Allard Baird
Allard Baird
Allard Bairdis an American professional baseball executive and the former general manager of the Kansas City Royals. He now works for the Boston Red Sox as senior vice president, player personnel, serving under President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski. He joined Boston in 2006 as an assistant to the general manager after his firing in Kansas City and later was named vice president and director of professional scouting...
nicely official sounds timetable
He's progressing nicely at this point. He sounds happy, but there is still no official timetable for when he will return.
bother jokes losses
Losses bother me. Jokes do not. The losses were tough.
addition good until
I think he would be a pretty good addition to our club. But until everything is set, I just don't want to speculate.
consistent himself holds pitching spring stuff tough
Makeup-wise he's a tough kid, a competitor, no excuses, holds himself accountable. Pitching consistent and down with his stuff are going to be big for him in spring training.
bottom club continues expectation fans general good held line manager rests
The bottom line is I'm the general manager of the club. I'm held accountable. The expectation of fans is a good thing. If the club continues to struggle, that rests on my shoulders.
coming fit good guy guys john potential second year
With a guy coming off Tommy John surgery, it's usually the second year those guys come around. We like our defense, especially our infield defense, and its potential to be a good fit with a sinkerball pitcher.
ability baseman defensive double goes second stays
When you look at him on the field, his defensive ability goes without saying. I don't think any second baseman stays in on the double play like he does -- recklessly, sometimes.
added continue depth good improved increased innings left team
We've added two innings starters, we've added some team speed, we've improved our defense, we've increased our depth in the bullpen. So I feel good about that. But we still have some things left to do. We'll continue to be aggressive.
gauge stay
We're better. If you want to gauge it, you gauge it at the end of the season. As long as we stay healthy, we're a better club.
stick
We've got to stick with our plan. We have no other alternative. We feel like we have some good, young players.
looking projection start turning
We're still in a developmental stage, but we said we need to see some results. We want to start turning projection into production. We're looking for more results.
alex few good high player rodriguez saw wants
Very few times do you see a player who you can say he can be as good as he wants to be. Literally. I saw Alex Rodriguez in high school, and you could say it about him. That's what I think about Carlos.
spring start training
When he does get back, it will be like he has to start with spring training all over again.
beyond clubhouse goes value
What he's done in the clubhouse and with the young players, I can't say enough about him. His value to the ballclub goes well beyond his numbers.