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...
feelings felt move owed personal prior start strong toward
Jamey was not going to make this team. And because of how strong our personal feelings were toward Jamey, we felt we owed it to him to make this move prior to the start of camp.
continue good guy help larry progress
Larry is a guy that could help us this year. I want him to play every day and get his at-bats because he is going to be a good player. He has made a lot of progress and I think he will continue to make progress.
goal solution towards win work
Our goal is to win and find a solution that works. Do we have the solution this moment? No. But we're going to work towards the solution, and we'll get one.
april city game might minutes opening settled york
I think that this situation, one way or another, will be settled by Opening Day in New York City on April 3 -- that day. It might be 10 minutes before game time.
couple deal field left needs next obviously player weeks
He's going to play left field. He needs to be out there now the next couple of weeks to play, and if he's not going to play for us, we need to know so we can go forward. We obviously will field offers, but we're not going to give the player away. If we can make a deal that makes sense, we will.
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We have to be as patient as possible, ... I'd like to give it to Thanksgiving. If it goes beyond that, we'll have to move forward, and I've told Tony Tavares that. But until then, we're making our best effort to allow the new owners to have as much input as we can give them.
build component denied franchise interview opportunity vital
Recently, we denied another organization the opportunity to interview Dana because we view him as vital component of this franchise as we build for the future.
offense people pitch tough
Our offense is going to be better than people think. We are going to be tough to pitch to.
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If it comes to a point where it's in the best interest of the franchise and we have to do something, we're not putting everything on hold, ... If we feel like decisions need to be made, we will make those.
answer discuss questions
If something happens, we'll discuss it. But for us to have to answer the same questions every day is not productive.
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He takes the ball every day, he never complains and he gets the job done. He has nasty stuff. He warms up quick to get in a game.
breaking decent fastball history low pitches three throws
He has a history of success. His fastball is in the low 90s, a decent breaking ball. He has three pitches that he throws with a changeup.
cleared price radar teams
He wasn't much on the radar screen. He cleared waivers. Twenty-nine teams could've had him for the waiver price and didn't.
lack performance pitch
He was able to pitch with the tear. His lack of performance had to do with the tear.