Wayne Krivsky
Wayne Krivsky
Wayne Krivskyis an American professional baseball executive. The former general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, serving from February 2006 until late April 2008, he currently is special assistant to the GM and a Major League scout for the Minnesota Twins. It is his second tour of duty with the Twins, where he was assistant general manager in 1999–2005...
becomes best fit free spot tony work
We thought Ross was a better fit for the club. I'm going to do my best to find a spot for Tony with another club. Hopefully, it will work out; if it doesn't he becomes a free agent.
almost david defensive far good pitching
We like David Ross. He's a very good defensive catcher. It's almost like pitching - you can never have enough catching. There aren't any predetermined things here as far as the roster goes.
fight
He was completely on board. There wasn't a fight there.
happy ownership
Ownership has been great. I can't say enough. I've really been happy with what I've been able to do.
among call catch guy handle pitching staff strength throw
His strength is defense, but he has some power. He's well-respected among pitching staffs as a guy who can catch and throw and handle a staff and call the game.
arm building
He's building up his arm strength. He's getting there. He's right on schedule.
beyond cost hopefully plays security short term
Hopefully there's one more (contract) at least beyond this one. We'll just have to see how it plays out. For the short term here, he's got a little security and we have a little cost certainty.
bat definite few frame good great guy hopefully looks positive swinging trying
He looks like the same guy he was a few years ago. We're trying to keep him healthy, and so far, so good. He's swinging the bat well, and he's in a good frame of mind. Everything has been positive from him. Hopefully (the injuries) are over with. He's still a definite threat. I think he'll have a great year.
three
We tossed around the idea of having three catchers anyway.
available cardinals clubs days few ready word
He was ready to come up to Triple-A, and right now we really didn't have anything for him. We put the word out that he was available a few days ago, and a few clubs responded. The Cardinals were the most persistent.
arm building feels hitters league needs strength
He just needs to keep building his arm strength to where he feels comfortable that he can get big league hitters out.
game logical sure
That would be the logical thing that would happen, but I've got to make sure he got through (Monday's) game OK.
bit career days fact home humbled humbling limbo played wondering
He's got a little bit of a reputation, but I think the fact that he hasn't played in 10 days and his whole career has been in limbo - I think he would even tell you he was a little humbled by this. Sometimes that has a way of humbling you, when you're out there and you don't have a home and you're wondering where your career is going.
announce comment
If I had something to announce, we would announce it. I can't comment on another club's player.