Posted by Alex Speier

DANA POINT, Calif. — Greetings from the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort lobby, where I will be spending the better part of this week chasing the ignition of the hot stove burners. I could easily complain about the exhaustion following the early-morning flight, but after encountering Red Sox Vice President of Player Personnel Ben Cherington–who ran the New York City Marathon in just over four hours on Sunday and then immediately jumped on a plane to attend these meetings.

Dodgers GM Ned Colletti just held court on a few toics, among them:

-He has neither met with agent Scott Boras nor made an offer to Boras client Manny Ramirez.
-It would be “difficult, but not impossible” to sign both Ramirez and free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia.
-The Dodgers want resolution on the Ramirez contract situation relatively soon so that the rest of their offseason is not held hostage to his contract demands.
-The Dodgers offseason priorities include addressing the left side of the infield, bullpen and starting pitching. Informed that he had not mentioned a power-hitting left-fielder, Colletti chuckled.
“We’re always looking for a power hitter. That should go without saying,” Colletti said. “In fact, it just did.”
-There has not been any indication to date of whether Nomar Garciaparra or Jeff Kent plan on playing or retiring.

We’ll have plenty more in the coming hours and days.