Ruben Jr
Ruben Jr
decision guys happened obviously pat reason trying whatever
This has happened for years. Guys aren't re-signed for whatever reason and are upset. That's part of the game. Obviously Pat had a lot of other things going on and we were still trying to make a decision on which way we wanted to go.
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.
available bullpen ended felt good guy issues needed time
He's had some issues with volatility, but we felt that he probably was the only available bullpen guy at that time of that ilk. And we needed one. He ended up being a very good acquisition for us.
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.
near
We'll probably have something in the very near future.
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.