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Show Notes
On the latest Cubs Talk Podcast, David Kaplan talks with former Cubs front office executive and Dodgers GM Ned Colletti on how to fix a major league roster, when to deal a player who is heading into free agency, and how a trade he didn't make with LA helped bring
01:30How he moved from MLB to being a scout in the NHL
04:30How to fix a major league roster
06:40On building the roster when other teams know your weaknesses
09:30When to deal a player who is facing free agency
11:30Balancing trying to win now vs. building a team for a sustained run
14:30On how a GM can't depend only on signing a big free agent
18:00On his time with the Cubs in the 1980's
19:45On how a GM deals with Scott Boras
22:00On how a GM deals with talk radio and the media
26:00On how he almost got CC Sabathia on the Dodgers for 2008 playoff run
28:00On how not trading for Ryan Dempster helped bring Kyle Hendricks to the Cubs