Ruben Jr
Ruben Jr
cylinders depth glad great happens league major roll season solid start
It's great to have them. I'm glad we have depth there. They're good, solid Major League players. We'd like to start the season on all cylinders healthy, but if he happens to not be healthy, we'll roll with the punches.
further hopeful solid step year
Brett had a solid year in 2005, and we are hopeful that he will step up even further in 2006.
battling club concerned encouraged endorse robinson spot understand
Robinson is concerned about making the club more than anything else, and that's understandable. We encouraged him to play, but it's one of those things where we can't really endorse it. We understand that he's battling for a spot on our staff, and that's important for him.
mound physically sure until
We want to make sure that he doesn't get on the mound until he's physically fit.
cover desire dialogue excellent felt further future ground meeting plan received regarding understand
We felt it was important to have a face-to-face meeting with them. We had an excellent dialogue regarding Billy's future with us as well as our desire to keep him in Philadelphia. We made a proposal, received feedback, understand we have ground to cover and plan to have further discussions.