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...
consistent few high left lock middle operate priority quality signing terrific
This was a pretty high priority for us in the off-season. The signing for us is terrific because there's so few real quality left or switch-hitters that can operate in the middle of the lineup and be as consistent as Raul. We wanted to lock him up.
consistent few good middle operate
There are so few real good left-handed or switch-hitters that can operate in the middle of a lineup and be as consistent as Raul. We're thrilled.
deal deepest entire extend family prayers seattle sympathy thoughts tragic wish
We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the Mateo family. The thoughts and prayers of the entire Seattle organization are with Julio and his family as they deal with this tragic accident.
deepest extend sympathy wish
We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the Mateo family.
approach clone felt good hear nice season voice
We felt good about his season and we feel good about him as a person. The one voice you hear in there now is his. It would be nice if we could clone his approach and give it to other guys. So that was important to us.
close relatively short
I sense things are close one way or the other. We'll know if we're in or out in a relatively short time.
ahead requests
These are requests he's made, so he's way ahead of me on a lot of these things.
along avail created pitching possibilities serious shop trade
And we had no surplus, no one in development, to come along if we had created holes. Serious trade possibilities for pitching did not avail themselves, and we did not shop those guys.
guy threaten
Right now, this doesn't threaten anybody. This doesn't threaten Lawton at all; he's an important guy on our club.
acquire add goals jamie list marks perhaps start starting upgrade
At the start of this off-season, our goals were to acquire a high-quality starting pitcher, add offense, re-sign Jamie Moyer and, ideally, upgrade our catching. Today's announcement marks the final, and perhaps most important, in that off-season list of goals.
command downs power ups works
That's the ups and downs of a closer, especially one who works with command more than power.
add fill holes
We have other holes to fill on this team. We didn't want to add to them.
adrian offense
We couldn't give up what offense we had, and Richie was a big part of what we had as it was. And we feel Adrian will hit.
beyond opening trade
We can be working on a trade beyond opening day. It's not something we need to have done by that date.