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...
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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.
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There's been some. I think as we get closer to the end, teams are a little more direct in their communication. He's had a great camp. He's had a good showing, top to bottom.
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So many of the people and circumstances here make this a great fit, and it feels like a dream job.
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Leaving Boston was not easy. It was a high level of passion to win, a unique rivalry, a baseball operations staff which was a great, great place to work. That's what I need to learn here and need to recreate here.
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He's a little unorthodox in his delivery, but obviously has a great arm. Valverde has the stuff.
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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.
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He pitched well (as a starter) in Arizona and his first year in Toronto. He did well, and that at this point is a greater area of need for our club.
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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.
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We are all anxious to see him this spring and monitor his development in our organization.
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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.
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I think more than half will get knocked out between now and Tuesday.
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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.