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...
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.
deep good needed optimum pool signed top year
It was not an optimum year for it. The free-agent pool was not deep where we needed it. But it was good at the very top and we do feel we siphoned off some of that when we signed Jarrod.
common common-sense good official
Nothing is official yet. We feel good that common sense will prevail.
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.
became good hitters
A lot of good hitters became good hitters when they were with him.
balls bright center chance good kid needs plus work
He's got the chance to end up being a real good center fielder. He needs work on balls over his head, but what new outfielder doesn't? He's got a plus arm, he's a bright kid and he's got a good approach.
good offense provide
He's going to provide good offense for us out of that slot.
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.
chance everybody good healthy issue keeping looking
He's looking good on the side. I think for most everybody here, the issue is keeping him healthy and getting him a chance to show what he can do.
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.
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.