We'll see if we can fine-tune it. Those are important spots, but we have no major trades (in the works). |
We'll seek to pursue Ryan, but with a different financial approach. But you seldom see a guy say, 'Yeah, I'll come right back.' Yet, he likes it here, so we'll see. |
We're excited to sign Kenji and believe that this signing is one more step in our transition, ... As soon as he steps on the field, he makes our major-league roster better, and that's what we needed as we headed into this off-season. |
We're out there looking. There is nothing serious in the works at this time. |
We're real excited about this. This is a big change in a real important position on our club. We're going from a position of weakness behind the plate to one of strength. |
We've gone through growing pains with young players this year, ... but that's part of developing young players ... We like our young players. |
We've had two other people at the major-league level and this is no different. We're not happy about it. |
When somebody first brings the name up, there are a lot of reservations. As with every player you look into everything very closely, and we're satisfied its a one-time deal. |
When we met with him [in Seattle], he made a point of using English as much as he could. That leads me to believe he will be fine. He is going to have to pick up English, and Spanish to a limited degree, and we have to have some patience with him. |
Would you blame him if he had interest in Felix Hernandez? I'm a guy who worked my tail off to get Carlos Delgado. |
You talk to scouts and you keep hearing there is a real shortage of pitching. There's a real shortage of guys who can throw strikes. Pitching is that valuable. |