Dodgers not for sale, team president declares during defense of Mark Walter

For the second time in the last two weeks, Dodgers president Stan Kasten went out of his way to try and calm the choppy waters surrounding his franchise on Friday.“I wanted to make sure everyone understood one thing very clearly: The Dodgers are not being sold,” Kasten told reporters before Friday night’s game at Dodger Stadium, in a press availability that had been scheduled by the team earlier in the afternoon.“They’re not gonna be sold.They’re not for sale.

There’s no process that has been started to sell it, period,” Kasten continued.“We are planning only to win.

That is what we are always doing.And we are still continuing to do that.”Kasten’s comments came amid continued speculation over the Dodgers’ ownership situation, following chairman Mark Walter’s shock sale of the Lakers last week and growing reporting around a federal investigation into various companies within Walter’s business empire.“I just wanted this to be clear, because this question keeps coming up,” Kasten said, before reiterating that the Lakers’ sale was “one of those one-of-a-kind things that really has nothing to do with what has happened with us.” California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story Kasten also went on to defend Walter’s track record as the Dodgers’ owner, and said his confidence in such declarations came from his conversations with Walter directly.“This comes from Mark,” Kasten said.“He’s gung-ho about continuing to try to win.”Kasten first addressed reporters the day after the Lakers’ $12.5 billion sale last week, saying then that the transaction had no impact on the Dodgers ownership situation –– Walter’s Guggenheim Baseball Management group has owned the team since 2012 –– and was not expected to alter i...