He's willing to take the ball but he's probably not going to be effective for us.

We have interest in him if he is interested. The ball is in his court. If he has interest, we have interest back.

They know our position. The ball is in their court. Roger has to make a decision if he wants to play, and if he does, whether he's interested in considering this place.

He takes the ball a lot, in a lot of different roles, without complaint and without issues. That's very attractive.

I'm not thinking about that right now, but he's playing in winter ball right now and Tony Pena told us he's doing well down there. We didn't think Cano would be ready until 2006, but he had a great winter ball season last year, showed up at camp and continued it. Some guys push themselves in the mix quicker.

We have good confidence if Shawn Chacon takes the ball that we're going to have a chance, ... We'll be in the game and we'll have a chance to win it because he's done that well for us this year.