Paul DePodesta
Paul DePodesta
Paul DePodestais the chief strategy officer for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. Formerly a front office assistant for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and most recently the New York Mets, he was also general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The year after leading the Dodgers to their first playoff win in 16 years, he was fired after the 2005 club finished with its worst record in 11 years. He was the ninth general manager in the...
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As a baseball operation, we are seeking to carry on the Dodgers' long tradition of developing top-notch players. This honor directly reflects on the job that amateur scouting director Logan White and player development director Terry Collins and their entire staffs have done in finding and cultivating the talent of these young players.
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It would be great and it would be well deserved, ... In any market, it's clearly going to have a huge impact. The organization has put a great team on the field and the fans have done a great job of coming out to support it.
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out of respect for what he's done here.
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It became clear to us that the inefficiency in decision-making in baseball was vast.
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I would absolutely have interest in re-signing each guy.
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Jim Tracy has been a passionate and valued member of the Dodger organization. I have an extremely high regard for him professionally and personally,
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We'll always have to make changes -- a guy or two will be a free agent -- but, hopefully, the foundation is now laid.
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He recovered well from each of the first two surgeries, but it's hard to predict exactly how long it's going to take -- especially with the upcoming surgery. So I think he still has a long road in front of him.
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He's a guy I've been interested in sitting down with for a while, ... We considered him for farm director position last year and he is a potential rising star in the game.
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I don't think we know that yet. We're not under any kind of strict time constraint.
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We're probably going to have to play it by ear. That's not necessarily the preferable way to go. But it's not something where we have a choice.
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He's had nights like tonight, and early in the year he hit a handful of home runs in April and May. So there's no doubt the potential is there, because we've seen it. As with all young players, it's going to be about the consistency of his offense. But it was his effort level, and the above-average defense really solidified his spot on the club throughout the year. He's got elements of his game that you can't teach, like speed and outfield range, so that's certainly going to make him a valuable guy for us going forward.
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He had a phenomenal career as a player and has a sterling reputation in the game as a person and as a baseball man, ... When he was let go, we spent a lot of time on his name.
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He has kids growing up in Georgia and he decided he couldn't be this far from home during the course of the season.