Colletti to meet with Collins, Fregosi
11/18/2005LOS ANGELES -- Atlanta Braves special assignment scout Jim Fregosi said he will be interviewed on Saturday in Florida by new Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti for the vacant manager job.
Colletti, hired Wednesday, is in Florida to attend the wedding of his former boss, San Francisco general manager Brian Sabean. He also has made contact with Lou Piniella, who was recently bought out of the last year of a contract to manage the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but Piniella described his interest in the Dodgers job as minimal to the Los Angeles Times.
Colletti also will meet with Dodgers Minor League director Terry Collins, although it is not clear if Collins is being considered for the manager's job. Collins, who lives in Florida, has managed two teams (also including the Angels) over six seasons in the Major Leagues. He last managed the Angels in 1999 and was one of three finalists -- and GM Paul DePodesta's choice -- to replace Dodgers manager Jim Tracy, who left at the end of the season. When DePodesta was dismissed, the manager search process was suspended.
Fregosi has managed four teams (including the Angels) over 15 seasons in the Major Leagues, taking the Phillies to the World Series in 1993. He last managed Toronto in 1999-2000 and has been a special assignment scout with Atlanta for the last three years. Prior to that, he worked with Colletti in San Francisco as special assistant to the general manager. Fregosi said the Dodgers received permission from the Braves to interview him.
Collins, who with scouting director Logan White has received industry praise for the farm system's dramatic revival, said he wasn't sure if his meeting with Colletti will be an interview for the manager job or a briefing in his role as farm director. Collins just returned from a scouting trip in the Dominican Republic.
While the Dodgers continue their search for a manager, the club added five prospects to the 40-man roster on Thursday, protecting them from being taken at next month's Rule 5 draft at the Winter Meetings.
Those added were first baseman James Loney, third baseman Andy LaRoche, infielder Joel Guzman, right-handed pitcher Jose Diaz and left-handed pitcher Greg Miller.
Loney, a first-round pick in the 2002 First-Year Player Draft, rebounded from an injury-plagued 2004 season to hit .284 with 11 homers, 31 doubles and 65 RBIs at Double-A Jacksonville. The 21-year-old carried that progress into the recently concluded Arizona Fall League, where he hit five homers in 59 at-bats.
LaRoche, 22, was named the organization's position player of the year for hitting a combined 30 home runs with 94 RBIs while splitting time between Class A Vero Beach and Double-A Jacksonville. He hit .352 in the Arizona Fall League.
Guzman, the 6-fort-6 shortstop who turns 21 later this month, spent the entire season at Double-A Jacksonville, where he hit .287 with 16 home runs, 31 doubles and 75 RBIs. He's currently playing the corner infield positions in the Dominican Republic.
Diaz is 21 years old, 6-foot-4 and 250 pounds, earning the nickname Jumbo. Coming off Tommy John surgery on his elbow, he threw only 17 2/3 innings this year but was clocked at 99 mph.
Miller, considered one of the best left-handed pitching prospects in the game two years ago, is coming off a series of shoulder operations and was shut down in the Arizona Fall League with more discomfort, but it was diagnosed as minor and he is expected to be ready for the start of Spring Training with a lower arm slot. He made 19 appearances this year and just turned 21.
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