Bill Bavasi
Bill Bavasi
William J. Bavasiis a former Major League Baseball general manager. He currently works as director of the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau, appointed in November 2014. Bavasi previously served as an assistant to the GM for the Cincinnati Reds, under Reds general manager Walt Jocketty. The son of longtime MLB executive Buzzie Bavasi and the brother of Peter Bavasi, also a former MLB executive, Bill also spent six full seasonsas the general manager of the California/Anaheim Angels and a 4½...
ahead requests
These are requests he's made, so he's way ahead of me on a lot of these things.
signal
This does not signal the end for Michael.
guy threaten
Right now, this doesn't threaten anybody. This doesn't threaten Lawton at all; he's an important guy on our club.
afraid compete great hard hear people played producer run talk white
Carl Everett is a clutch-hitting run producer with power. He's not afraid to compete and play hard between the white lines. ... When you talk to people in clubhouses who have played with this guy, you hear great things.
believe excited headed needed sign signing soon step steps
We're excited to sign Kenji and believe that this signing is one more step in our transition, ... As soon as he steps on the field, he makes our major-league roster better, and that's what we needed as we headed into this off-season.
bit both chance coming deal everyday good guy help himself quite security starting willie
It's a good deal for both sides. Willie has a chance to help us in a lot of different positions, starting and coming off the bench. He got quite a bit of security for a guy that hasn't necessarily completely established himself as an everyday player.
birthright club player signal spot
It probably does signal the idea that a young player on this club doesn't have a birthright to a spot on the club.
risk
There's always a risk in a multiyear, high-dollar contract.
became good hitters
A lot of good hitters became good hitters when they were with him.
behind change excited plate position weakness
We're real excited about this. This is a big change in a real important position on our club. We're going from a position of weakness behind the plate to one of strength.
blame guy interest tail worked
Would you blame him if he had interest in Felix Hernandez? I'm a guy who worked my tail off to get Carlos Delgado.
build competing continue impressed inventory jump kid level major opportunity pitching
We were impressed that a young kid could make the jump from high-A to competing at the big-league level in Colorado. This was an opportunity for us to continue to build our inventory of young, major league-level pitching prospects.
financial guy likes pursue seek seldom
We'll seek to pursue Ryan, but with a different financial approach. But you seldom see a guy say, 'Yeah, I'll come right back.' Yet, he likes it here, so we'll see.
major trades
We'll see if we can fine-tune it. Those are important spots, but we have no major trades (in the works).