Pat Gillick
Pat Gillick
Lawrence Patrick David Gillickis an American professional baseball executive, currently serving as the president of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and Phillies. He guided the Blue Jays to World Series championships in 1992 and 1993, and later with the Phillies in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 August 1937
CountryUnited States of America
We're trying to add more depth to our pitching staff and give Charlie more people to look at in spring training.
He's a competitor who pitches deep into ballgames and has been a consistent starter in the American League for the last few years. His innings show that he's been durable and he definitely adds depth to our rotation.
This is a guy that has had a lot of success at the major league level as an everyday player. He's a professional who will add some much-needed depth to our infield and provide a strong right-handed bat off our bench.
The only time I really have to worry is sometimes I'm off thinking about something and walk through a green light and almost get hit by a car.
We thought it was a pretty soft market. The market was overpriced.
We just felt this situation fit in the direction we wanted to go. We wanted to solidify the back end of the bullpen and we think Rhodes helps us do that.
Bobby and John kind of came from the same background,
Fans here are rabid, ... It's important that you connect to them.
We're disappointed. We thought we had a competitive offer.
We'll have to visually observe what he looks like. We'll get a pretty good idea over the next couple of days where he is.
We had a good situation with Howard and Thome here,
We're trying to get over the hump, and he's a big part of it,
There are a lot of positives that have happened that make our club better than it was in February.
I don't know that he's got everything he had back then. I don't think he throws as hard. But our scouting reports still say he's an effective set-up man, and he's going to make our bullpen stronger.