Andrew Friedman Quotes (41 Quotes)

We're seeing the emergence of a new political culture, and the folks in Washington had better wake up and be responsive to it.

People forget how young he is. Had he gone to college, he would have been drafted last June and played for only three months. He's healthy and he has the arsenal. We are confident.

I think this is consistent with what we've stated our objectives are in developing and sustaining an exciting team.

We think Jason is going to be a big part of our future.

We think that we're going to become intimately involved with the arbitration process given the nature of how young our roster is. The intent of the hearing is to solve differences that can't be resolved through negotiations. It's not ideal for the team or the player, but sometimes it's necessary.

As plastic surgeons, we use our general surgery training to help treat initial trauma in the field to save the patient's life or limb. From there, they are transferred to Germany to help them stabilize, clear the infection and allow the wound to heal a bit,

We felt it was best to go in a different direction. We felt it was in the best interest of the organization to go forward.

It's definitely frustrating. He was someone we were looking to to give us a different look out of the bullpen. Pitchers experience injuries all the time. It's a part of our business that we have to weigh in signing any pitcher. I'm confident he's going to work hard and rehab hard to get back good and healthy. So I think we'll see him pitch in a Devil Ray uniform.

We'll continue talks with them. This doesn't necessarily shut the door on their future with the Rays.

He's doing well. I think the most difficult thing he faced was preparing to play games on March 7 and trying to rehab at the same time. I think the rest has helped a lot.

The Devil Rays organization supports the decision.

With these young players and the different paces of their maturation processes and with the success we enjoyed in the second half last season, anything can happen. I think there will be improvement over last year and that this will be a very exciting team to watch the core of that team we expect to have significant continuity for seasons to come.

We do not tolerate this type of behavior from anyone in the Devil Rays' organization. It cannot and will not be repeated.

The Durham Bulls franchise has been an important member of the Devil Rays family from our very beginning and has become an American baseball icon. We are pleased that this association will continue.

One of our concerns with Shields was his being in big league camp for the first time. You know, trying to push it and impress the new staff. But he has a great maturity level and aptitude. He has a good head on his shoulders. He seeks direction.

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.

It doesn't make sense for us to make a trade unless we get a piece or two back to add to our collection of young talent. If we don't get that piece or two, it behooves us to keep the momentum we built in the second half with our young players and build off that.

Basically his desire now is to make the best of the rest of his life.

We will continue our ongoing discussions with the representatives of the ... players that we submitted arbitration numbers on. We view Tuesday as a procedural move in the process and by no means view a hearing as a likely outcome. That being said, this process is in place to resolve differences of opinion if they linger.

He's a very experienced bullpen arm. The landscape of relief pitchers is fairly inconsistent year to year, but Dan has remained consistent.

We were seeing situations when, even after they reported hazardous conditions and violations were issued, nothing would happen. Tenants were going without hot water for months at a time.

Folks want Washington to come up with a comprehensive reform that respects contributions from immigrants. This bill is not it.

As we've stated from the beginning, our objective is to add as much pitching as we can. If any deal presents itself that makes sense pitching-wise or otherwise, we're prepared to make a move. If not, we're content with the way the roster is shaping up.

We're obviously trying to create a competitive environment. We'll continue to explore moves that make sense for us now and going forward.

He understands what it takes to make a team successful.

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.

In an ideal world, we'd have more time to get these players acclimated to the new staff. But we've worked overtime to get these players ready to play and comfortable with the 2006 approach.

We just want to continue the development path. Both of them are tremendous young players. They are going to be a big part of this team in the future.

We're keeping an eye on improving this team at all times.

If you look at the strikeout leaders, pretty much each year they're the more prominent power hitters. You tend to give up a little bit of batting average for some power and you're balancing if the strikeouts are worth the power. That's a trade we're willing to make.

We're trying to create a competitive environment in spring training. We think Russ adds to that. We're excited to get him into camp, and we'll see how it develops.

They diagnosed it as an acute injury, something that happened on that pitch.

It's hard to say. I think we've created a competitive environment, and we'll go into camp and see who can help us win the most games.

He brings veteran leadership in the bullpen. And he's as good a competitor as there is out there.

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.

With hamstring injuries, it's hard to predict. We talked to Rocco this morning and what we said is, 'Let's not set a firm date. Let's do it when you feel good.' We don't want him to keep targeting some specific date.

The stuff that made him rated that high is still there. He still possesses that dominant stuff and we're excited to get him in the organization.

This is a classic change-of-scenery trade involving two former No. 1 draft picks that are still young players with tremendous upsides.

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.

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.

I thought it went well. I thought it was important to keep the lines of communications open.