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Post subject: Ned Colletti to Get Contract Extension
 Posted: Oct 20, 2009 - 02:57 PM PST
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The Dodgers are about to announce a multiyear contract extension for general manager Ned Colletti, baseball sources told MLB.com.
Under Colletti, the Dodgers have won consecutive division titles for the first time since 1977-78 and reached the postseason in three of his four years. The last time that happened was 1963-66, nine general managers ago.
This year, Colletti provided manager Joe Torre with five in-season acquisitions -- George Sherrill, Vicente Padilla, Ronnie Belliard, Jon Garland and Jim Thome -- that were instrumental in varying degrees to the club locking up the division and the home-field advantage.
That came after Colletti spent the winter keeping alive contract talks with Manny Ramirez, whose acquisition by Colletti the previous summer carried the Dodgers to the postseason as Ramirez captivated the city. Colletti also re-signed free-agent infielders Rafael Furcal and Casey Blake and rebuilt the pitching staff with the acquisitions of Randy Wolf, Jeff Weaver and Guillermo Mota. His biggest coup might have been the signing of second baseman Orlando Hudson when other clubs were scared off by a career-threatening wrist injury. Hudson became an All-Star.
More importantly, Colletti resisted the temptation to trade away Matt Kemp, Andre Ethier, Clayton Kershaw, Jonathan Broxton, James Loney, Russell Martin and Chad Billingsley in recent years for quick fixes and kept intact the nucleus of a club that had the best record in the National League.
Colletti was criticized for the 2006 signing of free agent pitcher Jason Schmidt, who won only three games in three seasons; for signing Andruw Jones, who was released halfway through his two-year contract; and for giving a five-year contract to outfielder Juan Pierre.
But he also dealt the troubled Milton Bradley to Oakland for Ethier in his first trade as Dodgers GM and signed Japanese free agents Takashi Saito and Hiroki Kuroda.
Colletti, 54, was hired to replace Paul DePodesta Nov. 16, 2005, signing a four-year deal with a mutual option for 2010 and inheriting a team that had gone 71-91. He came to the Dodgers after 11 years with the San Francisco Giants, the last nine as assistant general manager. Before that, he worked for the Chicago Cubs in the public relations and baseball operations departments. His professional career began as a sportswriter in Philadelphia. |
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