Bill Stoneman
Bill Stoneman
William Hambly Stoneman IIIis a former professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who threw two no-hitters during his eight-year major league career. He served as the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim from 1999 to 2007, and continued with the Angels as a consultant after stepping down. He was named the interim general manager of the Angels on July 1, 2015, following the resignation of Jerry Dipoto...
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Sitting back and worrying isn't going to help anything. What we have to do is trust the people calling these shots to understand these players have six-month seasons in front of them.
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We don't think it is nearly the problem that all of you do. We have a number of players that we feel that can get the job done. The past isn't necessarily a predictor of the future. That is the way it is in sports. The talent is there.
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Those are some of the players we have discussed offering multiyear contracts to.
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We have a lot of good players at a number of positions; we have so many of them coming. The challenge is to find places for them to play.
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I've stated pretty clearly that we've got real good young players coming up, (and) I'd like to be in a position to give each one of them an opportunity. I'll leave it at that.
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A strength of this club is our flexibility and we're able to make these changes because of the players that we have here now and coming up.
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It's not the glitzy thing that makes headlines, but giving an opportunity to your younger players is the best way to go for the long-term health of the organization.
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You try to get all of your players signed to contracts instead of going through the arbitration process. It is not a particularly appealing process for us and it is not a particularly appealing process for the player. I don't think anybody likes going to arbitration, but it is there if two parties aren't getting to a deal.
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He really changes the dimension of our infield. He is so steady. And the amazing about him that I only noticed when I got the chance to see him play every day is how well he does with the rockets hit right at him. Most players do not catch many of those; he seems to catch all of them. He's fearless.
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When you play the way they did and pitch the way they did, you deserve to win.
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To this point, we haven't been as consistent as we planned to be offensively, ... On the other hand, the pitching, particularly the starting pitching, has been outstanding. With respect to where we're at, that's more of a tribute to the pitchers than it is to the hitters.
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When you lose Colon, you lose a guy that's going to give you innings. Yan, we feel, is best equipped to give us innings.
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We expect the best effort he can give us, ... He's as competitive a guy as you'll ever find.
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We've been asked in the past for others and we've always granted permission, but never while we're playing.