I think that's a nice coup for us. |
I think the significance (of the deal) is ownership stepping up and giving authorization for us to make this kind of commitment to Adam. |
I told Mike the same thing. |
I touched base with Theo (Epstein) early in spring training. We didn't really get deep into this particular trade until the last three or four days. |
I was very pleased. I'm sure Eric feels good about what he did. He had a little extra on his fastball. He threw it by some pretty good hitters. |
I would hope by the time we have our organizational meetings at the end of October that we have a better sense of who we are, that we have a sense of where we're going, that we set a game plan, which I wasn't able to do, obviously, this year. This whole year's going to be an evaluation process of a lot of things. |
I'm here to tell you, these guys mean business. They want to win, they want to do it the right way, they are dedicated to winning and scouting development, which is how you run a front-line organization. There are no agendas and no pretenses. |
I'm pleased with where we're at now in a short period of time. I can't believe it's only been, what, five weeks? Six weeks? |
I'm the GM of the Reds. |
If anything made sense in any phase of the game - like with (obtaining Brandon) Phillips as an example - I wouldn't hesitate. But we're just out of spring training. You'd kind of like to settle in and let the guys play for a while before you start making all kinds of moves. |
If I had something to announce, we would announce it. I can't comment on another club's player. |
It reminds me a little bit of the way we?re having our little informal meetings now. That?s the way George would be. He?d come into Tom Grieve?s office ? he was the general manager at the time ? and everybody would congregate in there informally, talk baseball and have some fun. |
It was always going to be Thursday. Wednesday is his regular day, but with the travel and everything we wanted to give him an extra day. |
It wasn't anything to be alarmed about. Just more of a precaution to make sure we get it all calmed down and not aggravate it to where it becomes a bigger deal. |
It's a fact I met with the Reds 2 1/2 years ago, and it's flattering that they want to talk with me again. It's a different owner and a different time, but I'm just flattered they want to talk again. |