He's a young man who made a mistake. He's embarrassed and I'm embarrassed. |
He's a young man who made a mistake. He's embarrassed and I'm embarrassed. We're going to let the letter of the law take effect here and see what the consequences are and so forth. |
He's at a point in his career where the DH is suited to his ability. Our main objective is to keep his bat in the lineup. |
He's been in a couple of these situations recently, and there's nobody that feels more grateful for getting this assignment than he. He's been close a couple times, and I'm sure he was wondering if it was ever going to be reality. But it was a matter of time. It was just inevitable. All he needed was the right mix. |
He's bounced around too much. It's about his turn. |
He's creative. He finds ways to get contracts done. |
He's got a history of power. His average amount of home runs would lead our team. We feel pretty good about this move overall. |
He's got a lot of energy. |
He's never been one to micromanage. Yet he's about as competitive a guy as I've seen. |
He's prepared. He's done about everything you can do except sit in the (general manager's) chair. I'm proud of him, but we're losing a good man. |
I did tell (Tyner) I thought he would have a shot here. |
I don't agree with that at all. We didn't win games because we didn't execute. It wasn't character. We didn't execute. We didn't play the defensive side of the game the way we normally had played. That's why we won (only) 83 games. It wasn't character. It wasn't injuries. It wasn't a lot of things people want to talk about. |
I don't know exactly what the thoughts are with Kyle. But I hope we can solve this through negotiations. |
I don't think anybody is totally opposed to it. But it wouldn't be ideal. You don't want him sitting down in the bullpen and only pitching one inning at a time. |
I don't want to hear about him coaching. His No. 1 goal right now should be playing ? getting to Triple-A and then getting to Minnesota. |