Andrew Friedman Good Quotations

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.

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.

I think those two are very good pitching prospects who don't get the recognition they deserve. Both have a tremendous feel for pitching.

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.

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