24 Quotes by Kevin McClatchy

We won't know -- sort of -- the most important information for about two days.

When you look at building on Jason Bay and Jack Wilson, those are two pretty good players to start with as far as character. That's a nice aspect of it. But the key is performance and strengthening ourselves up the middle.

As it always does, it will come down to starting pitching. I don't think you can discount a player because of youth.

I've put a lot of focus on 2006. I think we have to improve next year. I think we are going to put ourselves in the best position that we have been in a long time.

A lot of people feel we have chance to turn the corner. We just need to go out to play.

A lot of people are excited about Jim Tracy and the players we have picked up. The All-Star game is a bonus.

There was concern there. I'm disappointed in some of the lack of improvement. Dave wanted to make sure we had the right manager in place so these players could continue to improve.

It was important to give Dave the tools he needed to go out and get these players. He's done a great job of getting some veteran players to go with our younger core.

That's one of the reasons you do these things, because you're trying to get ahead of that. We felt good about this deal. Jack's a good player and a good character guy.