A lot of people can see when there's a problem, ... But not too many people can see a problem, figure out how to solve it, then actually go out and do it. Jim is one of those people. He is a very special baseball man.

I have a lot of respect for Frank Robinson. He has respect for the game of baseball and the way it should be played. I was pleased because he is a man of his word. He said he was going to do something, and he follows up and he does it.

He takes the ball every day, he never complains and he gets the job done. He has nasty stuff. He warms up quick to get in a game.

I'll make that trade every day of my career. We're a much better baseball team having this problem than not having this problem at all.

We have compassion for his position on where he's coming from, but we have a job to try to win baseball games with the team we have. We're not going to give the player away.

Brian is one of the best defensive catchers in baseball and we're glad to be able to keep him in Washington for at least the next four years. It is the goal of any organization to sign, develop and then retain their own homegrown players, and this is what we've accomplished with Brian's contract.