Doug Melvin
Doug Melvin
Douglas Robert Melvinis a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball who served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers and Milwaukee Brewers of the American League and National League He held the position with Milwaukee from 2002 to 2015. He is currently a senior advisor for the Milwaukee Brewers...
ben feels pride
There's a lot of pride involved. I think that's why Ben feels he'd like to play.
healthy main obviously ready start stay trying
The main thing is trying to stay healthy with everybody. Ben, obviously is a big part of that, to get him ready for the start of the year.
accomplish block building huge needed
It's something we needed to accomplish for our fans. It was a huge building block for us.
both curve defensive league learning minor offensive ready second staff standpoint work
Our minor league staff got him ready from an offensive standpoint but we know Rickie's got a lot of work to do on the defensive side. But he got his 300 at-bats in the second half. So the learning curve of both Rickie and J.J. has happened.
guy
That was a problem. He's a guy who has to be in (the lineup) a little more to keep his stroke.