Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty is the President of Baseball Operations of the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was the General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from October 14, 1994 until October 3, 2007...
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We're not looking for someone considered an extra outfielder. We're looking for someone like we found last season in Larry Walker.
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We like his all-around makeup. He hits for power, runs very well and plays a solid outfield. His addition helps us in getting a little younger in the outfield, yet he's still a player who has significant playing time and production at the major league level.
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That's past history, ... He had the surgery. It's over with. All we can hope for now is a speedy recovery and just go forward.
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It was a very numbing affect to sit and watch what was taking place, ... It's just total disbelief what happened.
allowed guys time
It's allowed us to take our time in getting these guys back. We don't have to rush.
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We ran into a very good team. They were on a roll. I think we eventually just ran out of gas. The head of steam we had going into it, we just were never able to regain it.
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We are glad to have Braden back in our system, and he's glad to be back. He will be a quality setup pitcher in our bullpen and be able to close for us on days when Jason is not available.
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One correlation I see between the two tragedies is how this country continues to rise to the occasion and help out their fellow man -- whether it is financially, through donations, through time or goods or volunteering their efforts. It's unfortunate it takes these tragedies to bring that into place, but it just shows the strength of this country.
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After a discussion I had with his agent, I think it would be probably less than a 50 percent chance that would happen.
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I think the idea is to go to spring training and have a competition and see. What it does provide is some insurance if we feel Anthony is not ready.
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I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.
looking stud
I think we're all looking for the stud guy, the big specimen.
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I think we need to sit back and reflect on this year and see where we want to go. But Reggie's a free agent ... So outfield would obviously be an area we'll have to address. We've got a couple free agent pitchers, so we have to look at that, too.
Our guys, I think, feel there's still more they want to accomplish,