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 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.
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I expect we'll have a better chance to win games, especially against right-handers. He has the ability to affect the team and provide a snapshot for the rest of the season and next year.
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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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It would give a boost to the team and give a snapshot of what might be possible next year. Whether he plays this year or how much remains to be seen.
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I do know he has interest. We've pursued him as much as any player we possibly could, of recent note. We hope it comes to a head in the next day or so.
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It's reasonable to think he can play 120 games. Now, will we be in a position to have to rest him and be conscious that he's going to come in some days cranky and not be able to go? The next step is to get him in spring training and get him in a position to be able to do that. I think he wants that.
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You've got to get this guy closer to game action, fast-twitch action. Anything he's doing right now is under quote-unquote control. It's not as if he's being presented into the game. Until he does that and Dr. Yocum sees how the knee responds, you can't go to the next step.
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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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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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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,