Brian Sabean
Brian Sabean
Brian R. Sabean, as of 2015, is the executive vice president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants. He served as the team's general manager for eighteen seasons, from 1997 to 2014. He succeeded general manager Bob Quinn. The Giants had a winning record in thirteen of the eighteen seasons in which Sabean served as general manager. Prior to his tenure, the team had suffered losing seasons in five out of six years. He is a native of Concord,...
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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more tomorrow. The knee was tolerant. He was sore in the obvious places, being the hands and upper torso. It's a good first step toward getting back to baseball activities. ... I'm presuming it's a baby-step type of thing.
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From what I saw today, I'm beyond pleasantly surprised. He's done a lot of work, you can tell. He's strong. Having said that, he hasn't run the bases yet or played the outfield.
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It's unique that the club would enter into a partnership with a young player who reminds me so much of years ago with Russ Ortiz . Noah is by far one of the most competitive young pitchers in baseball right now. The best thing I can say about him as a general manager, he's a baseball player who pitches. ... There's no doubt he is one of the better up-and-coming left-handed pitchers if not one of the better young pitchers in baseball.
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Taking batting practice is one thing, and taking fungoes and running the bases at 50 percent,
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(Alfonzo) may have to take a step back and wait for playing time, ... He is capable of playing second base also. If he's in that role, perhaps our team is deeper, if he can spell people.
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Spring training was a long time ago. He could be starting from ground zero as far as the baseball activities.
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Him taking swings in a college batting cage is a long way from doing baseball work with us, ... It's just another step in his rehab. To what extent this is of any significance -- until I'm told otherwise -- it's just part of the exercise regimen he's going through. Once he's accelerated to the point where the doctors are ready to turn him over to us, then he can do more meaningful and substantial baseball activities. But for now, this is just another step.
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He's probably done as much as he can down here. Now, he'll be in a baseball domain. I'd like to see him in a simulated game, but that's probably difficult to do. And there's a lot going on you can't simulate.
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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more (today),
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We're going into a pitchers' park whose team won the division last year. Then we're going home to our park, which is a pitchers' park, against two teams that can pitch. We saw what happened last year when teams came into our place, especially, and we didn't do the job to hold the opposition down and keep the opposition in check. So we're going to have to be ready to pitch, especially in those first three series.
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It would give a boost to the team and give a snapshot of what might be possible next year. Whether he plays this year or how much remains to be seen.
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Mark will definitely augment our offense when he is in the lineup and prove to be a threat off the bench with the game on the line.
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To get a switch-hitter (who is) a leadoff hitter with a lot of dimensions -- power, speed -- the ability to play the outfield as he does is really a godsend to the organization.
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He's 32-years old and has learned a lot from his experience,