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...
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We could have gone with a safer choice, but we felt that Jesse had the highest ceiling. Our philosophy in making trades last year was to take the gamble and go for the players we felt had the most upside.
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We've gone through growing pains with young players this year, ... but that's part of developing young players ... We like our young players.
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From our point of view, the issue isn't just a player did this. It's their reaction, and what they did leading up to it and how they handled it afterward.
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When somebody first brings the name up, there are a lot of reservations. As with every player you look into everything very closely, and we're satisfied its a one-time deal.
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It probably does signal the idea that a young player on this club doesn't have a birthright to a spot on the club.
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Kevin and Fernando are both veteran major league players that we can bring to camp for some extra depth on our team. They have both had health challenges but, if healthy, they will be valuable players for our younger guys to compete against and learn from.
bit player
So far, he's every bit the player we thought we were getting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Right now, this doesn't threaten anybody. This doesn't threaten Lawton at all; he's an important guy on our club.