Pat Gillick
Pat Gillick
Lawrence Patrick David Gillickis an American professional baseball executive, currently serving as the president of the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and Phillies. He guided the Blue Jays to World Series championships in 1992 and 1993, and later with the Phillies in 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth22 August 1937
CountryUnited States of America
Going to a fourth year as the Mets went to, we didn't feel that comfortable, ... We were disappointed.
He's a versatile player. It's important to have guys on your team who can play multiple positions.
He didn't figure into the rotation. His inconsistency with his control makes him a tough guy to have in the bullpen. We thought it was better that maybe he went someplace and got a fresh start.
He'd be the most likely guy in the group. But a lot depends on what we do leading up to Spring Training.
He's had a good spring. I don't think he could've done any better.
He's had a good spring. Coming into Spring Training, I didn't have any expectations for him, because he didn't have a good 2005 season, and didn't pitch particularly well in Puerto Rico. He exceeded my expectations, because he wasn't a guy who would've even been considered for somewhere in the pitching staff.
We just felt this situation fit in the direction we wanted to go. We wanted to solidify the back end of the bullpen and we think Rhodes helps us do that.
We'll have to visually observe what he looks like. We'll get a pretty good idea over the next couple of days where he is.
Bobby and John kind of came from the same background,
Fans here are rabid, ... It's important that you connect to them.
We had a good situation with Howard and Thome here,
more of a staying-in-touch, passing-through sort of thing.
My goal is to pick one up here.
No, I don't think it's a problem at all. A lot of ballparks these days see home runs fly out of them. I don't think the ballpark will be a problem in luring players here. If anything, I've heard a lot of comments about what a beautiful ballpark it is.