LA Scene: Dodgers done?

As a fan, we have highs and lows: the Dodgers are terrific, the Dodgers are bums.

The Dodgers are 5 1/2 behind in the wild card with 32 to go. They are too far behind to catch up in the West.

Philadelphia leads the wild card and look on pace to win 88-90 games this year.

The Dodgers are 67-63 and will have to go 23-9 to get to 90 wins.

Dodger GM Colletti is competitive and it will be hard to throw in the towel. But on the other hand, he has to plan for the future of the team.

Hence, the questions over what they will do about the Chicago White Sox's waiver claim on Manny.

There are 3 scenarios:

He goes to the White Sox outright and they take the salary off the Dodger books.
He goes to the White Sox in exchange for players or cash or a mix of both
He stays with the Dodgers.

Manny has a no-trade clause so he could veto option 1 or 2 if he wants to.

As of now, the White Sox are on the edge of being too far behind to make the playoffs. They are 4 1/2 games out with 33 games to go in the race for the Central. They are too far behind to make the wild card.

It is possible that the Dodgers will want to move Manny because they are out of it and the White Sox decline because they feel they are out of it.

Thus, as I see it, the Dodgers might be stuck with Manny and his LA tenure will end with a whimper with, at best, him putting on a hitting display to set himself for a DH gig next year in the AL as a free agent.

UPDATE: At the end of Sunday, the Dodgers were 6.5 out and the White Sox 4.5 out. It appears that the Manny era with the Dodgers will end with his ejection from Sunday's game and a straight up waiver to Chicago.