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...
continue left
But we still have some things left to do. We'll continue to be aggressive.
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.
care factor game left march personal pitcher played
If he left March 15, that would be a different story. We haven't played a game yet. No pitcher has pitched a pitch yet in a game, so to me that does not factor in. The most important thing for us right now really is for him to take care of the personal matter. Everything else is secondary.
ball blocking call came game job learning pleased receiving solid trade
We were pleased when he came in after the trade and did a solid job receiving the ball with above-average blocking skills. He's still learning to call a game but, overall, we're pleased.
compared last point
Is he better at this point compared to where he was last week? Yes.
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.
send third
Right now, we'll send him out as a third baseman.
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.
everybody extra
Everybody told me the same thing about Raul Ibanez. I was told he'd never be anything but an extra outfielder.
ball club coming cut
Coming back with the same ball club was not going to cut it.
base corner good second
Corner outfield, first base ... second base. He's a good enough athlete.
last since time
There's nothing new since the last time we talked.
core discussion free group guys interest pursuing time
We had a lot of discussion on our young core group and guys that will need more time in the Minors and guys that we have an interest in pursuing as free agents.
add spring weeks wish
I wish we had two more weeks to add on to Spring Training. If we had that, I think he'd be fine, but we don't have that.