139 ordspråk av Doug Melvin
Doug Melvin
We'll be all right if they just make the routine plays.
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We'll talk to him and see how he feels after he gets to spring training. I'm confident Ben will know whether he's capable of it or not capable of it.
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We're always going to be a team that has to move prospects up to the big leagues. It's good to have a mix of young and veteran players.
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We're looking at the long haul.
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We're more settled and we have more stability than we've had in the past. We know our players better. Two, three years ago, we weren't sure. I think we have a club that has a chance to grow on the fans. I feel we have enough experience to contend.
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We're talking to him. I'd say there's a good chance he'll be doing something for us. He'll probably do some (player) evaluations. It's another source of information.
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We've been rotating those guys through center field lately.
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We've got some very good positional prospects, (but) we're a little short on pitchers. So this deal allows us to get better.
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We've had preliminary talks. That's the kind of thing you like to do face-to-face. I hope to get it done in spring training, maybe even sooner.
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We've talked about framework but not to the point of one side or the having what they want. We are talking terms. Nothing has broken down or gone wrong, so we just keep talking.
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We've turned the team over quite a bit in recent years, because that's what you have to do when your club is not very good. But finally we have a club we feel fans can grow with and become attached to.
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When we get down there and get in person, we'll meet with Ben, sit down with him, the trainer and Mike Maddux and make that decision. We feel that we'll all make a good judgment including Ben.
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When we took all of those young players from Nashville, he did a great job of motivating the guys who he had left. I don't think he's afraid to confront a player on an issue. But at the same time, he's young enough that those guys know it was not too long ago that he was playing this game. They feel like they can go to him.
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When you're a team like ours that has to build, the one thing you need is stability. You need that with your front office, your manager, your scouts for good things to happen.
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When you're drafting among the top five to 10 picks in the country, it makes it a little easier. You can really zero in on players. Our draft picks won't be so high. That's a challenge.
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