Quotes by Matt Silverman

“He will not have any role in the operations of the business. He will be a resource as needed for the organization and he will be a big supporter and cheerleader for the organization.”

“Whether its a GM position or not, there are lots of different holes to fill. If the right person pops up, were going to jump on them.”

“There are lots of names that are being thrown out there. Some of the younger, more quantitative-focus guys, obviously. There are people that have communicated [their interest] directly and also through the press that may have more experience, and more traditional general managers. Were going to look at all of them and see which ones make sense to bring in here.”

“We dont want to restrict them.”

“Barring something unforeseen, at this point, were probably going to be pretty quiet from now until the end of the World Series. Its still about getting the right guy. We dont want to rush the process and make the wrong decision. We have gathered more names to add to the list if we want to expand the search. With each conversation, you learn more about the game and more about what were looking for in our next manager.”

“He and Carl Crawford represent two premier building blocks of the organization.”

“Just as we did with ticket prices for the regular season, we examined our spring training pricing and refined it to create a compelling pricing schedule for our spring training season-ticket holders.”

“Our twin priorities are reconstituting the baseball department and getting new decision makers in there. Coming up with our own philosophy, which is going to be a blend of a lot of different philosophies on building a winning team, one thats going to be successful [not just] next year, but for years and years to come. And how we deploy our assets to make sure that happens.”

“That news, combined with Roccos great work ethic and dedication to his rehabilitation, gave us the confidence to make this deal.”

“In the five months between Stuart Sternberg taking over until opening day, we want a complete transformation of the perception of the team to be progressive and family friendly. We want to build a tradition of winning.”