Recently, I read about the Dodgers pursuit of Joel Piniero and dismissed it because we all know the Dodgers are broke and have to sign second rate veterans to minor league deals so that it looks like they are trying to improve the team. Yet, I continue to see reports that they are trying to come up with a way to get the money to sign Piniero.

Not only that, but today also comes word that they might actually bring 'Cente Padilla back to the team:

The Dodgers are open to bringing back Padilla if they are unable to land Pineiro, a major league source told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.

I've completely forgotten about Padilla since the season ended and thought he retired or something, which makes me feel bad since he gave the Dodgers 2 great postseason starts before imploding in his last one. I wouldn't mind either of these guys as the Dodgers #4 starter. They are both going to give you 180-200 innings while giving you an ERA around 4. Then the winner of the Elbert/McDonald/Haeger/Stults deathmatch gets to be the #5 starter. Between Piniero and Padilla, I'm partial to Padilla for 3 reasons:

1) Those 2 postseason starts
2) He's more likely to sign a 1 year deal
3) It will give me a reason to see more of this .gif