Ken Williams
Ken Williams
again building pitching priority
We have said over and over again that pitching is the priority when it comes to building our club.
again building caliber club contract core extension five gives pitchers pitching pleased priority staring work year
We are pleased to have been able to work this extension out with Jose. We have said over and over again that pitching is the priority when it comes to building our club. To have five All-Star caliber staring pitchers all under contract gives us an outstanding core to our club this year and into the future.
certainly next outside various week whether
Whether there's something that materializes from the outside in the next week or so, I don't see it out there. I certainly don't see anything that is on the horizon, for various reasons.
certainly event final good maybe next people prepared sleep stress turns worth
We're going to find out what some people are made of here in the next week. Maybe this is a good thing for us. It certainly isn't a good thing for me and my sleep and my stress level. . . . But what the heck, if it turns out to make us that much better prepared in the event we do get into the final four, then it was all worth going through.
best career dealing future giving information knowing night opportunity particular sleep
Uh, no. Because I was dealing with all of the information I had at the time, that information told me that if I were to put him out there with that particular injury, I would have put Frank's career and future at risk. He may not see it that way, but I'll go to sleep at night knowing I did what was best for him and his career -- and that was giving him the opportunity to play this season.
desire
This was not about our desire not to have him as part of our organization for a long, long time,
great pains step sure took
Wow. We took great pains at every step of the way over the years to make sure something like this didn't happen. Obviously, in Frank's eyes, it wasn't enough. Well, I'm sorry.
proven record spring win
What is our record? I don't even know. Like I told Ozzie, the only thing he's proven is that he can win a World Series, not that he can have a .500 record in spring training.