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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There's nothing you can really do to expedite the healing process. It takes time to heal, and it takes time to build the strength up. It's something he hasn't had before. I don't know if we've had an injury like that.
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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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It's allowed us to take our time in getting these guys back. We don't have to rush.
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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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Spivey is someone we have expressed interest in for the past two or three seasons. He will be a strong candidate in what we envision to be a quality competition for playing time at second base.
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We just didn't feel that was appropriate or something we wanted to do. Reggie did a great job for us for two years but we thought it was time to kind of turn the page.
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After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this first round.
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We signed him with that purpose in mind, based on his past career. It provides more depth to our rotation, more depth to our pitching staff, and that has been the priority of our off-season plan.
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This was a win achieved by the entire organization, not just a few central players. You look at the role players, all the guys from Memphis (the Cardinals' Class AAA affiliate) and what they did. Everyone came up and contributed in some manner. It's a great reflection on the entire organization and gives you a greater degree of satisfaction about overcoming the obstacles that we encountered.
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Bob likes the way we've done things in St. Louis. I told him I've worked with Mo for nine or 10 years, and he's been a big part of the operation.
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Believe me, we took a strong effort at Burnett and that was going to be a very significant financial obligation. It got beyond the point where we thought it made baseball sense and business sense to go for it, so we backed off.
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Everybody deserves a second chance and we're here to provide that. That doesn't mean we're going to let things slide, either.
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There's no advantage for the team that plays the best during the season.
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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.