Matt's ability to retire batters in tough situations makes him one of the premier setup relievers in baseball.
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There were a couple times that we talked about it. We were just going to let him go out (to the minors) for two or three weeks to get some consecutive at-bats, then we were going to bring him back. It wasn't a matter of sending him out and leaving him down. We didn't want to lose the progress that we made.Doug Melvin
We've turned the team over quite a bit in recent years, because that's what you have to do when your club is not very good. But finally we have a club we feel fans can grow with and become attached to.
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We were looking at young pitchers who would have left us the flexibility to do other things. It wasn't something that could happen here, and I didn't want to walk away from the opportunity.
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We had an ugly second half a year ago and had a lot of work ahead of us. What we laid out this year, the plan pretty well worked out and accomplished what we wanted to do.
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In the past, we maybe had a little more patience. We're not going to have the same amount of patience in the big leagues, because we want to win.
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