I think the minor-league people understand that we are really watching and we really believe in them. We believe in growing our own from our own soil. I think that's been made very obvious to the minor-league side.
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When we have our organizational meetings, we don't just talk about numbers, we talk about agenda. About each player, we ask, what is his agenda Is it himself, or the teamJoe Maddon
I have no idea. There are a lot of things that can still happen. I guess we need a closer, but it's all up for grabs.
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Everybody knows the Rays are a very good offensive team so the meetings prior to that series are going to be pretty advanced, the advanced scouting is going to pick up. We're not going to ambush anybody like the second half of last season. We may have to adapt. We have to be aware of adapting to what they're doing to us.
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There's no way he will be ready to pitch by Opening Day. He's a very important person to our organization. We want to take our time with him. It's something we're going to be very careful with.
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He felt really good, because he was taking his time. So I told him to continue taking your time. I think he's going to leave here (Friday) feeling pretty good about himself.
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