Dave Dombrowski
Dave Dombrowski
David Dombrowskiis a professional baseball executive and currently the President of Baseball Operations for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Dombrowski has previously served as the general manager of the Montreal Expos, and the general manager and president of the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers...
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To me, not only is he a good player, but he's a quality person. He's a guy you win championships with.
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Ideally we'd like to still have Kenny in the organization. He had a good season last year. Other pitchers are ahead of him at this point. We needed to create a roster spot.
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Our scouts thought he could hit at a big league level because he swung a good bat and had a good command of the strike zone.
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It works out well - Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training.
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It works out well -- Lou lives in Lakeland, and he's a great Tiger. He's worked hard on the field for us and has done a good job in spring training.
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It's an inexact science. That's why you need to have a system that's consistently producing good prospects.
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The Central might be the best now. But that's potentially a good thing for a team that's trying to develop a consistency day in and day out.
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You have to realize that if you start making deals just based on public opinion, you're going to be in a lot of trouble.
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We won a world championship with some high-maintenance ballplayers and he handled Barry Bonds (in Pittsburgh).
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When I talked to him about the various reasons, I'm sure none of them caught him by surprise because we've been discussing them.
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We are waiting to hear back on his situation.
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To me, four years is a big commitment, both for the organization and the player. We're very happy to get this done.
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We like Nate Robertson. We think he's a starting pitcher.
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I don't have any steadfast rule. I think it's more of a generality. I think in Mike's case, he's a guy who expressed a desire to have a multiyear deal. Based upon his past performance, we were open-minded to it.