Mark Shapiro Quotes on Time (9 Quotes)

That was a heck of a time to go on vacation.

It's funny now because, at the time, I was criticized for it being so far away. Our actual research back then suggested it was a very ambitious time frame. We were very fortunate to be able to do it. It's not easy to turn over an entire team.

The talent is obviously there, but we want him to get comfortable so that he doesn't think that he has to have a day like that all the time to impress.

Dave has done a fantastic job of positioning that team to be good for a long period of time,

As a GM, you always want to improve your team, so you are disappointed at any juncture in time when you are unable to get something done,

Every time we go through something, it's a young team and we're going through it for the first time, ... Last year, it was contending late in the season, in August and September. This year ... coming out of spring training, it was the first time anybody was looking at us.

There are some subtle things to work on to become more consistent offensively and defensively, but nothing drastic. He's ready or close to ready. His time is coming very soon.

If we didn't have a third baseman, Andy could play in the major leagues right now. Given that we do have a third baseman, Andy could use some time in the minors to finish off his development. Defensively, he's major-league ready right now. Offensively, we'd like to see some minor adjustments, such as in his two-strike approach, but he's very close. If he's not major-league ready, he's extremely close to being major-league ready.

He'll be a good major league player. It's just that the time frame didn't align with how this team has matured.