to 5.03. Normalize for “luck” and his xFIP is just 3.60. If he develops a passable changeup, it could dramatically improve his numbers, as righties have slugged .566 off of him in his short Major League career, 128 points better than lefty bats. If not anything else, Elbert could become an interesting setup option next year in an already strong bullpen. Given 80 innings, Elbert is capable of putting up a line of 5-0-75-4.47-1.48

2010 Minor league pitching sleepers « FantasyScope Baseball

[Kingdom]

Yeah, you could have Sergio Mitre as your #5

[realmofotalk]

If you consider how the injuries to pitchers Brandon Webb and Chris Young derailed their respective team's season, you know...it just wouldn't surprise me if our rotation ends up comprising of Padilla, Stults, Haeger, Ramon and Russ Ortiz, with NedCo working the phone to get Sergio Mitre from the Yankees. *sigh* I almost expect it.

[Kingdom]

Don't forget Livan Hernandez, he's still alive.