Mark Shapiro Val Quotations

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.

We are very pleased to have Ellis rejoin the Indians organization. A professional of his caliber represents the values and attributes that the organization is seeking to instill in its young players.

One third of this season's goal is to be more competitive. Two thirds is to evaluate and develop.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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'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.

I want it for us , ... not as any validation for me.

Part of what makes Peralta even more valuable to us is the fact that he plays up the middle.

Mike Hargrove is and always will be a Cleveland Indian. In addition to being a link to our championship past, his professionalism, baseball knowledge and experience will make him a valuable contributor to the next era of championship-caliber baseball for the Cleveland Indians.

It's a unique evaluation opportunity. I was excited to see him get that opportunity ? that point in the game, in front of his countrymen, we couldn't simulate that type of atmosphere. It was cool to see.