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...
defined
Your season's going to be defined in that box.
backed comments sure unless wrong
As a GM, you don't make those comments unless you're sure they'll be backed up, ... I will not be wrong about this player.
aware drag lose next three
As long as it's done in the next three weeks, even month, you'll be fine. If it were to drag on, and now you lose this off-season, then it would be an issue. But baseball's aware of that. They're not going to let that happen.
anybody case gone horrible knows nobody player process wins won
Anybody that has gone through an arbitration case knows that it is a horrible process for a player and the team. Nobody wins in arbitration. We may have won the case but you really don't win.
although draft far farm five four players pool system takes
As far as the pool of players in our farm system, although it's improved, we have a long way to go and you don't redo a farm system overnight. You have to do it one draft at a time. So it takes four to five years to get it back to where you wanted to get it.
change changes fifth fourth
This doesn't change our plans, not at all, ... You never get enough pitching. The only thing it changes is that now we know we have a fourth or fifth starter.
offense people pitch tough
Our offense is going to be better than people think. We are going to be tough to pitch to.
baseball coming compassion games job player position team win
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.
blocked classic following player surgery
In the future, a player that has surgery should be blocked from participating in the Classic the following year.
clubs employment extremely guarantees hiring interested phone providing seek situation
I recommended to all of them that they seek employment elsewhere, ... There are no guarantees here. I put a memo out to all the other clubs, providing each of our coaches' phone numbers, so that those clubs can notify them if they're interested in hiring them. Their situation is extremely clear.
baseball problem team trade
I'll make that trade every day of my career. We're a much better baseball team having this problem than not having this problem at all.
advance beyond call catcher game goes learns reports running scouting shut studies team works
In all the years that I've been in baseball, I've never been with a young catcher that really understands how to call a game. He really works and he's a team player. He goes beyond the advance scouting reports and goes beyond the video. He studies and learns the game. He's a winner. There's not a lot of catchers that can shut the running game down.
I just don't want to be embarrassed. That's all I ask.
carry hoping last leagues minor team year
I'm hoping Brandon can do what he did in March. I'm hoping he can do what he did all last year in the Minor Leagues and carry it over. That would give this team a big boost.