Andrew Friedman
Andrew Friedman
Andrew Friedman is the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager for the Tampa Bay Rays, where Sporting News named him Executive of the Year in 2008. That year, for the first time in franchise history, the Rays both qualified for the playoffs and played in the World Series...
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Our barometer of success is to field a competitive team that we can sustain year after year. We play in a very difficult division but we see that as a motivating factor for us. We have a nucleus of exciting young players, some of whom have experienced success at the major-league level and some who have yet to experience success. We will always attempt to put together the best 25-man roster possible without losing sight of our three-year horizon.
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We're keeping an eye on improving this team at all times.
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For us to be successful, we've got to really broaden our applicant pool of players. We're trying to expand our reach internationally to give ourselves a chance at signing players that all the other teams have access to.
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He understands what it takes to make a team successful.
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Next year we are going to have an athletic team that scores runs, so we want to have some good young pitching on the way.
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We think that we're going to become intimately involved with the arbitration process given the nature of how young our roster is. The intent of the hearing is to solve differences that can't be resolved through negotiations. It's not ideal for the team or the player, but sometimes it's necessary.
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With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch; the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.
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For us, it's not about how we break camp. It's the composition of the team through the season. We expect both those guys to be members of the team this season.
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We just want to continue the development path. Both of them are tremendous young players. They are going to be a big part of this team in the future.
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We're counting on him to be a productive member of our bullpen.
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I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.
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I think this is consistent with what we've stated our objectives are in developing and sustaining an exciting team.
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It doesn't make sense for us to make a trade unless we get a piece or two back to add to our collection of young talent. If we don't get that piece or two, it behooves us to keep the momentum we built in the second half with our young players and build off that.
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We were seeing situations when, even after they reported hazardous conditions and violations were issued, nothing would happen. Tenants were going without hot water for months at a time.