Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest was the President, Baseball Operations of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball franchise in the National League East. until he was relieved of his duties on September 27, 2013...
happiness happy looked playing
He was playing well. He looked healthy. We were happy with him. I don't know anything else.
couple hurt limits options rule ties
I wouldn't rule anything out. But we've done that a couple of years and it really ties up your roster. That was with a very set team. It didn't hurt us, but it really limits your options on the bench.
job leagues minor needs september throughout
I would say it's his job to lose. He needs to go out and do what he did in September and what he did in the Minor Leagues throughout the year. It's his job to lose.
amount importance pitching quality
He understands the importance of pitching. And the amount of pitching and the quality of pitching we got.
became best build candidate concert defense focus fresh front joe looking pitching primary thinks
He was very out front that pitching and defense is something he thinks is the best way to build a team, and something he's going to focus on having been a catcher, ... We were looking for fresh ideas, a fresh approach, someone that would be in concert with some of our philosophies. Joe became a primary, primary candidate very quickly.
good happened taught tone work
He taught our organization to work hard. That set the tone for all the good things that happened to us.
correction given market necessary obviously player tough trade tremendous
He has been a tremendous player in this organization for a long time. It's obviously a tough trade to make, but necessary given our market correction to our payroll.
continues
He is not suspended. He continues to be paid.
amount hours moving offer passed reasonable sort time
We're moving on. We think that the 72 hours that have passed was more than a reasonable amount of time for him to offer some sort of explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation and we're moving on. He will not be with the Marlins in '06.
games middle needs spring starts surplus teams wants weeks
We have some middle infielders, and we'll see. We're in Spring Training, once you get the first weeks of games in, there starts to be communications with other teams about wants and needs and teams that may have a surplus in other areas.
continue desire improve
We could go as-is today. Our desire is always to try to improve and look at every possibility that's out there, and we'll continue to do that.
amount expect hear reasonable waiting
We're waiting to hear from him. As an employer, we'd like to know what's going on with our employee. We're all professionals here. We would expect to hear from him in a reasonable amount of time.
budget bypass confident david guy players sign worked
We got the players we wanted. We didn't take players because we thought we could sign them. We didn't bypass somebody. These were the players we wanted. We had worked the budget and worked with David and Jeffrey on the budget, and we're confident if this guy is here at that number, we're going to be able to sign him and get it done.
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We're not going to comment on any discussions. We're going to keep everything in house.