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...
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Out of respect to him, I'd rather have him do that.
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Justin probably shortened the time to really establish ourselves by two years because of his contacts and notoriety.
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He'll be reevaluated as far as the timetable when Dr. Joyce arrives in camp next week. I won't know until the doc comes in and the swelling goes down.
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David is one of our key core players. He fits perfectly into our plan and direction. This shows the continued support of the Glass family to build a winning club in Kansas City.
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This is a process. It's gonna take some time. No one knows how much time. He's taking steps to move forward.
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Coming back with the same ball club was not going to cut it.
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It's a better team than last year. It has better talent and makeup. But when you start out like this, everything is going to be magnified. That's the way it is. We may have been a little snake-bit. But the game doesn't stop, and nobody is going to feel sorry for you.
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There's a lot of clubs looking for starting pitching. There's not a lot out there. They're calling me for starting pitching.
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Play solid defense, show the ability to steal bases and just perform well. Offensively, he's got some power and runs some deep counts. When we acquired him we knew he could be a solid fourth outfielder.
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I'm not going to rule out anybody at this point.
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He's low in the strike zone with his fastball and has an out pitch with his change up. He's worked hard on the command of his fastball. I think he's made improvement.
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I want to get some power with solid defense.
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That's when we start looking for more results. We had this year to go full steam ahead. Next year we're in that next phase where we're looking for more results.
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People ask who our best prospects are. They're here. They're right here. Now we have a core group we feel are ready to move into the big leagues next season that were already here.