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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ned Colletti, hired as the Los Angeles Dodgers' general manager earlier this week, is planning to meet with Jim Fregosi and Terry Collins to discuss the team's vacant managerial position.

Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch confirmed Friday that Colletti would meet with Fregosi and Collins in Tampa, Fla., where he'll attend the wedding of San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean, his former boss.

Colletti worked for the Giants for 11 years -- the last nine as Sabean's assistant -- before being hired by the Dodgers on Tuesday to succeed Paul DePodesta.

The Los Angeles Times first reported that Colletti would meet with Fregosi and Collins. Those meetings are expected to take place this weekend.

Fregosi, 63, managed the then-California Angels from 1978-81, the Chicago White Sox from 1986-88, the Philadelphia Phillies from 1991-96, and the Toronto Blue Jays in 1999-2000. His 1993 Philadelphia team reached the World Series before losing to the Blue Jays.

Collins, 56, managed the Houston Astros from 1994-96 and the Angels from 1997-99. Collins, the Dodgers' director of minor league operations, was considered the leading contender for the team's managerial job before DePodesta was abruptly fired Oct. 29 when the search was thought to be in its final stages.

Other potential candidates for the Dodgers' managerial job could be Lou Piniella, former manager of the New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and former Dodgers' pitching ace Orel Hershiser, the Texas Rangers' pitching coach since 2003.

Rawitch also confirmed that assistant GM Kim Ng and vice president Roy Smith would travel to Florida for the meetings. There hasn't been an official announcement concerning the status of Ng or Smith since the hiring of Colletti, but indications are both will remain with the Dodgers.

Ng, who lost out to Colletti for the GM job, has three years remaining on her contract with the Dodgers, as does Smith.

Colletti said at a news conference Wednesday that the Dodgers' next manager should be a "great leader" who is a well-rounded and can communicate with him, and with the spectrum of players from 22-year-olds to 38-year-olds. He said managerial experience was preferred, but not absolutely necessary.

The Dodgers parted company with manager Jim Tracy on Oct. 3 -- a day after the season ended. They are the only major league team without a manager. Tracy, who managed the Dodgers for five years, has since been hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Dodgers haven't advanced beyond the first round of the playoffs since they were World Series champions in 1988. They won the NL West title in 2004, but went 71-91 last season -- their second-poorest record since they moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958.