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Dodger Blue > Dodgers News > Dodgers News: Andrew Friedman Comfortable To Use Prospects In Trade Or As Roster Depth
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Dodgers News: Andrew Friedman Comfortable To Use Prospects In Trade Or As Roster Depth

Matthew Moreno
February 18, 2016
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Dodgers News: Andrew Friedman Comfortable To Use Prospects In Trade Or As Roster Depth
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When the Guggenheim group purchased the Los Angeles Dodgers from Frank McCourt, team president and CEO Stan Kasten placed an emphasis on replenishing a depleted farm system.

As such, then-general manager Ned Colletti operated under the direction to retain the organization’s top prospects. That of course made trading for elite players all the more difficult as clubs were turned away when they asked for the likes of Joc Pederson, Corey Seager or Julio Urias.

Hired in October 2014, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman has worked under the same initiative, been aggressive in acquiring draft picks via trade, and in signing international prospects.

Los Angeles was rewarded for their vision last season when Pederson jumped out to a strong first half, and Seager impressed during September in what was his first experience at the Major League level.

Although the Dodgers resisted trading any of their prospects at the deadline last season for the likes of a Cole Hamels or David Price, it shouldn’t be taken as an indication of how the organization will always operate.

In a question-and-answer session with Bill Shaikin of the LA Times, Friedman explained the club is comfortable with their group of prospects to pull off a significant trade, or rely on them for roster depth:

Given how pressing the need was last year, and given there will always be a steep acquisition cost to get a player of that caliber, and given that such a trade never guarantees anything, why would you ever make one of those moves when you wouldn’t make it last year?

Any player that we feel like fits us, whether in the free-agent market or trade front, we exhaust that possibility thoroughly and try to figure out ways to line up and get to a deal. Part of it is having the depth in your farm system to withstand a trade of that nature. We feel like we’re finally getting to the point where we have the depth in prospects, either to help us in the form of trade currency or to continue to supplement our major league team.

Secondly, the easy decision would be just to say yes to something that helps you in the near term, but we’re trying as hard as we can to have the discipline to be as good as we can be in the current year and to maintain it as far as we can see out.

Dodgers prospects have garnered plenty of attention this offseason, particularly Seager, who was the consensus No. 1 overall prospect by Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, ESPN and MLB.com.

Baseball America named the Dodgers farm system as the best in baseball, while ESPN ranked it behind only the Atlanta Braves.

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ByMatthew Moreno
Matthew Moreno is a journalist from Whittier, Calif., who is a credentialed reporter and is currently the Executive Editor of DodgerBlue.com and LakersNation.com. In addition to covering Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angels Lakers, Matthew has a strong passion for keeping up to date with the sneakerhead culture. It began with Michael Jordan and Air Jordan shoes, and has carried over to Kobe Bryant's signature line with Nike. Matthew previously was the lead editor and digital strategist at Dodgers Nation, and the co-editor and lead writer at Reign of Troy, where he covered USC Trojans Football. Matthew graduated from California State Long Beach University with a major in journalism and minor in communications. Contact: matt@mediumlargela.com
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