13 Quotes by Ruben Jr

We felt it was important to have a face-to-face meeting with them. We had an excellent dialogue regarding Billy's future with us as well as our desire to keep him in Philadelphia. We made a proposal, received feedback, understand we have ground to cover and plan to have further discussions.

He's had some issues with volatility, but we felt that he probably was the only available bullpen guy at that time of that ilk. And we needed one. He ended up being a very good acquisition for us.

He's a veteran bat off the bench. He's a guy who can drive the ball, get the ball out of the ball park. It's nice to be able to have a guy who's a professional hitter, a guy who's been around the league and understands that role. We think he's going to help us.

Robinson is concerned about making the club more than anything else, and that's understandable. We encouraged him to play, but it's one of those things where we can't really endorse it. We understand that he's battling for a spot on our staff, and that's important for him.

Our main goal right now is to get him on the field and playing. We want to have all our bullets when we break camp.

We'll probably have something in the very near future.

We want to make sure that he doesn't get on the mound until he's physically fit.

We've come out on top of a lot of tight games because of the bullpen that we have.

The question was whether he was going to actually pitch, and compete. We know he'll get that opportunity here. It's one of those situations where it's an honor to get picked, but he has to make his own decision.