Ed Wade
Ed Wade
Ed Wadeis the former General Manager of the Houston Astros and previously the Philadelphia Phillies...
worked
In all of the conversations that we've had with Billy, we've told him that we would like to have him back here and get that worked out,
challenge changes couple general leaving next situation team
I'm leaving a situation where, with a couple of changes during the off-season, this team should be in postseason play next year, ... It's a challenge for the next general manager.
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I just talked to Rob and he said it bothered him a little bit in the start in San Francisco and then in his last start in New York. At that point he talked to (pitching coach Rich Dubee) about it. (Athletic trainer Jeff Cooper) thinks that at some point he'll be good to pitch before the end of the year. But he won't be ready for Sunday. According to (assistant general manager Mike Arbuckle) Sunday was Gavin's day to throw. He'll join the club (Saturday) and pitch on Sunday.
certainly confidence points time vote
Certainly there were points of time when if a vote of confidence was coming, it would have come and didn't. So I'm not nave.
four months opening third time until
I told our guys, there's still four months until Opening Day. We still have a third of the year. We still have time to see what develops.
couple discussed general last meetings
It's been discussed at the general managers' meetings the last couple years,
human player
At the same time, I think it's human nature, over 162 games, every once in a while, a player will get upset, ... But it can't be about that.
chores dedication energy expected household job morning next phone plans rang spend thinking time tomorrow trying
At 11 this morning -- or 11:30, when my phone rang -- I was doing household chores and expected to come in and spend some time working on our plans for next year, and being here tomorrow morning first thing to do those things, ... My energy and dedication hasn't been thinking about my next job. I was trying to do this job the right way.
attraction bad burnett guy marquee quality year
There's always an attraction for the marquee player. That's not going to change. A guy with the quality of Burnett there probably isn't a bad year to be A.J. Burnett.
appreciate body bothered empathize ethic face fans good language time work
I think the fans could see in his face and body language that he was bothered when things didn't go well. They appreciate work ethic and even empathize with him from time to time. But it's probably not a good thing to do it in back-to-back seasons.
character half past three
I think that the past three and a half weeks, we showed a lot of character,
almost calls challenge creating fair foul limited managers mechanism recent split using
It was kind of a split camp. And most of the recent conversations were limited almost exclusively to using it for fair or foul calls. It wasn't with the thought of creating a mechanism for managers to challenge calls like in football.
address
It's something we'll have to address at some point,
believe bright develop future major opportunity prepared time
We believe Brett has a very bright future in the major leagues. We wanted to give him time to develop in AAA. We feel the opportunity is now and that he's prepared for it.