[Boras said he made sure that Rodriguez understands he will be leaving shortstop behind for good.] Alex understands Derek Jeter is the captain of this team, ... He's under no illusions. |
Alex has made the decision to participate in the World Baseball Classic for the United States. He decided that he should honor the country where he's a citizen. |
Alex has received calls from Major League Baseball and the Players Association asking him to meet to discuss the matter. He has agreed to talk with them to discuss the WBC. |
Greg's drag, ... may be his own choice. |
Greg's situation is a little different, ... I don't think the Montreal situation has much of an impact on him. |
He had a goal in this process, where he wanted to get to 3,000 hits. He'll be young enough. |
He hasn't made any decision yet. |
He spoke to many Dominican friends and American friends, and many American players. If he was going to play in the classic, he was going to honor his citizenship and play for the United States. |
He spoke to the commissioner and the Major League Baseball Players Association last week and they talked about the benefits of his participation in advancing baseball both nationally and internationally. |
He took a lot less to come back to the Yankees because he values the Yankees tradition. |
His strength has increased since he left college by about 15, 20 percent. So he comes to spring training really after a six . . . seven-month extensive training program. |
I don't know why people are writing the Cubs aren't in it because they have to trade Sammy Sosa first. |
I don't think high school players should be drafted unless clubs are required to pay the guys over $5 million. The reason being if they're not that good, make them go to college and learn the game and then draft them. But if you draft a high school player you have to guarantee his future. And if the player is not that good the team won't take the risk. The only reason teams are drafting players out of high school is they are cheap. |
I don't think it's an issue of them not being prepared or organized. I think it's an issue of their judgment as to what value they placed on Johnny Damon. |
I don't think there was any question that they were going to sign the player. |