After reading here that former Atlanta Brave Andruw Jones signed a 2-year, $36 million contract with the Dodgers, we realized something.  The Dodgers of today are the Montreal Expos of the early 90s - only the exact opposite.

Back in the 90s, the Expos used to compile some great young talent.  Guys like Pedro Martinez, Larry Walker, Vladimir Guerrero all got their starts in the MLB with Montreal.  But, they could never hold on to these guys because they did not have enough money to pay the big contracts.

So, in our estimation, the Expos were always like a Triple A team playing in the majors.  Once a player got good enough with the Expos, he then signed with another team for a lot more money.  Pedro went to Boston, Walker to the Rockies, and Vlad to the Angels.

Now, the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing the exact opposite.  They are waiting until a player has already had all his good seasons, then paying him far more money than he’s worth.  If the Expos were a Triple A team masquerading as a big league club, then we guess the Dodgers are a Senior Tour team pretending to contend in the NL West.

Last season, Andruw, who is now 30, batted .222 with 26 homers and a whopping 138 strikeouts.  But you can just add Andruw to the list of guys who have played out their best years with one team before becoming overpaid by the Dodgers to not live up to expectations.

Pitcher Derek Lowe gets $9.5 million per year and has compiled a record of 40-37 in 3 seasons.  Jason Schmidt is getting over $15 million a year, and he has only pitched 6 games for LA.  Rafael Furcal is getting over $13 million to bat .270 as a lead-off hitter.

We would suggest that the Dodgers look into some sponsorship from the AARP.  But for guys just a little past their prime, this is a great opportunity.  For those players out there around 28, they know that they don’t even have to put up big numbers to get signed to a huge deal by LA.  See Andruw Jones example above…

Our only suggestion would be to move the Dodgers down to south Florida.  We’re sure the players would be comfortable taking up residence in Del Boca Vista.