Doug Melvin
Doug Melvin
Douglas Robert Melvinis a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball who served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers of the American League and National League He held the position with Milwaukee from 2002 to 2015. He is currently a senior advisor for the Milwaukee Brewers...
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A hearing heart loves to whom it listens.
adds dan depth form great mike past potential return success
Working with Mike Maddux, Dan had great success for us in the past and he adds to the depth of our relief. We think that he has great potential to return to his form of 2004 and make a significant contribution to our staff.
both curve defensive league learning minor offensive ready second staff standpoint work
Our minor league staff got him ready from an offensive standpoint but we know Rickie's got a lot of work to do on the defensive side. But he got his 300 at-bats in the second half. So the learning curve of both Rickie and J.J. has happened.
club
We'll always have to do that. That's the way our club is built.
guy
That was a problem. He's a guy who has to be in (the lineup) a little more to keep his stroke.
ahead half laid plan second ugly work worked year
We had an ugly second half a year ago and had a lot of work ahead of us. What we laid out this year, the plan pretty well worked out and accomplished what we wanted to do.
expected people proved team
We never expected that team to do anything like it did. He proved a lot of people wrong.
ahead club farther goals good next playoff start time tougher year
That's a good start but it's only the beginning. We're farther ahead at this time this year than we were at this time a year ago. But it's going to be tougher to get to the next level, and that's what our goals are. We want to take this club and put it in the playoff environment.
accomplish block building huge needed
It's something we needed to accomplish for our fans. It was a huge building block for us.
hope maybe spring
We've had preliminary talks. That's the kind of thing you like to do face-to-face. I hope to get it done in spring training, maybe even sooner.
brady center feeling field players spring training
Brady has showed us he can play center field every day. Now, with this deal, we can look at some other players in center in spring training without him feeling he has to look over his shoulder.
billy seems themselves work year
Billy will find his way. Every year he seems to get his 400 or so at-bats. Things will work themselves out there.
avoid deal
We had to do that deal to avoid going into the hearing.
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We think it's time for Corey to get a good shot, unless he falls flat on his face in spring training. If we could get him 250 at-bats this year, that's a step for his development. Corey brings some things to the table.