Johnny Almaraz

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of read more

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.

Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.

Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.

We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to read more

He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to throw a two-seam fastball more.

Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high read more

Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high school and college, we're also going to be really aggressive with the guys that are in the system already. If they show us that they're strong enough, they're going to go out there, and if they can go 90-100 pitches, they're going to do that.