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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So far, he's every bit the player we thought we were getting.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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Everyone has natural feelings. Given the circumstances as he presents them ... sure. But again, we support the testing program and really that's where it starts and ends for us.
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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.
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Nothing is official yet. We feel good that common sense will prevail.
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So far, so good. I bet he is very happy, too.
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The language barrier, as we're finding out, was way overblown. I think he was the only one who was freaked about it. But by and large, there won't be any communication problems.
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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.
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We wish to extend our deepest sympathy to the Mateo family.