Brad Kullman
Brad Kullman
grab high spring training
We're very high on Eddie. Hopefully, he'll come to Spring Training and grab that job. It's his to take.
focus gold high mean played school signed skills spring work
He's got work to do to get back any skills he may have had. Just because he played there in high school before he was signed doesn't mean he's Gold Glove caliber. This will be the focus for him in Spring Training.
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.
assistants days flying fresh special start tonight
I can tell you I have called 29 other teams, and all of our special assistants are flying in tonight to start two days of meetings. . . . We?re going to take a fresh look at everything.
ball keeps knows pitch prepare ready rick versatile veteran virtually
Rick is a versatile veteran that keeps the ball on the ground. He's always ready to go, he knows how to prepare and be ready to pitch virtually every day.
next possible surprised whether
So I wouldn't be surprised if in the next week, we try to do something. Whether it's possible or not, I don't know.
behind glad hate
We're glad to have it behind us. I hate going through the hearings. We're glad we got it done with Felipe.
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.
adam both conclusion detailed efforts front great laid middle process reach spent time type
We've spent a lot of time on both of them, and we will redouble our efforts on the Adam Dunn front to reach a conclusion one way or another. We've had detailed discussions and they've laid out their thought process in great detail, which we appreciate. We need to try and reach some type of middle ground.
bat gold help potential solution team
We feel that Kearns is going to be part of the solution here. We want him to be in right field. He's a potential Gold Glove winner, and his bat can help this team win.
building expecting growing last
We're expecting him to keep building and growing from what he did last year.
active austin involving plans talks trade
We have no active talks going on involving Austin Kearns, and we have no plans to trade him.