33 Quotes by Doug Melvin

Working with Mike Maddux, Dan had great success for us in the past and he adds to the depth of our relief. We think that he has great potential to return to his form of 2004 and make a significant contribution to our staff.

Matt's ability to retire batters in tough situations makes him one of the premier set-up relievers in baseball. Last season, he had an important role in the bullpen and we're thrilled to have him for two more seasons.

Next time, they could make a rule that a pitcher has to pitch in the last 30 days of the (previous) season. There will be some kinks like that, that need to be worked out.

Our minor league staff got him ready from an offensive standpoint but we know Rickie's got a lot of work to do on the defensive side. But he got his 300 at-bats in the second half. So the learning curve of both Rickie and J.J. has happened.

We'll always have to do that. That's the way our club is built.

That was a problem. He's a guy who has to be in (the lineup) a little more to keep his stroke.

We never expected that team to do anything like it did. He proved a lot of people wrong.

We had an ugly second half a year ago and had a lot of work ahead of us. What we laid out this year, the plan pretty well worked out and accomplished what we wanted to do.

We'll talk to him and see how he feels after he gets to spring training. I'm confident Ben will know whether he's capable of it or not capable of it.