[And it might be] more like two weeks, ... It could take another four or five days. ... It's tough to take that bat out of the lineup. It's a lot like early in the season when we lost Jeff Bagwell in May. |
[Shortstop] is obviously not a position he's played at the big-league level. But he hadn't played outfield at the big-league level, either. |
A healthy Jeff Bagwell is what we want. |
Andy on occasion has described his elbow as cranky, ... He's probably going to feel that the rest of the year. That's what happens when you have surgery. But I don't think it's anything more than normal. |
As a starter, he's probably our best option based on the last three starts. |
As we're in a contending position, we're going to bring up guys with major-league experience who can help our club, ... That's our No. 1 priority. |
Brad has been a huge part of our success the past few years. We are all real proud of the success he's had. |
Brandon is probably a little ahead of where we thought he might be, |
But it's not the arm. He's not having any problem with his arm. I really want to hear what he has to say about how he feels, and does he want to crank it up one more year. |
Certainly he's well deserving of what he's going to make. He was a key component for our seasons the last two years. There was going to come a day when he would get paid like the best of the game. And that day has come. He's well deserving. |
Considering that it's been since the 12th game of the franchise this is a pretty amazing event. Forty-four years is a long time, but just look where we have come from in the last 12 or 13 years. Since Drayton (McLane) owned the club we have just continued to pump out winning seasons and that's why we've made up so much of the ground. |
Either one of them could be a good option for us, |
Even in our darkest days we talked about the fact these are players who have talent. The veteran pitching has kept us going. It's been phenomenal. |
From a getting-it-done point of view, he got it done. Now we'll await the results. |
From his point of view, he felt he'd do better than that even. Ninety runs batted in added to our offense would be significant. |