Mark Shapiro Value Quotations

We'll get value for what Brandon is now. Not for what he might become.

We had a lot of quality, substantive conversations that I hope demonstrated to Cliff that he is a core part of this team. But a value we both felt good about was not one we could reach right now.

We're not going to reach an agreement on a multi-year deal with Cliff. We'll look at it again next year. It will be more clear what his arbitration value will be. We couldn't reach a value on that right now.

At no point did we look to move Coco. We had a clear sense of his value.

We've had a lot of conversations with a lot of people thus far. The key to this company is I think leveraging the media value of this company.

Coco and Grady have similar skills, and we're extremely excited about Grady's future. Coco profiles best as a center fielder, which allowed us to be opportunistic and get a whole lot of value for him, which, in the end, was too much to turn down.

There's nothing new on Brandon. We're still engaged in some conversations with other clubs. We're going to get the value for the player he is now, not the player he was projected to be.

It might be an easier deal to do next year because we'll have a clearer sense what the value is heading into the first year of arbitration.