Chris Antonetti

Hopefully it'll be a guy we feel good about that can play in the Major Leagues someday. He'll probably be read more

Hopefully it'll be a guy we feel good about that can play in the Major Leagues someday. He'll probably be a little further away [than Phillips was].

I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our read more

I think it's more of a question of timing. The timing of his development, combined with the development of our team, didn't align.

We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could.

We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could.

We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of read more

We feel Brandon still has a chance to be a very good major league player. It was a question of timing. His development and that of our team didn't align.

The timing of his development and the development of our team didn't align. The fact that he was out of read more

The timing of his development and the development of our team didn't align. The fact that he was out of options forced us to make a decision. We feel he has a chance to be a very good major league player. Hopefully he'll get his chance.