We just want our doctor to look at it. We don't think it's anything serious. This is why we talk about making the draft later and shortening the minor league seasons. |
We keep joking that we're going to sit in the front row when Canada plays USA and wave our little flags. |
We knew we needed a guy in the middle of the (batting) order that could knock in 100, that happened. He delivered everything we hoped he would. |
We know what our young guys are capable of. We're building that way. I think, actually, we're beyond building at this point. We're wanting to be competitive now. |
We like the guys we got. |
We like to see them do it on their own rather than have to be pushed. |
We made the decision that we're going to have our pitchers hit. I talked to Ned, and he wants our pitchers to hit this spring. We need to get them the work. |
We need to figure out the makeup of our bullpen. We ran out of gas in the bullpen last season. |
We never expected that team to do anything like it did. He proved a lot of people wrong. |
We think it's time for Corey to get a good shot, unless he falls flat on his face in spring training. If we could get him 250 at-bats this year, that's a step for his development. Corey brings some things to the table. |
We told them the only way we do the deal is if we get pitching back, pitching help for now or real close. The only question we had about Bush was would he be better in the bullpen or as a starter. |
We use Oakland and Minnesota as our models. |
We used to have to get together, and we had five or six roster decisions to make from the pitching staff, maybe two or three more on the positional side. And this year, I think we're a little more set with our team. There'll probably just be one or two decisions down the stretch. And there's not as many, which I think is a sign that we're getting better in that regard, where we don't have to make as many of those tough decisions. |
We were looking at young pitchers who would have left us the flexibility to do other things. It wasn't something that could happen here, and I didn't want to walk away from the opportunity. |
We'll always have to do that. That's the way our club is built. |