[Pitching coach] Randy St. Claire and I both think that we would like to start him off in Potomac, have a little success and then we'll move him. Based on the surgery that he had, we are going to bring him along slowly. If he plays well, then we'll move him as soon as his pitching says we should move him. |
[Pitching coach] Randy St. Claire taught him a changeup, which was a phenomenal pitch, |
[The decision] might be 10 minutes before game time. |
A lot of people can see when there's a problem, ... But not too many people can see a problem, figure out how to solve it, then actually go out and do it. Jim is one of those people. He is a very special baseball man. |
Absolutely, ... If we didn't have the injuries, he'd probably be here today. But you got to be Tom Brady at the line of scrimmage and be able to adjust. |
After studying his four years on the job, I came to the conclusion that Dana is one of the brightest young evaluators in the game, |
Anybody that has gone through an arbitration case knows that it is a horrible process for a player and the team. Nobody wins in arbitration. We may have won the case but you really don't win. |
As a general manager, ... you're not going to make these comments unless you can back it up. I'm not going to be wrong [about] the player. You don't hear me making these great comments about too many players since I've been here, have you? |
As a GM, you don't make those comments unless you're sure they'll be backed up, ... I will not be wrong about this player. |
As far as the pool of players in our farm system, although it's improved, we have a long way to go and you don't redo a farm system overnight. You have to do it one draft at a time. So it takes four to five years to get it back to where you wanted to get it. |
As I told Ryan earlier today, Brandon Watson just beat him out. Pure and simple, he beat him out on the baseball field. ... You can't ask [Watson] to do any more than he's done in this spring training. |
As long as it's done in the next three weeks, even month, you'll be fine. If it were to drag on, and now you lose this off-season, then it would be an issue. But baseball's aware of that. They're not going to let that happen. |
As long as it's done in the next three weeks, even month, you'll be fine. If it were to drag on, and now you lose this offseason, then it would be an issue. But baseball's aware of that. They're not going to let that happen. |
At a certain point, we have to walk the talk. How many meetings can you have? This isn't a corporation. This is baseball. I want to see the talking on the field. |
At the end of the day, it's not his preference. But it's a personal sacrifice to help this franchise put the best team on the field it possibly can. That's what he's doing. So the organization appreciates it. We've got 12 days to get him ready to play left field. We appreciate the personal sacrifice he's making. |