Jon Daniels Quotations

We're hoping for the best and preparing for everything else. We're going to look at our internal options and keep our external conversations going.

Oakland has really improved itself, Seattle has improved itself and Anaheim has a ton of young players coming up ready to help them. It's a really competitive division and we had to take some steps to stay in the mix.

It's impossible to quantify David's leadership with the loss of a No. 2 starter. If I had to choose, I wouldn't want to part with either of them.

My mind-set right now is if we have a hole, we'll have to fill it. We have a lot of options to consider.

It would provide us with options and depth. You never want to be in a position where injuries would put us in a bad spot or we didn't have depth to make a move if one presented itself.

He was a candidate to be a fifth starter and he was here late in camp for a reason. I was hoping we wouldn't have to go to our protection starters this early, but that's happened.

He was able to command it better than he has and he was able to manage the game better.

I'm not saying we have the perfect roster or that we're the favorites. We're in an extremely competitive division, and the other teams have improved themselves, as well. But we were able to (improve) without tearing up the core of our team.

I'm glad we're down to one spot in the rotation, and we've got time to decide. It's time for them to show us something.

I'm ecstatic about this. This is what I've aspired to be for a long time.