Shinji Mori is a talented reliever who will add depth to our bullpen. He's had a successful career in Japan, and we look forward to his continued success with the Devil Rays. This is the organization's first agreement with a player from the Japanese leagues, and we hope this will lead to more opportunities in Asia.
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We are very committed to helping his assimilation to the American society. We feel that the less of that stuff he can worry about the more he can concentrate on his pitching. We're trying to put him in the best position to succeed at the major-league level.Andrew Friedman
He understands what it takes to make a team successful.
Andrew Friedman
For us, it's not about how we break camp. It's the composition of the team through the season. We expect both those guys to be members of the team this season.
Andrew Friedman
We think this transaction addresses our desire to add starting pitching depth to our organization. We're going to be patient with the development of (Jackson and Tiffany). Both of them are quality arms that we've identified and talked about for a while now. As far as assignments, we'll get them into camp and let them compete, and see what's the best place to continue their development. It's a little early for us to comment on that.
Andrew Friedman
The Devil Rays organization supports the decision.
Andrew Friedman
Next year we are going to have an athletic team that scores runs, so we want to have some good young pitching on the way.
Andrew Friedman
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