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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I'm embarrassed we had to do it, ... The blame starts with me. We made choices, and they obviously didn't turn out.
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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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I think it's reasonable to think he can play 120 games. I know we're going to have to rest him, and some days he'll come in cranky and unable to go. The next step is get him out in spring training and get him in position to do what I think he wants to do. Whether that happens or not, only God knows, but I think the effort is going to be there.
I think we all know he can still hit,
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Knowing him, he's going to want to go out there when he's ready to go. He's not going to want to go out and take baby steps, like pinch-hitting.
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I would say it has to be somebody who's a veteran, who's an innings-(eater) who's had reasonable success on a winning team.
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Steve is a player that can win games in many ways -- with his bat, his glove and his knowledge. He will give Felipe many options in the outfield as well as provide great veteran presence.
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Spring training was a long time ago. He could be starting from ground zero as far as the baseball activities.
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Mark will definitely augment our offense when he is in the lineup and prove to be a threat off the bench with the game on the line.
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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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Until both those folks, even with him doing this activity, release him to us, it's in their hands. I have full faith in how they've handled it and where this thing's going under their guidance, ... Yeah, I'm hopeful, but I can't guarantee anything. This is definitely a day-to-day situation. Again, building on what they're asking, he's not standing still and he's not taking steps back.
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wouldn't be surprised at anything. But he's had a tremendous layoff. I don't care who you are, he's been out a long time.
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From what I saw today, I'm beyond pleasantly surprised. He's done a lot of work, you can tell. He's strong. Having said that, he hasn't run the bases yet or played the outfield.