Jeff Moorad . |
(Good defense) affects you in a lot of ways. It prevents your pitcher from throwing too many pitches in one inning. It gives your bullpen a rest because your starter may be able to go a little deeper into games. Cameron is going to save games with his glove. |
99.9 percent of the time that play's made by him. |
A good defense can shave a team's ERA. We think we've helped ourselves quite a bit defensively. |
After what I went through with Arizona, the last four or five days, they were crazy with all the speculation out there. I don't think it was fair to this organization. One thing I want to make clear is that I wasn't throwing my name out there. It got to the point where it didn't stop. |
All three of these guys are guys who can get to the big leagues in kind of a hurry. We'd be happy with any one of the three. |
Any time you get a chance to get your hands on a first-round pick, you're interested, because there was enough talent there at one point for the player to be drafted highly. |
Any time you lose a player the caliber of a Mark Loretta, it's a big blow. However we are encouraged that Mark did not need to have a full reconstruction of the thumb and that he will make a full recovery to be back on the field before too long. |
Any time you lose exclusivity on a player, there's always that chance you'll lose him. But he's a guy who loves this organization and means so much to the city. As he's often said, he's one of the few guys who plays for the name on the front of his jersey, not the one on the back. |
Based on the type of year he had this year in the International League, we believe Kenny is on the comeback trail. We still feel like he has an upside. |
Brian spent little time on the disabled list. We looked at 200 innings and at least 30 starts. |
But we thought we needed to change there. We felt these were areas where we were not good at and needed to improve. We struggled in some decisions at the third-base coaching spot and in base-running (Lopes' responsibility). |
Certainly it was a blow. He had had such a good spring. He's a key cog to this whole club. |
Defensively, he's one of the best in the game. I think he will bring leadership and serve as a role model for some of our Hispanic players. |
During rough times and tough times his leadership came out, ... He could have been volatile, but he was a calming influence. He remained strong. |