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...
coming fit good guy guys john potential second year
With a guy coming off Tommy John surgery, it's usually the second year those guys come around. We like our defense, especially our infield defense, and its potential to be a good fit with a sinkerball pitcher.
ability advanced college dictate fast player
We let the ability of the player dictate how fast he comes along. He's an advanced college hitter, and that makes a difference.
company last moving sounds
It sounds like a company line, but he's progressing and moving forward. Is he better than he was last week? Yes.
league relationship send tough
It's tough to say. We'll send him to the Instructional League and see where he is in relationship to where he should be, game-wise,
build club continued core david direction family fits glass kansas key perfectly plan shows support winning
David is one of our key core players. He fits perfectly into our plan and direction. This shows the continued support of the Glass family to build a winning club in Kansas City.
consistency gain positive
The big thing with him is to gain some consistency to his positive play -- that's all we want out of him.
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.
power solid
I want to get some power with solid defense.
elsewhere players reality
The reality is most of our players should be in Double-A or elsewhere in the minors,
beyond clubhouse goes value
What he's done in the clubhouse and with the young players, I can't say enough about him. His value to the ballclub goes well beyond his numbers.
alex few good high player rodriguez saw wants
Very few times do you see a player who you can say he can be as good as he wants to be. Literally. I saw Alex Rodriguez in high school, and you could say it about him. That's what I think about Carlos.
looking projection start turning
We're still in a developmental stage, but we said we need to see some results. We want to start turning projection into production. We're looking for more results.
added continue depth good improved increased innings left team
We've added two innings starters, we've added some team speed, we've improved our defense, we've increased our depth in the bullpen. So I feel good about that. But we still have some things left to do. We'll continue to be aggressive.
gauge stay
We're better. If you want to gauge it, you gauge it at the end of the season. As long as we stay healthy, we're a better club.