Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest
Larry Beinfest was the President, Baseball Operations of the Miami Marlins, a Major League Baseball franchise in the National League East. until he was relieved of his duties on September 27, 2013...
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Defensively, he's ready to play in the big leagues. We don't have a concern about him defensively. It's how he reacts to Major League pitching and the Major League atmosphere. Reggie Abercrombie, as well, is a very talented young player. He has speed and can do things. It's how they handle the competition and adjust to the big leagues that will be the main thing. This is a great opportunity for some of these guys.
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You're talking about a really talented kid that can do a lot of things. Hanley Ramirez has all the talent that you need to be a successful major-leaguer.
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We'd expect to hear from him in a reasonable amount of time, and take it from there. I haven't been through this before. We're glad he is safe, but we'd like to know what's going on.
agent informed
We've been informed through his agent that he is fine. We have nothing further.
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The expectations of this organization (are) that as a professional you'd have the courtesy to at least notify us why he left. If he was a young player maybe without any experience, you may have a little bit different tack, but this guy's been around. We're extremely disappointed.
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We use stats. We use a little bit of everything. We're open to fresh ideas. Look at Houston and the White Sox. Their pitching carried them to the World Series. I think that's the model we're going to stick with.
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Part of the beginning of this year will be patience with some of these players, allowing them to fail at times. It's a fine line. We're going to have to pick and choose and see how they respond to the challenge.
By midseason of 2002, we thought that we had something special.
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I'm confident in talking to the new manager. This manager wants to win, and he is going to have an energetic, young team. Joe is going to get this team playing the game right; it's going to be playing it hard, and we're going to try to win every day.
advised best continue interests leave team
In the best interests of the team and A.J. Burnett, he was advised to leave the team, and he has done so. He is not suspended. He will continue to be paid.
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In the best interest of the team and A.J., he was asked to leave the team and he has done so, ... Furthermore, no multiyear contract will be offered to A.J.
advised best contract interest leave offer team
In the best interest of the team, A.J. was advised to leave the team and he has done so, ... There will be no multiyear contract offer made to him.
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He throws in the mid 90's. He's a big guy with a big arm.
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He came as advertised. A clutch hitter, a good leader behind the plate. He was an All-Star for us last year. Again, these are very good players. It is tough, but it is necessary, given the correction.