Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports says the Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitching (ranking 11th in the NL in ERA) is not good enough to win the NL West, and with the pending divorce in the McCourt family, GM Ned Colletti shouldn’t expect an influx of cash to make a deal. Therefore, he needs to get creative and get the missing pieces the Dodgers need to win the West.

Rosenthal suggests that the team trades center fielder Matt Kemp. His reasoning is the core group of current Dodgers: Kemp, Chad Billingsley, Andre Ethier, Russell Martin and James Loney are eligible for free agency after 2012 and there’s no way the Dodgers can keep that group intact, so they may be better off getting maximum value for Kemp now.

A team that could be a potential trade partner are the Atlanta Braves. They are deep in young pitching and in need of a right-handed hitting outfielder. In addition to pitching, the Braves could also throw in center fielder Melky Cabrera, who played for Joe Torre in New York.

Another possibility is the Mariners. This could give the Dodgers the Cliff Lee rental in addition to Mariners’ prospects. Los Angeles could then package those prospects with their own to get the Kansas City Royals’ David DeJesus.