Jack has done a fine job for the club during his time in a Pittsburgh uniform. Not only are the Pirates happy to have him for three more years, the organization is elated to have him and second baseman Jose Castillo playing defense up the middle for years to come. |
Jim has a lot of very good qualities and experience. He's got a very, very strong resume and a good feel for the game. |
Jody didn't make our trainers aware of any issues in spring training, he performed as every player did, and he played well offensively. He also showed increased strength in testing we did to his knee. Our view is that he is a healthy player. |
Joe gives us more production than we had, some good offense, solid defense, a professional approach and more experience. All these things help strengthen us, especially with a very young club. |
Kip has had some concerns with some fatigue in his arm. Just as a precautionary measure, we have sent him out to see a specialist in St. Louis. They are now doing some further tests. |
Listen, I'm open minded. We're looking for good pitchers. |
Lloyd's a long-time Pirate and an upstanding guy. He's done a great job for us through the years as a player, as a coach. We certainly appreciate his efforts. |
Nothing has come up in regards to that term. |
Nothing's changed. We'll see what our guys can do. |
Obviously, we've got limited time, and it takes timing to be major-league ready. You don't go from zero to 100. |
Perez is a guy who, although he has been inconsistent, has achieved a lot at 23. But we're looking for more consistency. The way you get that is by getting out there in challenging situations. I think the fact that there will be a lot of attention on the World Baseball Classic games will be good for him. |
Players work hard in the off-season and don't want to have setbacks. But I think he's anxious, too, to get it resolved. |
Relative to Pete's desire to possibly (manage) at the major league level, I anticipated this might be the case. He did a nice job for us. I think a lot of Pete. We had him in a variety of roles and I want to wish him the best of luck. |
Right now Kip is in the process of determining if he is going to get a second opinion of what the diagnosis is, and the different options that are available. |
Right now, Chris Duffy is the starting center fielder and we're going to go in that direction. I don't think either guy has a solid position on a job. Both of them have got to continue to work hard to establish themselves as big leaguers. Neither one is an established big leaguer, but we have very high hopes for both of them. |