Kevin Towers
Kevin Towers
Kevin S. Towersis an American executive in Major League Baseball. He served as the General Manager of the San Diego Padres from 1995 to 2009 and for the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2010 to 2014...
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It's a tremendous program. I've been here for 11 years and we've seen some of the youngsters who have come through the program and graduated college. It's very successful. It's kind of neat to see kids at this age, in the eighth grade, ready to embark into their high school years and be able to feel that the Padres have had something to do with it, which can lead to very long and successful careers.
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He's a tremendous athlete -- we've only seen the tip of the iceberg. Last year was his breakout year. He's had some success at the big-league level now -- and he's going to get better.
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He is a tremendous everyday player who's an offensive force and a solid defender. He's somebody that plays the game as hard as anybody in the game and you can write him in the lineup every single day.
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We lose a little bit of leverage now. People realize he doesn't quite fit for us. It ties our hands a little bit.
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We feel we have a lot of depth at both corner spots. We think we'll improve our production at the corners.
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We felt we had a chance to compete based on the rest of the division,
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The smell of champagne in a clubhouse is a great thing, ... regardless of how you get there.
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The way I look at it, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense to leave (the offer) out there for other teams to beat.
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The way he handled himself during adverse times, his poise, man, there's not many like him.
chance fans
Fans want to have a chance in the playoffs,
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Ramon is not an easy guy to replace. We plan to get our offense elsewhere. I've heard the criticism about our catching. These guys are not chopped liver.
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Brian spent little time on the disabled list. We looked at 200 innings and at least 30 starts.
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Sometimes with guys like him and Burroughs, there's much more pressure, being in the organization that spent a lot of money on them and made them No. 1 draft picks. If the performance isn't there, it becomes tough mentally for them.
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There's nothing I can do about that ? we'll have to find a way to get him out. I'm happy to hear that he does have something. That's good.