53 Quotes by Andrew Friedman

One of our concerns with Shields was his being in big league camp for the first time. You know, trying to push it and impress the new staff. But he has a great maturity level and aptitude. He has a good head on his shoulders. He seeks direction.

Next year we are going to have an athletic team that scores runs, so we want to have some good young pitching on the way.

From all the conversations our trainer, Ron Porterfield, has had with Carl we are extremely optimistic that Carl will be ready to go opening day.

For us to be successful, we've got to really broaden our applicant pool of players. We're trying to expand our reach internationally to give ourselves a chance at signing players that all the other teams have access to.

For us, it's not about how we break camp. It's the composition of the team through the season. We expect both those guys to be members of the team this season.

He understands what it takes to make a team successful.

He's confirmed he's the top hombre for the job.

He's a very experienced bullpen arm. The landscape of relief pitchers is fairly inconsistent year to year, but Dan has remained consistent.

He's a tremendous talent and I would never bet against him.