Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 03, 2007
Ned Speaks

Joe Hamrahi interviews Ned Colletti, and comes away impressed:

And finally, I asked Ned what he might have done differently in 2007 if he had the chance.


That's a great question. I'm sure there are. One thing I know I wouldn't have done differently. I'm glad I didn't trade 3 or 4 kids at the deadline. I think that decision will prove to be valuable for a very long time. People ask about the young players all the time. Teams need young players.

How would you like to have Martin who's 24, Loney who's 23, Kemp who's 23, Billingsley who's 23, Broxton who's 23, and you add Kershaw to it, and you add LaRoche to it and you add Chin-Lung Hu to it, and you add Tony Abreu to it...and you let it get better for another year...and that's not to say we're going to sell off 2008. We can still win in 2008. Think about the pitching staff we could have...Billingsley and Elbert and Kershaw and McDonald...that's possible a year and a half from now. And you have two guys, Billingsley and Kershaw who are legit number 1-2 starters. You'd have a great catcher, you'd have a great first baseman, you'd have a guy at SS who might win the gold glove one day...a guy like Matt Kemp who hasn't even played that much baseball. He's played about 5 or 6 years baseball. He might wind up being a great centerfielder! So how do you (trade 3 or 4 of your top kids)? If we can stay the course, we can have something very special for a very long time.


So Dodgers fans, are you excited yet?


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