This is one of those classic examples of the guy who got an opportunity and took advantage of it, ... He's been nothing short of outstanding. We're grateful that he's here. We've had our bullpen struggles at time and the one constant out there has been Todd. |
We could go as-is today. Our desire is always to try to improve and look at every possibility that's out there, and we'll continue to do that. |
We got the players we wanted. We didn't take players because we thought we could sign them. We didn't bypass somebody. These were the players we wanted. We had worked the budget and worked with David and Jeffrey on the budget, and we're confident if this guy is here at that number, we're going to be able to sign him and get it done. |
We have some middle infielders, and we'll see. We're in Spring Training, once you get the first weeks of games in, there starts to be communications with other teams about wants and needs and teams that may have a surplus in other areas. |
We thank Carlos Delgado for his contributions and wish him well. He did a great job for the Marlins in 2005. |
We think he's about ready to be an every day player in the big leagues. Hopefully he will get a little more taste [of the big leagues] this month, and be ready in Spring Training. |
We thought it was in the best interest of the team and AJ for him to leave, |
We thought that the 72 hours that passed was more than reasonable amount of time for him to offer some explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation, and we'll move on. |
We tried to track him down starting [Thursday]. |
We tried to track him down starting [Thursday]. He was playing well. He looked healthy. We were happy with him, and he appeared to be happy. |
We use stats. We use a little bit of everything. We're open to fresh ideas. Look at Houston and the White Sox. Their pitching carried them to the World Series. I think that's the model we're going to stick with. |
We want to give Johnson a shot. We want to give him the experience, recognizing that our chances [of reaching the postseason] are slim. |
We were talking about bringing him up for a couple of weeks. This had been something that was going on for about 10 days prior to the [Aug. 31 deadline], because Juan's wrist was acting up. |
We'd expect to hear from him in a reasonable amount of time, and take it from there. I haven't been through this before. We're glad he is safe, but we'd like to know what's going on. |
We'll look at how they fit. Can [the backups] play three positions? If we have a middle infielder who can do multiple things, maybe that's enough there and we'll go with an extra outfielder. We'll just see. |