David Forst
David Forst
David Lee Forstis an American baseball executive with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics...
closing contribute exceeded expected expecting games hoping less point ready spring training year
He has exceeded any expectations you would have for someone less than a year out of the draft. Certainly, we probably expected a little more out of him because of the person he is and because of his background, and we all went into spring training hoping he would be ready to contribute at some point this year, but never expecting he'd be closing games in June.
gets obviously point sure ultimately whether
I'm sure that'll come up at some point this spring, but it hasn't come up yet. Whether something ultimately gets done is obviously still a question.
dan expect fitting guess job left mark months picked pitch tremendous wear
It's something we thought about as long as two months ago. We didn't expect Dan to come in and wear No. 21 and pitch like Mark Mulder. He's done a tremendous job. I guess it's fitting he picked up where Mark left off.
discuss happy nobody
Esteban is not happy, nobody is happy with the results. We'll discuss it.
bit foresee group ownership proven
I don't foresee that happening. Lew and his ownership group have proven things are a little bit different now.
brought guy rare sign sure
We want to make sure he's healthy. It's rare to sign a guy you've just brought in to a multi-year deal.
deal discussing drawing four hour lines spent took weeks
We spent four weeks discussing a one-year deal and drawing lines in the sand. Then it took an hour to get a multiyear (deal) done.
major until
Until they are in the Major Leagues, they are assets.
break clearly everyday felt happen needed
We felt like he needed to get everyday at-bats to break out of his slump, and that's clearly not going to happen in the big leagues.
good three
Two more done, three more to go. We're making good progress.
confident couple discussing felt file good last
We've been discussing them for the last couple weeks. We felt good about it and we were confident we'd get them done before we had to file numbers.
built bullpen exact four guys hoping league major opportunity seize team
We built this team for this exact scenario; we've got four guys in the bullpen who have started Major League games. We're hoping they can seize this opportunity and keep us afloat.
build bullpen capable exact fill four fully games guys injuries keeping league lose major opportunity team together winter
We build this team for this exact scenario. You never like to lose guys to injuries but we put this team together over the winter and build it with guys who can fill in. At least four guys in the bullpen started in major league games and fully capable of seizing this opportunity and keeping us afloat.
charles expect fair great magic playing potential pressure productive regular start turn
We still feel he has the potential to be productive as a big-league player. He didn't have a great offensive-type start to the year. After that long 0-for start, he put a lot of pressure on himself. It wasn't fair to Charles to expect him to find the magic and turn it around without playing on a more regular basis.