Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty
Walt Jocketty is the President of Baseball Operations of the Cincinnati Reds. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he attended the University of Minnesota where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He was the General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals from October 14, 1994 until October 3, 2007...
allowed guys time
It's allowed us to take our time in getting these guys back. We don't have to rush.
ask
You'd have to ask Scott about that one.
clubs crazy gone hope market money players power spend spending
The market has gone crazy, but we're not going to go crazy with it, OK? And if clubs want to spend the kind of money they're spending on the players they're spending it on, more power to them. But we hope to make better decisions.
competition insurance provide spring training
I think the idea is to go to spring training and have a competition and see. What it does provide is some insurance if we feel Anthony is not ready.
percentage turn turning year
I think you need to turn the roster over. I think turning a percentage of your roster over every year is healthy.
affect disbelief numbing sit taking total watch
It was a very numbing affect to sit and watch what was taking place, ... It's just total disbelief what happened.
lose win year
After the year we had, we didn't want to lose in the first round. It was very important to win this first round.
behind clean forward game last nice night stuff
We can go forward like last night and play a nice clean game and hopefully, all this stuff is behind us,
Our guys, I think, feel there's still more they want to accomplish,
both career clear committed himself huge life quality return strides talent tremendous trying turning
Sidney has made it very clear to us that he is committed to turning both his life and his career around. He's a tremendous talent who has made mistakes, but he's been making huge strides in trying to return himself to a much better quality of life.