Wayne Krivsky
Wayne Krivsky
Wayne Krivskyis an American professional baseball executive. The former general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, serving from February 2006 until late April 2008, he currently is special assistant to the GM and a Major League scout for the Minnesota Twins. It is his second tour of duty with the Twins, where he was assistant general manager in 1999–2005...
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He was ready to come up to Triple-A, and right now we really didn't have anything for him. We put the word out that he was available a few days ago, and a few clubs responded. The Cardinals were the most persistent.
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I liked what I heard, very much so. We have similar backgrounds from the standpoint of, it took him many years to become a manager and it took me many years to become a general manager. So we're the kind of guys that people would look at as, we've paid our dues, so to speak.
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He's a quick-read guy. We're exposing him to all phases of the operation. We'll see where he fits in.
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It's tough for guys like Jacob Cruz and Brian Buchanan. Quinton McCracken has missed a lot of time and needs some at-bats, so Chris may be with us for a few days or a whole season.
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He just needs to keep building his arm strength to where he feels comfortable that he can get big league hitters out.
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We tossed around the idea of having three catchers anyway.
We're going to see how he is after the game.
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We're still looking for a starting pitcher to add to the mix.
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Vern's upbeat - you know the kind of guy he is. But it hits you in the gut when you hear that word.