This spring training has been the most bizarre spring training I have ever been a part of in my career. |
This spring training has been the most bizarre spring training I've ever been a part of in my career. I've never been a part of anything like this. It's been the most un-fun, and to me, it's been one nightmare after another. It's like I'm working for the fire department, just putting out fires every day. It hasn't been fun. |
This was affecting his performance, |
We all knew there was a reason why he went from 14 wins [in 2004] to what he did this year, |
We are in the process of consulting with our physicians to find the best hand specialist we can to get the second opinion. Obviously it's a devastating blow to the team. Good teams overcome adversity. |
We are pleased to win the case. Mel Southard and Greg Torborg and their staff did a tremendous job during the process. It's a fair and equitable contract for both Alfonso Soriano and the club. |
We are very pleased to add a dependable starter such as Brian Lawrence to our rotation. No only does he have a reputation of going deep into games, but he has averaged 34 starts the last four seasons. |
We are very pleased to be able to lock up Nick Johnson, who we view as one of the core players who will take the Nationals to the next level. Nick is a complete player both offensively and defensively, and we appreciate his positive influence in the clubhouse. He is the type of player and person that the Washington Nationals are all about. |
We can't overcome the fact that we don't have an owner yet. All we can promise them is by the beginning of spring training we'll have one -- at least I think we can promise that. |
We can't watch what we watched all last year at shortstop. If Guzman plays like he did last year, [Clayton] gives us a viable option. Guzman is our starting shortstop. This gives Clayton an opportunity to compete with Guzman. |
We continue to have dialogue with [Armas'] agent Diego Benz. |
We could not prove medically that they weren't able to play. |
We don't have a lot of depth. We're already on starting pitcher, what, 10 or 11? What number is it? |
We had a good laugh over it. He's a very warm, sensitive, good person. |
We had great discussions. I think it's important to understand where each side is coming from. I think we had an opportunity to look at each other eye-to-eye and go through the issues of the club and the issues of where Alfonso is coming from. We have a lot of respect for Alfonso as a player and as a person. And he understands our situation and where we're coming from. |