We can't watch what we watched all last year at shortstop. If Guzman plays like he did last year, Clayton gives us a viable option. Guzman is our starting shortstop. This gives Clayton an opportunity to compete with Guzman.
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It depends on his history. If a guy has a history at all or lack of durability or those kind of problems, we do it, or if we see something in his arm action that says we should do that. We saw every single one of his starts the last couple months, and the player looked healthy.
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Frank made it very clear he wanted Jamey on this team. But at the end of the day, a manager doesn't always have to agree with his general manager, and vice versa. ... On certain teams, I think Jamey is the ideal 25th player. Unfortunately with our club, we needed more than that.
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He's rejected our offer. We respect what he's done on the field, but now we're going to close the book and go forward.
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As I told Ryan earlier today, Brandon Watson just beat him out. Pure and simple, he beat him out on the baseball field. ... You can't ask Watson to do any more than he's done in this spring training.
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We're right there with them. We have some strengths that other teams don't have. We have some weaknesses. ... But when you look at the whole picture, our team can compete.
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