Colletti has full plate for offseason
各位看倌，Phillies今天拿到大聯盟的總冠軍，可能LOS ANGELES Dodgers也想要拿總
軍，於是General manager Ned Colletti開一個球隊會議，是要討論如何打造優秀的
道奇隊，至於詳情內容請看下面的文章，期待明年道奇隊會有好的表現，但是也要看球隊
的人員異動如何了，謝謝。
10/29/08 11:45 PM ET
Colletti has full plate for offseason
Dodgers GM holds in-depth organizational meeting
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
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LOS ANGELES -- While the Phillies celebrate their championship, the Dodgers
are back to the drawing board trying to win one.
General manager Ned Colletti held an all-encompassing organizational meeting
with 101 members of baseball operations over the weekend in preparation for
next week's general managers meeting in Dana Point, Calif. He's got 14
potential free agents with whom to negotiate or replace, the biggest of them
being outfielder Manny Ramirez, with the 15-day free-agent filing period
beginning Thursday.
Colletti has traded voicemails with Ramirez's agent, Scott Boras, but they
haven't met and he hasn't made an offer. Colletti indicated he will, but he
shied away from discussing whether he anticipates, as has been speculated,
that the club will offer a shorter term (probably three years) than Ramirez
has hinted he's seeking (five or six).
"I'm sure we'll get involved with that at some point," said Colletti.
Colletti acknowledges Ramirez's production -- runs, ticket sales, stadium
electricity -- and he doesn't question any of it. But he said there is more
to his responsibility than just re-signing Ramirez.
"We need a good club and a team that can win," Colletti said. "If we're able
to sign Manny and finish 20 games under .500, that won't be met with a
positive reaction."
But Ramirez dictates the timing of free agency, not the Dodgers, and Colletti
said he can't allow one player's situation to dictate his attempts to fill
the other holes. With Ramirez's situation out of his control, Colletti said
his top priority is to clarify his infield. He's opened negotiations to
retain free-agent shortstop Rafael Furcal, has spoken with the agent for
free-agent third baseman Casey Blake and plans to have Blake DeWitt work this
winter on infield skills, but whether it's at second base or third base
depends on which position Colletti can fill through a trade or free-agent
signing.
He agreed that three seasons of watching Russell Martin fade in the second
half has him convinced that Martin needs to catch less and possibly play
third base more, but stopped short of saying the club will move Martin to
there permanently because there is no clear replacement for Martin behind the
plate. Martin's future position could depend on whatever acquisition the
Dodgers make.
As usual, Colletti mentioned starting pitching as the "toughest talent to
find" and an off-season area of concern, especially with the possible
free-agent departure of Derek Lowe and Brad Penny, Opening Day starters for
the last four seasons. He said he hasn't spoken to Boras yet about Lowe,
either.
Colletti cited tampering when refusing to discuss his interest in trading for
Padres pitcher Jake Peavy, who is on the market and has listed the Dodgers as
one team for which he'd waive his no-trade provision. But Colletti said
acquiring a No. 1 starter via trade would cost the Dodgers "multiple big
league players, and signing one testing free agency also costs in different
ways," the latter comment no doubt referring to the $120 million-plus price
tag of free agent CC Sabathia.
Colletti remained vague on the club's most glaring albatross, center fielder
Andruw Jones, who indicated to teammates he did not want to return, even
though there's $21 million remaining on his contract and he's coming off one
of the toughest seasons in recent history. Colletti said Jones is working out
and trying to shed weight. A trade would seem to be virtually impossible.
With the uncertainty of Ramirez and Jones, Colletti said Juan Pierre's desire
to be traded, expressed by his agent but not formally conveyed to the club,
"is more complicated than saying he wants to play someplace else." In other
words, Pierre is outfield insurance, and even if the club wants to trade him,
there is $28.5 million and three years remaining on his contract that will
impact any deal.
The Dodgers have options on Penny and backup catcher Gary Bennett, with a
deadline of seven days after the World Series. Colletti wouldn't indicate
what the club will do. Penny has a $9.25 million salary or $2 million buyout,
while Bennett has a $900,000 salary or $50,000 buyout.
Colletti said there is no clarity on whether Takashi Saito would return as
closer at age 39 coming off a serious elbow injury, but the GM said he'd
"love to have him back. I also know what he's been through the last two
months."
Colletti spoke to Arn Tellem, Nomar Garciaparra's agent, but it was
preliminary. Constant physical ailments have left Garciaparra considering
retirement.
As for the organizational meetings, Colletti said the message stressed to all
levels of baseball operations was to tighten up fundamentals.
"The new Glendale facility gives us the opportunity to restore player
development methods that have made this organization so strong for a long
time -- that's the goal," he said.
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