We do have some talent here, but we can't let this talent take a step backward. I think he's the right guy to help us there. |
We have had no conversation with the Cincinnati Reds in regards to sharing a spring training facility in Sarasota. |
We won't know -- sort of -- the most important information for about two days. |
We've been as good as anyone at financing our drafts since Dave took over. It's an important commitment, and I think you have to make that to your employees when you bring them in. I made this one to Dave. |
We've progressed quite a bit since Dave took over (July 13, 2001). He's earned this extension. |
When Dave was hired, the first thing I asked him to do was improve our farm system. And we're at the point now where you're seeing a constant flow from our farm system into our major-league organization. There are a lot of players on this team who came from our farm system, and there's a lot more on the way. |
When you look at building on Jason Bay and Jack Wilson, those are two pretty good players to start with as far as character. That's a nice aspect of it. But the key is performance and strengthening ourselves up the middle. |