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...
gonna knows move steps taking
This is a process. It's gonna take some time. No one knows how much time. He's taking steps to move forward.
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.
full looking next phase start steam year
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.
elsewhere players reality
The reality is most of our players should be in Double-A or elsewhere in the minors,
error factors margin risk smaller
In our market, for instance, you look at the risk factors involved, and the fact that the margin of error is smaller for us to be successful, and it's very important.
fortunate guy
I look at it as a multicultural communicator. We're fortunate to have that guy on our staff.
buddy call fits nicely sure
I'll let Buddy (Bell) make that call but he sure fits nicely as the No. 2 guy.
good guy happen keeps people prove rest says
I like that. That says a lot about him. Most people would kind of rest on what they did. That's a good attitude. This guy has had to prove so much in his life, I don't think this is anything different. If he keeps that attitude, I think good things are going to happen for him.
says
I like that. That says a lot about him.
improved last release time
But he improved his release time last year.
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.
chance good knows readings underrated
He's underrated as an outfielder -- his readings are good and he knows when to take a chance and when not to.
change command fastball hard low pitch strike worked zone
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.
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.