Question about DePodesta

Did he draft: Ethier Kemp Loney Martin How much of this current Dodger team can be credited to DePo?

over 2 years ago positiveuphemism 16 comments 0 recs |

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Off the top of my head, Eithier came in the Milton Bradley trade with the A’s.

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by Azmanz on Jun 8, 2009 9:14 PM PDT reply actions

another example of Billy Beane taking advantage of some lesser GM

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 8, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Lulz.

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by BrianBokake on Jun 8, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Logan White is most responsible for the homegrown players. As for current players, I think a majority of the roster has turned over since he left. At first glance, I don’t see any players that he was responsible for acquiring. In my opinion, the majority of their success should be attributed to Logan White and the rest of the player development staff.

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by marcello on Jun 8, 2009 9:34 PM PDT reply actions

Cool, thanks. Was just wondering because of the conflux of young talent that we are seeing down there. But only a few years till free agency….yay?

by positiveuphemism on Jun 8, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions

Ding Ding Ding

by wilriv21 on Jun 8, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions

Depodesta was responsible for freeing up a ton of dead payroll racked up under Evans and his predecesor

Fortunately, Ned blew all of the savings and then some on a series of disastrous FA signings.

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by Bhaakon on Jun 9, 2009 12:18 AM PDT up reply actions

Agreed

And, for the record, I think DePodesta did a good to great job as GM and he certainly didn’t deserve to be fired.

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by marcello on Jun 9, 2009 9:57 AM PDT up reply actions

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by TexasRanger on Jun 9, 2009 10:15 AM PDT up reply actions

Ned

I really think the Ned bashing goes a bit far here. Several of the individual moves look boneheaded, but on the big picture, he’s put together a team that made a serious run at a pennant last year, and certainly looks to be the class of the league this year. He’s overseen the integration of an awful lot of good young talent into the lineup, the rotation, and the bullpen, and the guy’s he didn’t believe in (LaRoche, Guzman) look to have been sound decisions.

It seems very likely to me that he’s going to have a World Championship on his resume at some point in the not too distant future, and I have to say the Operation Ned jokes won’t seem very funny to me when that happens.

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by Roger on Jun 10, 2009 1:19 PM PDT up reply actions

A serious run at a pennant?

They won 84 games in a godawful division.

He’s overseen the integration of an awful lot of good young talent into the lineup, the rotation, and the bullpen, and the guy’s he didn’t believe in (LaRoche, Guzman) look to have been sound decisions.

The integration? Ned moved to obstruct Kemp, his best hitting prospect, with Juan Pierre and Luis Gonzalez signings. I don’t give him much credit for stubbornly blocking his top position prospect until he had no choice but to play him in the face of overwhelming evidence. Guzman’s been a bust, but LaRoche is actually starting to hit in Pittsburgh, and Carlos Santana, the catching prospect they traded to the Indians for Casey Blake, looks to be the real deal.

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by Bhaakon on Jun 10, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions

none of it

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 8, 2009 9:45 PM PDT reply actions

not even Ethier?

Randy Winn is going to catch that. And he'll do it real classy-like too.

by oldjacket on Jun 8, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions

I think the Ethier trade was Colletti.

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by marcello on Jun 8, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions

it was Colletti

although, I do stand corrected, there is one player on the current roster who was drafted during DePodesta’s tenure: Cory Wade.

by FluLikeSymptoms on Jun 8, 2009 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions

DePodesta was responsible for acquiring Brad Penny, Derek Lowe, JD Drew, Steve Finley and Jeff Kent. He jettisoned Paul Lo Duca, Guillermo Mota, and Adrien Beltre.

Of note draftwise, DePodesta drafted Luke Hochevar (did not sign), Blake DeWitt, Justin Ruggiano (now with the Rays), John Meloan (now in Indians org), Ivan DeJesus.

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by rotorueter on Jun 9, 2009 7:15 AM PDT reply actions