Josh Byrnes
Josh Byrnes
Josh Byrnes is an American baseball executive who served as the General Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacksand the San Diego Padres. He is the current Vice President of Baseball Operations of the Los Angeles Dodgers...
arguably baseman best brings deal defensive energy good great offensive player second
I think there are many qualities. One, he's arguably the best defensive second baseman in the game. Two, he brings a great deal of energy to the field. And three, he's also a pretty good offensive player for the position.
center club deal everyday far future gives hard help minds pitchers
This deal gives us some short-term help ? two pitchers that can help our club ? and in our minds a future everyday front-line center fielder who's not that far away, which is hard to find.
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He fits the club very well. He provides a great deal of energy, he can play defense and run the bases and he hits left-handed pitching very well.
wire
We're going to take it right down to the wire to make that decision.
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We've got him on a one-year contract and we need to be smart about how we use him. But we feel like when he's on the mound he can be one of the very best pitchers in baseball.
anxious monitor spring
We are all anxious to see him this spring and monitor his development in our organization.
fans love
Our fans are going to love this guy.
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I think there's strength in numbers. And I think that we've covered ourselves with the rotation just by virtue of the fact that there's strength in numbers.
half knocked
I think more than half will get knocked out between now and Tuesday.
answers expected hoping maybe pitching questions
I think maybe as expected we have pitching questions. But we also have numbers. We're hoping we have as many answers for those questions as we can find.
filled hope several
We had a need, and we hope it's filled for several years now.
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I'm excited that we were able to bring Miguel Batista back to the Valley, where he truly established himself during his first stint here, while also adding a Gold Glove infielder in Orlando Hudson.
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It was a good exchange. It is important for any player of his stature to hear a fair assessment of where he stands and where the organization is heading.
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It was obvious when I first arrived here how important Brandon was to this pitching staff and one of our immediate goals was to make sure he remained in a Diamondback uniform as we look to the future.