Jim Bowden
Jim Bowden
James Goodwin Bowden IVis a baseball analyst and insider for ESPN. He writes a blog for ESPN.com titled "The GM's Office" and is a co-host of SiriusXM's "Inside Pitch" on MLB Network Radio. He used to be a host and co-host on Fox Sports Radio, a baseball analyst for FoxSports.com and a Baseball Insider for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels for Fox Sports West. He has held positions of Senior Vice President and General Manager for both...
best cincinnati everybody four horrible hurt ken knew risk trade trades
There's a risk when you make deals. When I made the Ken Griffey Jr. trade in Cincinnati everybody said, 'This is one of the best trades in baseball. Congratulations.' Then he was hurt for four years and it was a horrible trade. That's part of the game. Obviously, if we knew this trade was going to play out this way, we wouldn't have done it.
brady line tom
Absolutely, ... If we didn't have the injuries, he'd probably be here today. But you got to be Tom Brady at the line of scrimmage and be able to adjust.
aware drag lose next three
As long as it's done in the next three weeks, even month, you'll be fine. If it were to drag on, and now you lose this off-season, then it would be an issue. But baseball's aware of that. They're not going to let that happen.
ball basis camp effect guys pitching regular seven starting walk wednesday
You walk into camp with seven guys who can start, and now you're down to six. Then after Wednesday you're down to five. Starting pitching is a concern. Tony's not really a setback. He's going to be under a pitch count. He's going to get the ball on a regular basis like he would get it here. To be honest, I don't see any effect on that.
defined
Your season's going to be defined in that box.
incident
There was no incident at all. Zero, zero, zero, zero.
boston concerning johnson nick ryan trade truth
There is no truth that we are in trade discussions with Boston concerning Alfonso Soriano, Nick Johnson or Ryan Church.
anybody case gone horrible knows nobody player process wins won
Anybody that has gone through an arbitration case knows that it is a horrible process for a player and the team. Nobody wins in arbitration. We may have won the case but you really don't win.
although draft far farm five four players pool system takes
As far as the pool of players in our farm system, although it's improved, we have a long way to go and you don't redo a farm system overnight. You have to do it one draft at a time. So it takes four to five years to get it back to where you wanted to get it.
backed comments sure unless wrong
As a GM, you don't make those comments unless you're sure they'll be backed up, ... I will not be wrong about this player.
change changes fifth fourth
This doesn't change our plans, not at all, ... You never get enough pitching. The only thing it changes is that now we know we have a fourth or fifth starter.
plan pleasantly surprised year
I think you have to plan that he will not be back this year and be pleasantly surprised if he is.
corps direction gone good guys terms time
I think we have gone in the right direction in terms of getting better. I just think it's going to take time to where we want to go. It's about the young players. We have a pretty good corps of young guys that keep getting better. When you have young guys, they get better and have enthusiasm.
change felt needed progress strongly top
I think we've made some progress in development, ... But overall, we've got a long way to go. I felt very strongly that we needed to make a change at the top in that department.