He has exceeded any expectations you would have for someone less than a year out of the draft. Certainly, we probably expected a little more out of him because of the person he is and because of his background, and we all went into spring training hoping he would be ready to contribute at some point this year, but never expecting he'd be closing games in June.
David Forst
It's something we thought about as long as two months ago. We didn't expect Dan to come in and wear No. 21 and pitch like Mark Mulder. He's done a tremendous job. I guess it's fitting he picked up where Mark left off.
thought job left
games person expectations spring training june ready
We had a very good meeting with Bob. Obviously, there's a lot of familiarity there and it was good to meet in that setting.
meeting good familiarity
Jay is a professional. He fit in great with the clubhouse.
great
Jay brought an element we haven't had in the bullpen here for a while. We started right after the season talking to him about coming back. The fact he was honest about coming back allowed us to get it done so quickly.
talking honest fact
We felt like he needed to get everyday at-bats to break out of his slump, and that's clearly not going to happen in the big leagues.
break big
We still feel he has the potential to be productive as a big-league player. He didn't have a great offensive-type start to the year. After that long 0-for start, he put a lot of pressure on himself. It wasn't fair to Charles to expect him to find the magic and turn it around without playing on a more regular basis.
magic potential fair pressure feel start find great
We've been discussing them for the last couple weeks. We felt good about it and we were confident we'd get them done before we had to file numbers.
numbers good confident
We want to make sure he's healthy. It's rare to sign a guy you've just brought in to a multi-year deal.
healthy guy sign
Two more done, three more to go. We're making good progress.
progress good
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