Jim Bowden
Jim Bowden
James Goodwin Bowden IVis a baseball analyst and insider for ESPN. He writes a blog for ESPN.com titled "The GM's Office" and is a co-host of SiriusXM's "Inside Pitch" on MLB Network Radio. He used to be a host and co-host on Fox Sports Radio, a baseball analyst for FoxSports.com and a Baseball Insider for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels for Fox Sports West. He has held positions of Senior Vice President and General Manager for both...
add extra fifth four guy replaced starters
We haven't replaced Pedro. We don't need to. So we'll go with the four starters we have and add the extra guy to the bullpen. We'll add the fifth starter when we need to.
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We haven't scored any runs. Deivi has played some shortstop, second and third base,
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We seem to be coming together as a team. We got off to a rough start, our schedule was a little difficult. But to win four out of six on that trip was important, coming together of this club.
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We could not prove medically that they weren't able to play.
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We had great discussions. I think it's important to understand where each side is coming from. I think we had an opportunity to look at each other eye-to-eye and go through the issues of the club and the issues of where Alfonso is coming from. We have a lot of respect for Alfonso as a player and as a person. And he understands our situation and where we're coming from.
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We wanted to get two of that group. We got two of that group today. From that group we are finished. Another starting pitcher, it would be a number one or number two type starter, and it would come via trade.
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We have always known what Tony Armas' ceiling is. When he does put it together we would much rather have him put it together here rather than somewhere else.
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We have compassion for his position on where he's coming from, but we have a job to try to win baseball games with the team we have. We're not going to give the player away.
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We've had some history with him. He's only 26 years old. So it certainly makes sense for us to take a chance on him.
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We can't overcome the fact that we don't have an owner yet. All we can promise them is by the beginning of spring training we'll have one -- at least I think we can promise that.
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We don't have a lot of depth. We're already on starting pitcher, what, 10 or 11? What number is it?
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We're negotiating with his agent, we're still far apart. We're going to continue negotiating.
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We said from the outset that we wanted to wait until new owners were in place. We also said there would come a time where we couldn't wait any longer, and that time has come.
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We are very pleased to add a dependable starter such as Brian Lawrence to our rotation. No only does he have a reputation of going deep into games, but he has averaged 34 starts the last four seasons.