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...
injury pittsburgh problems won
Santana pitched well for us. He got a big out for us in Pittsburgh when we won our 81st game. But he has had some injury problems and we think we have some other options.
brady center feeling field players spring training
Brady has showed us he can play center field every day. Now, with this deal, we can look at some other players in center in spring training without him feeling he has to look over his shoulder.
explore happen march mean supposed
They're supposed to come here March 5. I told them we'd explore it. That doesn't mean it will happen but we said we'd look at it.
days last next pitcher rule worked
Next time, they could make a rule that a pitcher has to pitch in the last 30 days of the (previous) season. There will be some kinks like that, that need to be worked out.
ability bullpen last premier retire role situations thrilled tough
Matt's ability to retire batters in tough situations makes him one of the premier set-up relievers in baseball. Last season, he had an important role in the bullpen and we're thrilled to have him for two more seasons.
bobby impact players respect stays touch
I think Ned is a lot like Bobby. I think the players respect him like they do Bobby. I know he stays in touch with Bobby all the time, so there is some impact there.
forces meet
Sometimes, you have to meet face-to-face to get things done. It forces the issue.
ben feels pride
There's a lot of pride involved. I think that's why Ben feels he'd like to play.
ahead club farther goals good next playoff start time tougher year
That's a good start but it's only the beginning. We're farther ahead at this time this year than we were at this time a year ago. But it's going to be tougher to get to the next level, and that's what our goals are. We want to take this club and put it in the playoff environment.
expected people proved team
We never expected that team to do anything like it did. He proved a lot of people wrong.
rather
We like to see them do it on their own rather than have to be pushed.
humility calm calm-down
To toughen up, is to calm down.
unkind-words kind-words courtesy
Never say an unkind word to anyone.
ahead half laid plan second ugly work worked year
We had an ugly second half a year ago and had a lot of work ahead of us. What we laid out this year, the plan pretty well worked out and accomplished what we wanted to do.