I think those are the options and the decision is going to come soon. |
I think we know what intangibles that people with the last name of Hoffman bring to the ballpark. This guy knows the NL West very well. He's managed before. He's been a former player. He's driven, organized and has those 'Hoffman' intangibles that we look for. |
I think we'll sign him back. We wanted to negotiate a better deal. We lose exclusivity, but we were down the road with both of them. We're hoping we'll be able to sign those two back. |
I thought he looked great, ... I told a couple of advance scouts I was sitting next to, 'He's got his 'A' game today.' |
I thought they were looking to add to their pitching, not give anybody up. |
I told my wife we're not going anywhere this winter, |
I want him to keep grinding, but he hasn't done anything to make us believe he shouldn't have the job. He's been by far our best player in camp. |
If someone gives him a major-league opportunity, that would be more appealing. |
If we go three-and-out, fans may say this was the type of club we had all year. But I think we'll have a chance to win our first series, and if we do, people are going to forget our record. Maybe they'll say we're a team of destiny. |
If we got Wells, it probably would mean a pitcher going back the other way. |
In our ballpark, the emphasis is as much on defense as it is on offense with our outfield, ... We saw it. We got out-doubled and out-tripled in our park. We really have to have somebody really go out and get the ball. |
In talking to him, he's got me excited. |
In talking to him, he's got me excited. He really wants to show the rest of baseball he can be a real force. Certainly, he's going to be a presence in the middle of our lineup. |
It just happened that we had more of a need in center field. We all knew 'X' can play. Certainly, this would have been the year that would have provided a great opportunity to play one of the corner positions. But in this outfield here, we thought it was more important to go get a guy who can play center field. |
It sounds like [Wells] plans on reporting to Spring Training with the Red Sox. So I would imagine [the Red Sox] won't have any discussions with clubs probably until the games start in March. |