Mark Shapiro
Mark Shapiro
add arthur club jason pitcher quite taken though trade work
We probably would not have done that if not for the other trade, though we like Jason quite a bit. But we would not have taken Arthur off the club if we couldn't add another pitcher to work in an eighth-inning role.
deal gotten number players small work
There are a small number of players who have gotten to us on waivers, and the ones who have, we haven't been able to work out a deal with the player's team.
business roller synergy
There is a synergy here that has to happen. The business can't be about roller coasters.
against bad last power question unknown
The question and the unknown on him is going to be how much more power he's got. That's an unknown. ... Last year, he was very bad against left-handed pitching. Very bad.
worked
We worked on that organization from the get-go,
cleveland either jobs league major playing point stand
We won't stand in the way of either one getting major league jobs. But just because we've made these decisions, that's not to say that either one couldn't be playing in Cleveland at some point this year.
expectation monday realistic until
We won't know until Monday night, but it's a realistic expectation.
core decisions improve readiness team
We want to improve our readiness and preparedness for April. The core of our team is in place. If we feel it's easy, we want to make our decisions sooner.
obviously talent time
The talent is obviously there, but we want him to get comfortable so that he doesn't think that he has to have a day like that all the time to impress.
chasing eric great watch yankees
Hey, we're chasing the behemoths. I look up and watch Anaheim and the Yankees and Oakland, it's kind of funny. But shoot, Eric (Wedge, manager) is great at internalizing things.
consistent trait veteran
He's so even-keeled and so unexcitable and so consistent in his approach. It's a trait you see in veteran guys.
conscious excited extremely wants
He's extremely positive. Extremely motivated. Excited to come back here. He's conscious of what we're going through right now and wants to be a part of that.
bargain best playing team time
I didn't feel like we were going to keep up our end of the bargain of playing time that we had communicated to him. I didn't feel like we could and still put the best team on the field.
background character check conclusion extensive found great hard isolated jason mistake plays police report talked
Character is very important to us, so to say we did an extensive background check on Jason would be an understatement. What we found is that he's a great teammate, he plays hard and is great in the clubhouse. We read the police report and talked to everyone involved. Our conclusion is we feel it was a mistake on Jason's part, but it's an isolated incident.