Maybe I'm putting my neck on the line, but I think his is the best situation I've come into. I think (fired GM) Ed Wade certainly left behind a strong foundation. |
more of a staying-in-touch, passing-through sort of thing. |
My challenge is to try to coax five more wins out of this team to try to get us into the playoffs. Once you get into the playoffs, as we all know, you never know what happens. |
My goal is to pick one up here. |
No, I don't think it's a problem at all. A lot of ballparks these days see home runs fly out of them. I don't think the ballpark will be a problem in luring players here. If anything, I've heard a lot of comments about what a beautiful ballpark it is. |
Nunez gives us some versatility in that he can play three infield positions and is a switch-hitter. |
Omar's a talent guy. He sees talent, and he goes after it. |
Our corners are pretty good, ... In high school he played center, but I don't think he can play center anymore. |
People seemed more interested in their martinis than me, |
Right now, I think it's a good situation, ... I think we're blessed to have two players with that sort of record and sort of ability with our ball club. |
Signing Billy is our top priority. I've learned through experience there is nothing more demoralizing to a team than consistently losing a game in the late innings. Wagner is dominant. He's very important to what we want to do. Billy told me we are at the top of his list. |
Something might not go exactly the way other teams wanted, either [in the coming weeks]. That might refocus things on something we talked about. We still might [make a trade]. We'll see. |
That's a hell of a game to see. |
That's not the case here. |
The average annual value of a contract doesn't bother me as much as the length. In a 5-year contract, somebody is usually disappointed. If a player performs well, he feels he's underpaid. If he doesn't, the club feels like it got a raw deal. And, with pitchers, you're dealing with the injury factor. You need flexibility. You need to be able to change your roster around. |