--LF Manny Ramirez was offered a one-year, $25 million contract in early February, but the deal was turned down less than 24 hours later. It was the Dodgers' second offer to Ramirez this offseason. The club offered him two years and $45 million, with a $15 million club option for 2011, in November, but Ramirez and his agent, Scott Boras, never responded to that one.

--INF Luis Maza, who re-signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers this winter and was invited to big-league spring training, had a solid showing in the Venezuelan winter league. He hit .306 with four homers and 25 RBIs in 43 games, then went 5-for-17 with a pair of doubles in Venezuela's first four games of the Caribbean World Series. Maza made his big-league debut last season, hitting .228 in 45 games for the Dodgers, and he also hit .378 in 63 games for Class AAA Las Vegas.

--LHP Shawn Estes, who will be in camp on a minor league contract, is a dark-horse candidate for the Dodgers rotation. He has battled injuries for much of the past three seasons, and there is some question as to what he has left. Estes spent last season with San Diego, going 2-3 with a 4.74 ERA and missing more than three months with a broken thumb.

BY THE NUMBERS: 37 -- Home runs, on average, that free agent LF Adam Dunn has hit in his eight full major league seasons. Manny Ramirez has averaged 36 during the same time span. Although Ramirez is a better clutch hitter and a more electrifying player, the Dodgers could turn their attention to the still-unsigned Dunn if negotiations with Ramirez continue to drag.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "Everybody is conscious today about being modest. You want to keep things in perspective. Everyone is struggling, and when a player of that status (rejects that offer), it's naturally going to create some dissent among people that might be enthusiastic about him." -- Sports psychologist John F. Murray, to the Los Angeles Daily News, on possible fan reaction to Manny Ramirez's decision to turn down a one-year, $25 million offer from the Dodgers.