According to the LA Times, GM Ned Coletti has stated that due to the high price of acquiring talent in the trade market this off-season, the Dodgers may be holding onto their blue chip prospects rather than making a run at an impact player, like Florida’s Miguel Cabrera or Baltimore’s Erik Bedard (As previously reported here at MLB Fleece Factor.
Rumor has it when speaking with Florida about Cabrera, the Marlins were seeking four players from LA in return. Rumors have surfaced about OF Matt Kemp, SP Chad Billingsley, 1B James Loney, and top pitching prospect Clayton Kershaw, amongst others.
It is possible the only “big splash” Coletti will have announced this off-season was the hiring of manager Joe Torre. It has become apparent that Coletti is concerned with fleecing himself, and does not want to appear in a story on this site a few years from now under the category “Great Moments in Fleece History”. With the tremendous amount of young talent in the Dodgers’ system, however, the door will remain open for a fleece to occur.
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