Depodesta Quotes

DePodesta said Cruz's recent play compares favorably with his earlier years. His .783 on-base plus slugging percentage is higher than that of Dodgers starters Cesar Izturis, Jason Phillips, Jason Repko, Oscar Robles, Jose Valentin and Werth. - Jim Tracy

Change is difficult. We completely recognize that. Change is really difficult. - Paul DePodesta

But he's not playing right now because he got hit by a pitch and broke his [left] wrist, not because of these other issues. - Paul DePodesta

Both of us wanted to deal with this quickly. Jim didn't want to wonder about his status. We both dealt with it head on. - Paul DePodesta

At the end of the day, I think everybody needs to be on the same page to move forward. We decided we needed to make a change and Jim decided to move on as well. - Paul DePodesta

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. - Paul DePodesta

A lot's been made about these two individuals. What this is really about to me is our team, our organization. - Paul DePodesta

[Terry] is very familiar with our personnel... Jerry made sense for a lot of the same reasons. - Paul DePodesta

[DODGERS: Los Angeles doesn't figure to make more than a handful of minor league call-ups for this year's September roster expansion, a concession that the team doesn't want to crowd the clubhouse with players who won't play significant roles and the fact several current players are due off the disabled list in the near future.] That's a lot of guys here already, even though we only have 25 active... There probably won't be that many guys (called up). - Paul DePodesta