Gord Ash
Gord Ash
Gordon Ian Ashis Vice President of Baseball Projects of the Milwaukee Brewers. He left his role as assistant general manager with Milwaukee in 2015. He was the general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1995 to 2001...
believe believers national players
We're big believers in it. In the National League, it is so important because you don't want to have to use two players to make one move.
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We're pleased with our Triple-A roster, particularly the rotation because there are so many good young arms there. It's hard to handicap teams at Triple-A, because you don't know what the league will be like.
standpoint strategic
There are some things from a strategic standpoint that we don't want to share, at least not at this point.
added guys policy workout
Our policy with non-roster guys is that they be added after the workout (Sunday).
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I think that was the biggest factor. He was able to get two months in the big leagues and get all the nervousness, if that's even the right word, out of the way. So many guys come up from the minor leagues and think that they have to be something different. They think it's a different game. It usually takes them awhile to come to grips with the fact that it's the same game played the same way but maybe at a different level.
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I think he wants to challenge Julio Franco. When you think about it, though, there is no reason to retire if you're performing at a high level. The reason guys like that retire is they don't want to be embarrassed. Roger Clemens is not being embarrassed. He's doing the embarrassing.
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We couldn't really tell (if the velocity was down), but obviously the hitters told you that.
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It's going to be the doctor's call. Obviously he's very familiar with the injury and the progress, having examined him numerous times during the winter.
attention mainstream pay people
It's not a mainstream public-type award, but it's significant because it comes from the people who really pay attention to the details.
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No matter where he's assigned opening day, he's made an impression. He came into camp with a good attitude and he's impressed the coaching staff.
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It turned out to be a good decision for him. We got a chance to see a little bit of what he was capable of last spring, but the difference this time is he's been given more of a stage to demonstrate his skills. He's been here the entire time and has had the opportunity to play in quite a few of the games. So, it's been a good opportunity for him to show what he can do.
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It's significant because it's from the guys who really pay attention to the details. It's significant as far as the turnaround in the perception of the Brewers, when we arrived here, that they couldn't keep players on the field. We've gotten to the point where we're proactive, rather than reactive.
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We were forced to go forward with submissions that we feel we can defend in a hearing. It's not a personal thing. We just have a business disagreement.
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We are going to have players who can pinch-run late in a game and then stay in, because they can play five different positions. That's a big move for a manager to be able to make.