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...
compared last point
Is he better at this point compared to where he was last week? Yes.
baseball both comfort good inherited level offered people positions
It was just a comfort level with the manager. He inherited those guys. Both of them are good baseball people and they're going to be offered other positions in the organization.
company last moving sounds
It sounds like a company line, but he's progressing and moving forward. Is he better than he was last week? Yes.
baseball pitch
If it was a pitch count, a baseball issue, I could tell you.
people remember
He was really quiet, unassuming, to himself. A lot of people here still remember him as little Johnny.
aid handling pitching receiving skills
He has solid, above-average receiving skills and is above-average in handling a pitching staff. He'll be able to aid us in the development of Buck.
head needs presents surely
If something presents itself, we'll surely take a look at it. But as of right now, we think we've addressed our needs as we head into the off-season.
improved last release time
But he improved his release time last year.
support
There is no timetable. We'll support him and we go from there.
adds confident depth drafts finally gives player point system
I feel confident about all our other drafts and this gives us a chance, obviously, to get an outstanding player two years in a row. And that adds depth to your system and we're finally at a point where we do have some depth.
base corner good second
Corner outfield, first base ... second base. He's a good enough athlete.
job spring training
He comes into Spring Training where it's his job to lose.
acquire free
To acquire a pitcher, it's going to have to be a free agent.
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.