Allard Baird
Allard Baird
Allard Bairdis an American professional baseball executive and the former general manager of the Kansas City Royals. He now works for the Boston Red Sox as senior vice president, player personnel, serving under President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski. He joined Boston in 2006 as an assistant to the general manager after his firing in Kansas City and later was named vice president and director of professional scouting...
discussion everyday himself
Emil has put himself in a situation, offensively, to be an everyday player. But where he is defensively is still in the discussion stages.
everybody extra
Everybody told me the same thing about Raul Ibanez. I was told he'd never be anything but an extra outfielder.
acquire free
To acquire a pitcher, it's going to have to be a free agent.
across arms bullpen interest knew productive
They knew we had some productive arms out there and there was interest in our bullpen across the board.
gonna knows move steps taking
This is a process. It's gonna take some time. No one knows how much time. He's taking steps to move forward.
support
There is no timetable. We'll support him and we go from there.
calling clubs looking starting
There's a lot of clubs looking for starting pitching. There's not a lot out there. They're calling me for starting pitching.
game last nobody sorry start talent team
It's a better team than last year. It has better talent and makeup. But when you start out like this, everything is going to be magnified. That's the way it is. We may have been a little snake-bit. But the game doesn't stop, and nobody is going to feel sorry for you.
last since time
There's nothing new since the last time we talked.
compared last point
Is he better at this point compared to where he was last week? Yes.
bottom club continues expectation fans general good held line manager rests
The bottom line is I'm the general manager of the club. I'm held accountable. The expectation of fans is a good thing. If the club continues to struggle, that rests on my shoulders.
ask best core group leagues move next people prospects ready season
People ask who our best prospects are. They're here. They're right here. Now we have a core group we feel are ready to move into the big leagues next season that were already here.
send third
Right now, we'll send him out as a third baseman.
full looking next phase start steam year
That's when we start looking for more results. We had this year to go full steam ahead. Next year we're in that next phase where we're looking for more results.