Jim Hendry
Jim Hendry
Jim Hendryis currently a special assistant for New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, and is a former Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry was promoted to GM on July 5, 2002 by former Cubs President/CEO Andy MacPhail. He worked for the Cubs from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his promotion to GM, he was named Assistant GM/Player Personnel Director on October 12, 2001, and previously the Director of Player Development, in charge of both Scouting and Minor League...
bobby great playing situation time
Obviously, he's been in an outstanding situation for a long time in Atlanta, playing for a great manager, Bobby Cox.
chooses fault next nobody obviously open plan stay trying
If he chooses to stay in Atlanta, obviously nobody could fault him for that. I just told him what we're trying to do, what my plan may be for the next month, be open and honest.
corey healthy hit instead step
We had a healthy Nomar, who was going to hit third. We thought Corey was going to take a step up, instead of a step back,
intention priority ryan sign trying
We have every intention of trying to sign Ryan to a multiyear deal, ... He'll be a priority as the off-season approaches.
intention priority ryan sign trying
We have every intention of trying to sign Ryan to a multiyear deal. He'll be a priority as the off-season approaches.
good pitching problem
Too much pitching would be a good problem to have.
anxious career closing farther good last months six solid stuff
We are anxious to see how Scott is after he had a very solid closing career going for a while. He started to show glimpses of some good stuff last September. He should be much better because he will be six months farther away from the surgery.
coaches game pitching respected rings series
We think he (Rothschild) is one of the most respected pitching coaches in the game and he has two World Series rings to show for that.
couple past
We did not see that coming. We deliberately slowed him from the past couple of years (earlier in the spring) because he had problems.
both conclusion contract forward good hitting juan looking winter
We are looking forward to Juan hitting in the leadoff spot. This contract is a good conclusion to the winter for both Juan and us.
amount cincinnati gave position proper sure time woody
We're in a position now to make sure we gave Woody the proper amount of time to do this exploratory surgery, which he'll have in Cincinnati on Wednesday.
coming good guys held situation
We're in a situation where our young guys are pretty good players. Cedeno's going to be a real good player, I think we all see that. Murton will be back soon. I think he held his own, admirably, coming from Double-A.
against discomfort last pitcher respect starts winning wins year
We've always had a lot of respect for him. He pitched so well against us for Houston. He went out there last year with some discomfort and gutted out his starts in Boston. He's a winning-type guy. He's a winning pitcher who, when he's out there, he wins you games.
certainly earned finish hopeful interest pitch wherever
We've always had an interest in Greg. He's certainly earned the right to pitch wherever he wants. We're hopeful he'd like to come back and finish where he started.