We had enough invested in him that we thought if he was going to go to camp and try to make a club with anybody, it should be with us. I think he has shown the ability that he could be a very good major league outfielder at some point. |
We have so many free agents, particularly in pitching, that we're going to have to take a different approach. I'm not sure what we're going to do. We're going to wait a period of time before we do anything. We have a lot of things to address, because if we do one, what does the other guy think? |
We just didn't feel that was appropriate or something we wanted to do. Reggie did a great job for us for two years but we thought it was time to kind of turn the page. |
We like his all-around makeup. He hits for power, runs very well and plays a solid outfield. His addition helps us in getting a little younger in the outfield, yet he's still a player who has significant playing time and production at the major league level. |
We ran into a very good team. They were on a roll. I think we eventually just ran out of gas. The head of steam we had going into it, we just were never able to regain it. |
We signed him with that purpose in mind, based on his past career. It provides more depth to our rotation, more depth to our pitching staff, and that has been the priority of our off-season plan. |
We're not looking for someone considered an extra outfielder. We're looking for someone like we found last season in Larry Walker. |
We've done well in the playoffs. We just haven't done well in the World Series. |
We've got some reports he can be a little bit off the wall, but he's also a good guy. We don't want to bring guys in here who are jerks. It's something we research very heavily before we acquire a player. It's a big part of it. |
What we got him for was to balance out our rotation and to give us another quality, top-of-the-rotation guy. Pitching is what wins championships. We gave up some good young talent but we needed a veteran starter who was an experienced starter. Who was a top-of-the-rotation guy. Who was used to pitching in big games like this. |
You'd have to ask Scott about that one. |