Ned Colletti
Ned Colletti
Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is an American sports executive. He is the senior adviser to the president of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was general manager of the Dodgers from 2006 through 2014. Before moving to the Dodgers, he was assistant general manager of the San Francisco Giants...
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth16 April 1954
assured board manager minded needed open player reluctant
Sometimes a manager is reluctant to play a kid. I needed Grady to be open minded that if a young player is ready, we'll give him an opportunity. Grady assured us that he has no reservations about that. He's completely on board with it.
since value
I take nothing for granted. I know the value of finances, I know the value of people. I've had to be street-smart since I was a little kid,
classify minor though
I would classify it as minor as can be even though it's surgery.
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It's huge. If he's the same player he was before he was hurt, that's just as important as whoever hits behind Barry. If Ray's on base ahead of Barry, that's more likely to force teams to pitch to Barry.
carter character closed couple innings mindset pitch special successful takes tells
Carter can pitch a couple innings at a time, which is intriguing, and he's also closed games. It takes a special character to be able to do that, a mindset and willingness. He was successful at it and that tells me a lot about his makeup.
areas brought chance decent filling good health hold hope job players pleased type
If we are healthy, I think we've got a pretty good chance of being a pretty good club. There are some areas that you hope will hold up. Most of them are health related. But I would say that we've done a decent job of filling in some of the gaps. I'm really pleased with the type of players we've brought in here.
became clear fast interest mentioned yes
Little by little, it became clear he had an interest in being here. When I mentioned his name, Grady couldn't say yes fast enough.
confidence decent franchise needed players saw veteran
I saw a franchise that needed its confidence restored. It had a decent nucleus of veteran players that needed some support.
folding key time tough work
Without that we would have had a real tough time folding him in. Their willingness to work with us was the key to getting it done.
better-off
The more experienced you are, the better off you are.
kaleidoscope degrees different
I told [McCourt] the season is like a kaleidoscope. Every day it changes one degree and the picture is different.
bit bullpen case eric games gave indication last provide second security shore smart trade year
We had no idea this was going to occur. But Eric pitched 14 games last year and hadn't pitched in the second half, so we're all smart enough to know you don't know what he's got. He gave me no indication anything was wrong. We made the trade to shore up the bullpen and provide a little bit of security in case something like this happened.
games good reason won
We were a good team, but the reason why we won 100 games was the manager.
durable gives huge options starters
We think Brett is a huge plus. He's been so durable, probably a 200-inning guy. Having starters who are durable gives us more options in the rotation, in the bullpen.