Brian Sabean
Brian Sabean
Brian R. Sabean, as of 2015, is the executive vice president of baseball operations of the San Francisco Giants. He served as the team's general manager for eighteen seasons, from 1997 to 2014. He succeeded general manager Bob Quinn. The Giants had a winning record in thirteen of the eighteen seasons in which Sabean served as general manager. Prior to his tenure, the team had suffered losing seasons in five out of six years. He is a native of Concord,...
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He now knows, not that he wouldn't have if he had played, he knows firsthand that he's still the force he was before he missed all this time.
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(Alfonzo) may have to take a step back and wait for playing time, ... He is capable of playing second base also. If he's in that role, perhaps our team is deeper, if he can spell people.
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I don't see either route to be a surefire way to accomplish what we want to do. We're going to be challenged in the market and challenged in terms of trades. But as I step back and review our situation, the division, the league and the rest of baseball, we're in a heck of a lot better shape than some other teams.
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I think a return to the National League will be what he needs, although he had a great second half. So we consider ourselves fortunate.
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They worked on him yesterday and found he wasn't getting much better.
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It's no secret that we were looking to add a left-handed reliever to our bullpen. And Steve Kline has a track record that is right up there with the top lefties in the game.
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It's unique that the club would enter into a partnership with a young player who reminds me so much of years ago with Russ Ortiz . Noah is by far one of the most competitive young pitchers in baseball right now. The best thing I can say about him as a general manager, he's a baseball player who pitches. ... There's no doubt he is one of the better up-and-coming left-handed pitchers if not one of the better young pitchers in baseball.
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The organization has no comment or opinion until we talk to Barry directly. There's no need. It's a non-issue.
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The reason the moves were made, ... was we think the players we brought in will give us a better chance to win now. If what they do bodes well for next year, fine.
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We wanted to fill this need so we could move to other areas to address what we could do in the lineup or outfield.
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We obviously have to make some significant changes to improve our lot,
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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more (today),
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What that means in the greater scheme of things, I'll know more tomorrow. The knee was tolerant. He was sore in the obvious places, being the hands and upper torso. It's a good first step toward getting back to baseball activities. ... I'm presuming it's a baby-step type of thing.
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Todd brings a veteran presence to the team.