Jim Hendry
Jim Hendry
Jim Hendryis currently a special assistant for New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman, and is a former Vice President/General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Hendry was promoted to GM on July 5, 2002 by former Cubs President/CEO Andy MacPhail. He worked for the Cubs from 1995 to 2011. Prior to his promotion to GM, he was named Assistant GM/Player Personnel Director on October 12, 2001, and previously the Director of Player Development, in charge of both Scouting and Minor League...
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action approach best days doctors few next plan sit
We'll sit down in the next few days and plan some kind of action and get the doctors involved, and see what the best approach would be from here.
amount decent guy hat name pull time
When Felix comes here, you want him to play a decent amount of time in the outfield. You can't just pull a name out of the hat and say, 'Let's put this guy at first and Felix in the outfield.
certainly coming fingers pointed
When things don't go as well as we all planned, there's enough fingers to be pointed everywhere, but it's certainly not coming from (management),
anyone plan reason
We haven't had any reason to plan for anyone to play first base.
intent player pop throwing trying upside versatile
We like a lot of things about Jacque. He's a very versatile guy. We were very intent on trying to get a left-handed hitter. He's very athletic, has some pop in his bat, an outstanding throwing arm. He's a versatile player and had a lot of upside in him.
active deals gm grinding hopeful meetings pursuit rectify since until winter
We have made a lot more deals after the winter meetings since I have been GM than at the winter meetings. We are still hopeful to be active in the pursuit of an outfielder. We'll keep grinding it out until we rectify that.
approach avenues behind cardinals certainly credit found gate maybe middle month ourselves winter
We've found ourselves significantly behind the Cardinals by the month of May or the middle of May. Credit them for how well they get out the gate. Certainly over the winter we'll look at avenues to try to get out of the gate better and maybe approach things differently.
We've always thought world of him. He's a winning-type guy.
certainly earned finish hopeful interest pitch wherever
We've always had an interest in Greg. He's certainly earned the right to pitch wherever he wants. We're hopeful he'd like to come back and finish where he started.
against discomfort last pitcher respect starts winning wins year
We've always had a lot of respect for him. He pitched so well against us for Houston. He went out there last year with some discomfort and gutted out his starts in Boston. He's a winning-type guy. He's a winning pitcher who, when he's out there, he wins you games.
coming good guys held situation
We're in a situation where our young guys are pretty good players. Cedeno's going to be a real good player, I think we all see that. Murton will be back soon. I think he held his own, admirably, coming from Double-A.
amount cincinnati gave position proper sure time woody
We're in a position now to make sure we gave Woody the proper amount of time to do this exploratory surgery, which he'll have in Cincinnati on Wednesday.