For a lot of reasons [Florida] appealed to him. He needs a forum to come back and play every day and that's what they offered. |
He's also going there because he believes they can win a World Series. He went to Arizona because he thought they could win as well -- and they took a large step in the right direction last year -- but it became pretty apparent to us that their plans moving forward didn't include him. There's no ill will towards them. You look forward, and Troy's looking forward to playing in Toronto. |
He's got personal issues he has to resolve before making any decisions regarding baseball. |
It wasn't the old hard turf that he remembered when he played there. |
Pokey is fine. He's with family. When personal feelings are involved, it's very difficult to put a timetable on the resolution of those. |
The Diamondbacks put a lot of work into this and were very persistent because they like Jeff as a player. |
The reason they went on the list from the get-go was the (artificial) turf playing surface. It was never the organization or the city. It was simply the playing surface. |
We realize they have a team to field and work to do, and this is a unique situation. We certainly appreciate their patience and professionalism. They need answers to questions we just can't answer at this point. |