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Odds & Ends: Indians, Padres, Marlins

By Zach Links [October 18, 2009 at 9:45pm CST]

Some more links on this Sunday evening:

Terry Pluto of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that the Indians "are expected to cut their managerial search to five or fewer candidates this week." Pluto advises us not to be surprised if former Nationals skipper Manny Acta is among the finalists. Acta is also in contention for the Astros' job.
Pluto goes on to write that Cleveland has interviewed ten candidates so far. The aforementioned Acta, Bobby Valentine, Travis Fryman (manager of Indians' single-A affiliate) and Torey Lovullo (Indians' triple-A manager) are among those under consideration. Pluto is in the dark regarding the remaining six, but Mike Hargrove, Tony Pena, Buck Showalter and Phil Garner are not in the mix.
Padres CEO Jeff Moorad has not gone through his complete list of candidates for the vacant GM job, writes Chris Jenkins of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Of the names that have been floated about, Jenkins characterizes Kim Ng as the "most interesting."
Now that Bryan Price has agreed to become the Reds' pitching coach, the Marlins could turn their attention to Randy St. Claire, according to Juan C. Rodriguez of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. St. Claire was in his seventh season with the Expos/Nationals franchise before getting the axe earlier this year.
Yusei Kikuchi will meet with his eight MLB suitors over the course of two days this week, writes Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Comments

Shame Mike Hargrove is not among the finalists, the guy won a pennant or 2 with the Tribe already didn't he? Played for them for many years and would seem to be a loyal guy for them. Heck, see if they can get Frank Robinson back even, another classy guy, he even would even have some talent to work with this time around.

Posted by: johns | October 18, 2009 at 09:53 PM

Ng may be "Interesting" but I would have to think she is a long shot to land the job at best, a token minority at worst.

Posted by: Websoulsurfer | October 18, 2009 at 09:54 PM

Ng has done well for the Dodgers, and the fact that she hasn't been snatched up makes you think that folks can't see past her gender or her ethnicity. In any other business, that would be cause for a suit. In baseball, she's the "most interesting." Too bad for baseball.

Posted by: Bob Raines | October 18, 2009 at 10:13 PM

Im scared of losing Ng. How can no one have made her their GM? She has done all our arb signings and has a very strong connection to Asian countries. Most Dodger fans feel that it should be Ng and White running the show. They made this team, not Colletti or McCourt...

Posted by: lakersdodgersyankees4life | October 18, 2009 at 11:16 PM

So Ng and White signed Hudson, traded for Manny, signed Wolf, traded for Ethier, signed Belisario, Blake, etc.?

I'm among the bigger fans of Logan Wtite, and Ned Colletti certainly has made his share of high-profile mistakes, but let's give credit where credit is do here.

Posted by: vtadave | October 18, 2009 at 11:29 PM

White drafted LaRoche and Morris, told Colletti that Etheir was worth trading for(ie, scouted him). Ng was the one who found Belisario in the minors FAs.

White and Ng were huge in making this team, where Colletti filled a few holes...

Posted by: lakersdodgersyankees4life | October 19, 2009 at 09:32 AM

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