Although the Manny Ramirez signing grabbed all the headlines, it was the Orlando Hudson signing that threw the Dodgers' roster situation into uncertainty after it had appeared such a lock that Blake DeWitt would be the guy who replaced Jeff Kent at second 

Dodgers officials have been waiting for years for ballyhooed outfielder Matt Kemp to mature into the game-changing player they always believed he could be. 

--C Danny Ardoin, who was outrighted last week to clear a 40-man spot, accepted his assignment to Class AAA Albuquerque. 

The Los Angeles Dodgers finally beat Jake Peavy, and Manny Ramirez didn't even get a hit. 

Randy Wolf enjoyed some success in his last stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers before a shoulder injury led to a premature end to his only previous season with them. 

Hiroki Kuroda and the Los Angeles Dodgers knew they had a good thing going when they scored two runs in the first inning against Jake Peavy. 

Joe Torre's trust in Hiroki Kuroda paid off with an opening-day win for the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

LAS VEGAS 

The Los Angeles Dodgers finalzed their roster on Monday when they purchased the contracts of right-hander Ronald Belisario, infielder Doug Mientkiewicz and left-hander Will Ohman from Triple-A Las Vegas. 

The Dodgers submitted a 25-man roster at noon on Sunday because they were required to do so, but it isn't believed to bear a whole lot of resemblance to what they actually will open the season with on Monday. 

--RHP Jeff Weaver, who appeared to have made the club, was instead assigned to Class AAA Albuquerque because of a lack of available roster spots. 

Although the Manny Ramirez signing grabbed all the headlines, it was the Orlando Hudson signing that threw the Dodgers' roster situation into uncertainty after it had appeared such a lock that Blake DeWitt would be the guy who replaced Jeff Kent at second 

No one expected the Rays to reach the World Series last year. 

The Manny Ramirez experiment proved a major success in 2008. 

No.