well, at least that's what this website is claiming the site quotes the la times, but i couldn't find it quickly scanning the times page so fwiw for now i guess... Report: Dodgers prevented Ned Colletti from making trades Originally written on Larry Brown Sports | Last updated 10/16/14 Ned Colletti was reportedly not allowed to make the moves he wanted to make this season. Jeff Gross/Getty Images The Dodgers finally demoted Ned Colletti as GM on Tuesday and announced that former Tampa Bay Rays executive Andrew Friedman was taking over as president of baseball operations. Even though the announcement of Colletti’s demotion was not made until this week, it seems like the Dodgers knew this was a direction they were heading. According to The Los Angeles Times, Dodgers ownership prevented Colletti from adjusting the bullpen during the season and would not allow him to trade several prospects. From The Times: Colletti was prevented by ownership from making any midseason adjustments to the bullpen, people familiar with the situation said. Top prospects Corey Seager, Julio Urias and Joc Pederson were labeled as untouchable by President Stan Kasten. So were some mid-tier prospects, including Zach Lee, a former first-round pick whose development has stalled. Well that sure explains why they were unable to swing a deal for David Price, who ended up in Detroit. The Dodgers brass probably lost confidence in Colletti’s ability to properly build a bullpen after the ex-GM spent $22.5 million on Brandon League and $18.5 million on Brian Wilson to disappointing results. Many of Colletti’s other bullpen moves such as bringing in Chris Perez and Jamey Wright did not fare well, either. During the Frank McCourt era, Colletti was handcuffed by budget constraints. This season, he was handcuffed by ownership’s lack of faith in his decisions. I guess the one good thing about not having much money to spend is it prevents you from signing players to bad contracts.
btw, some may say this prevented ned from improving the pen down the stretch yeah, no... remember who we're talking about and his track record giving ned the power to (potentially) deal seager, joc, urias, et al is like giving your car keys to a disabled retard... or ned
understandable. and only a full-on dummy would deal Urias for Andrew Miller. that's the kind of return you ask for when you know the guy you're dealing with sucks at identifying good relievers and he just comes looking for the biggest name. wouldn't be so sure about that.
The key word in this whole ball of crap is the third word in the second sentence of the text. FINALLY! I wonder how "handcuffed" poor Ned was when he went out there and signed jason Schmidt and Andruw Jones...must have picked the lock momentarily. Fuck Ned. he got waht he deserved. BTW, IMO, from what I've seen, trade Lee for a second string catcher. Right away.
Fantasic. Thanks Kasten. Sorry, but if we add a left handed reliever at the deadline by trading Zach Lee we would probably still be playing. So yeah, that kinda fucking sucks. Let him do his job
I dont believe a word of it. It's what they call damage control....when someone gets blamed and demoted, and then that person hires a PR guy to say "It wasnt my fault. I couldnt do what I wanted." Next step is Ned resigning and becoming some admin guy for a school, al la Malone. Ned had years to "do the things he wanted to do" and he couldnt do it either on a budget or with an unlimted budget. Which makes you pretty much useless as a GM.
well, reportedly it was Ned who froze up on dealing Lee for Howie Kendrick at the 2013 deadline, so Lee is basically the Dodgers' Pau Gasol..just can't get rid of him. Lol
I believe if a reasonable deal came along, it would've been OK'd or whatever. Zach Lee untouchable? That's just silly.
Well said. The guy was a stone in the Dodger's shoe for a long, long time. Blame it on everybody/anybody else...that's the thing to do. That's right...the guy had YEARS to do something, and sucked out loud right up until the very end of his torturous tenure. Oh, ther's still a stone in the other shoe, too...needs to be cleared out.
I disbelieve entirely the portion that says Zach Lee was labeled untouchable. I might believe a proposed deal involving him was nixed by senior management, if the return was deemed questionable.
