Brad Kullman
Brad Kullman
avoid hearing nice process raise successful thankful
To go through a hearing process at this time, we wanted to avoid that at all costs, and we were successful in the end so we're thankful for that. It's a nice raise for him.
agent closure talks
We've been having talks with his agent off and on all winter. I wanted to try and put some closure on it.
proceed
We haven't had anything to proceed on yet.
ankle build came consistency continue couple develop far field grow gruesome hard help hopeful last league major mature proud recover tremendous worked year
We worked hard the last couple years to try and help him recover from a gruesome ankle injury, develop consistency and mature on the field and off the field, and he's made tremendous progress. We're really proud of how far he came to have the year he had last year and we're hopeful he can build upon that and continue to grow into a better major league player. He'll be a big part of what we do going forward.
active few people teams time
It's not a very active time right now. A few teams are making deals, as people can see, but a lot of teams aren't really in that mode.
hard nice people work
It's always surprising. You work so hard for an organization. People say nice things about you, and then this happens.
count game people respect subjective trust understand
It's a very subjective game, and you've got to have people around you that you know and can trust and count on. I respect that part of the game and understand it, but it doesn't make it any easier.
closure energies focusing intensive reach until
They've been intensive. They will get more intensive until we get something done. I'm hopeful. We're focusing all of our energies to do that now. We'll reach closure one way or another.