17 Quotes by John Mozeliak

We felt it could be high-reward. What we see are the indications that we feel he has a chance to make the team. He has the ability to be in the major leagues.

Now that we've got these problems resolved and got everybody in camp, with one exception, we're looking forward and not backward.

Obviously, given what we saw we think he has an opportunity to make the team. Give him a full spring training as a true position player and maybe some winter ball, it's something that we think he has the ability to play in the big leagues.

He requested his release. He was looking for a Double-A opportunity. He felt he wasn't going to get that with us, which is true.

I think we've identified what we're trying to accomplish. Where we are today is trying to send out feelers and get a sense for the major league's free-agent market as well as get a temperature of what all clubs are trying to do.

I think that (situation) has become encouraging. I don't know the exact date that we're going to try to really test it 100 percent, but I think it's sooner than later. If I were going to define that, I'd say probably this week.

Larry wanted to come in and play and really show us that he could have an impact on this club, and unfortunately he just hasn't been able to do that at this point.

You look at the last month he had, it's prolific. When you look at our depth in the outfield, it just seemed to make sense.

There was a little miscommunication with some of that paperwork this year to the players. They knew they needed that paperwork, and I think the problems started to happen when they didn't know where to get it.