David Forst
David Forst
David Lee Forstis an American baseball executive with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics...
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Jay brought an element we haven't had in the bullpen here for a while. We started right after the season talking to him about coming back. The fact he was honest about coming back allowed us to get it done so quickly.
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Jay is a professional. He fit in great with the clubhouse.
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I think Lew and the ownership group have proved things are different now. They've bumped the payroll and allowed us to do some things, but ultimately Barry is going to command a lot of money. He's earned it and he deserves it.
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We haven't really thought about it. I'll get the marketing department right on it.
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I think Shane will tell you he had concerns about going through the rehab and working his way back. Once he committed to it, he was determined to get back. We were happy with the results last year.
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We built this team for this exact scenario; we've got four guys in the bullpen who have started Major League games. We're hoping they can seize this opportunity and keep us afloat.
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We build this team for this exact scenario. You never like to lose guys to injuries but we put this team together over the winter and build it with guys who can fill in. At least four guys in the bullpen started in major league games and fully capable of seizing this opportunity and keeping us afloat.
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We've been discussing them for the last couple weeks. We felt good about it and we were confident we'd get them done before we had to file numbers.
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We want to make sure he's healthy. It's rare to sign a guy you've just brought in to a multi-year deal.
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We still feel he has the potential to be productive as a big-league player. He didn't have a great offensive-type start to the year. After that long 0-for start, he put a lot of pressure on himself. It wasn't fair to Charles to expect him to find the magic and turn it around without playing on a more regular basis.
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We felt like he needed to get everyday at-bats to break out of his slump, and that's clearly not going to happen in the big leagues.
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We spent four weeks discussing a one-year deal and drawing lines in the sand. Then it took an hour to get a multiyear (deal) done.
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Until they are in the Major Leagues, they are assets.
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He had a fantastic camp and really caught the attention of the big league coaches. He stayed in camp longer than some guys who were ahead of him on the depth chart. That went a long way to increasing his confidence going into the year.