Throwing 88, 89 [mph], from the left side, he should be able to compete. |
To me, situation hitting is our biggest nemesis. We have to evaluate whether that's the current cast. |
Two years ago, he was on course, and then had some injury issues the next year that held him back. He had a good year last year, and these days, the key to this coming season is to build on what he started last year. |
Until he gets to the point that he decides he wants to play, I don't think anybody can guess when or if he would come back. There's no deal that that will happen, no preconceived approach to that issue. |
We can win this thing, ... We've got one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball going [Wednesday]. And we've got another dominant pitcher [Clemens] going the night after that. So we feel, certainly, very well set up for it. ... So I think that certainly, the tenor and the mood is very positive at this point. |
We can win this thing. ... We feel, certainly, very well set up for it. |
We can't make mistakes, |
We communicated with his agent that we'd like to have him back, ... Whether he decides to do that or not is another story. |
We don't know at this point what will happen. It's something that our attorneys are looking at. It's a real murky situation. |
We had good conversations. We're still working towards trying to get things settled, but I wouldn't say at this point we're real close to a deal or anything. |
We had more questions than answers. But even through the bad days in April and May, we were developing. We were seeing some good things in every game. |
We have a personal services contract with him. If he wanted to do that, that's something we'd have to run by the commissioner's office. Other clubs could have an issue with it. |
We have a range on the value scale where Carlos fits in the market and where he fits in our budget, ... We can't get swept about by what someone else might do. |
We have no indication at this point. |
We have not yet reached out to Roger's agent, but we will in the next several days, |