I guess I'm a little old-school. |
I have always liked the AFL because it gives the best prospects in the game a chance to play against each other and polish their skills in a competitive environment, ... It also can give them confidence going into the next season if they do well. The results have been pretty darn good. |
I have always liked the AFL because it gives the best prospects in the game a chance to play against each other and polish their skills in a competitive environment. It also can give them confidence going into the next season if they do well. The results have been pretty darn good. |
I have to get that (judgment) from the manager. Charlie is the type of manager who can evaluate players both mentally and physically. He isn't a guy who bases his opinion of a guy on how he did the day before. |
I like the pitchers we have in Jon Lieber and Brett Myers, but I think we still need a real power type of pitcher who can stop the bleeding or stop a losing streak. Is there someone out there? Sure, there are pitchers out there, but it's about what you need to give up to get. I'm talking to clubs all the time and evaluating this every day. |
I like the whole sum of our team. |
I still have the drive, the competitiveness, the passion. |
I think Charlie has done a good job in keeping a good feeling and a good attitude in the clubhouse. The players are still very upbeat. We haven?t performed as well as we wanted from a pitching and offensive standpoint. But I don?t think that can be laid at the feet of the manager. |
I think we have a lot of work to do in the minor league system. We have to restock the minor league system. We have to get all the clubs to .500 or better. |
I think you're dealing in dangerous waters getting into four and five years with players. It's risky. I think it's very risky. |
I told Pope that I wished I could trade for the 40th guy on his (40-man) roster, |
I want to win, and whatever the manager and the pitching coach think it takes, we'll go in that direction. |
I will say this, sometimes it's addition by subtraction. That's sort of the way it is, but I don't want to knock somebody else. |
I'll see what we've got on him. |
I'm so excited for Ryan. You certainly get only one opportunity for this honor. I'm so happy that he was selected. |