Dave Littlefield
Dave Littlefield
David Littlefieldis a former Major League Baseball executive, who is currently the vice president of player development for the Detroit Tigers. Littlefield was employed as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, a position he held from July 13, 2001 to September 7, 2007. He took over as GM for Roy Smith, who had assumed the position on a temporary basis after the firing of GM Cam Bonifay on June 11...
gonna prepare sit throwing
The sense is, with where we sit right now, that he's gonna be back and throwing for us in July. So we prepare in that way.
bad certainly gives good guy hate news performed send sure
The bad news is you hate to send a guy to the minors because he has performed well. The good news is I'm sure he'll be back soon. This is a guy who's made improvements, who's matured, who certainly gives you the look that he's major-league ready.
good guy hate news performed send sure
You hate to send a guy to the minors who has performed as well as he has. The good news is I'm sure he'll be back soon.
compete feels leagues major minor needs time together
At this point, he just isn't ready, performance-wise. He needs some time in the Minor Leagues to get things back together where he feels and we would feel he could compete at the Major League level.
point
I don't know, exactly. But that's something we'll have be doing at some point here soon.
both center chris continue either establish guy hard high hopes neither position solid starting themselves work
Right now, Chris Duffy is the starting center fielder and we're going to go in that direction. I don't think either guy has a solid position on a job. Both of them have got to continue to work hard to establish themselves as big leaguers. Neither one is an established big leaguer, but we have very high hopes for both of them.
plays
We'll see how it plays out with Burnett's health, how he does.
few guys hard pop
It's going to be interesting, I think. There will be a few guys who will pop out of this thing. It's hard to say who it's going to be.
based changes necessary playing regular spring surgery training
There were no significant changes in his MRI. We don't think surgery is necessary based on regular playing in spring training and no complaints.
time
It's time to see if he can do it.
consistent full learns looking scene season year
Considering this will be his first full season making every start, I'm just looking for a consistent performance. If he learns the major-league scene and experiences a full year healthy, that will be progress.
gives hope perform plug point position road stronger win
We're in a position where we can look years down the road and plug in other things. I think that gives us hope for a stronger future. Now, they've got to win and perform well and all that stuff, but you've got to get yourself to that point where we are now.
aware competition faced finishes spring
Certainly, we're well aware of Burnett's position. We'll see how he finishes spring training. He hasn't faced live competition at this point.
building days guys innings people start time year
We're just at that time of year where we've got 10 days or so left, and we need to get innings to the right people and start building up the guys who are going to be playing.