Andrew Friedman
Andrew Friedman
Andrew Friedman is the President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager for the Tampa Bay Rays, where Sporting News named him Executive of the Year in 2008. That year, for the first time in franchise history, the Rays both qualified for the playoffs and played in the World Series...
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It's hard in this setting to truly determine a winner, but it allows us to solve the impasse in the negotiations in a timely manner so we can focus on what's most important, which is getting ready for the season.
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From all the conversations our trainer, Ron Porterfield, has had with Carl we are extremely optimistic that Carl will be ready to go opening day.
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In an ideal world, we'd have more time to get these players acclimated to the new staff. But we've worked overtime to get these players ready to play and comfortable with the 2006 approach.
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We felt it was best to go in a different direction. We felt it was in the best interest of the organization to go forward.
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We felt it was best to go in a different direction and in the best interest of organization to move forward. Maybe the change in scenery will do him good.
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We're keeping an eye on improving this team at all times.
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We're getting really close to obtaining the support we need.
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We're seeing the emergence of a new political culture, and the folks in Washington had better wake up and be responsive to it.
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With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch; the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.
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We're happy to come to terms with Toby. He's an instrumental part of what we're trying to do as we develop a young pitching staff.
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Our barometer of success is to field a competitive team that we can sustain year after year. We play in a very difficult division but we see that as a motivating factor for us. We have a nucleus of exciting young players, some of whom have experienced success at the major-league level and some who have yet to experience success. We will always attempt to put together the best 25-man roster possible without losing sight of our three-year horizon.
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It doesn't make sense for us to make a trade unless we get a piece or two back to add to our collection of young talent. If we don't get that piece or two, it behooves us to keep the momentum we built in the second half with our young players and build off that.
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I think those two are very good pitching prospects who don't get the recognition they deserve. Both have a tremendous feel for pitching.
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I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.