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...
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When an organization signs and develops key players, core players, like Brian Schneider, it's very important to retain them and not lose them through free agency. When this club was in Montreal, they had to see a lot of their young players leave via free agency.
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When the organization signs core players like Brian Schneider, I think it's very important to retain them and not lose them through free agency. To be able to come into Washington and to be able to have the revenue to do some of the things we were not able to do when they were the Montreal Expos is very positive for the franchise.
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Whether we win the rest of our games or lose them, it doesn't take away from what we've accomplished.
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We respect the arbitrators' decision. We feel that it's a good salary for the team and a good salary for the player given his talents.
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We respect Sammy and what he has accomplished in the game. We wish him well and hope that he is able to come back and perform like he did a couple of years ago. As long as he is not in our division, we'll be rooting for him to win Comeback Player of the Year.
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We are pleased to win the case. Mel Southard and Greg Torborg and their staff did a tremendous job during the process. It's a fair and equitable contract for both Alfonso Soriano and the club.
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We're right there with them. We have some strengths that other teams don't have. We have some weaknesses. ... But when you look at the whole picture, our team can compete.
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Our responsibility is to take care of him for the long-term, not just today, tomorrow or the next day. We need him for the long run, the next three, four, five years.
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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.
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Load and explode, baby, load and explode, ... People are going to see a whole new Marlon Byrd.
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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.
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It depends on his history. If a guy has a history at all or lack of durability or those kind of problems, we do it, or if we see something in his arm action that says we should do that. We saw every single one of his starts the last couple months, and the player looked healthy.
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It hasn't been fun. But I have been through springs like that before and then the season starts and you are in a pennant race all year. We are hoping that's what happens here.
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I thought it went very well. Obviously, both are highly intelligent people. They were very well prepared and asked good questions.