“I think that the 72 hours that have passed is more than a reasonable amount of time for him to offer some explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation, and we're moving on.”
“We're moving on. We think that the 72 hours that have passed was more than a reasonable amount of time for him to offer some sort of explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation and we're moving on. He will not be with the Marlins in '06.”
“We thought that the 72 hours that passed was more than reasonable amount of time for him to offer some explanation for his unexcused absence. We still do not have that explanation, and we'll move on.”
“This is a different challenge. I think everybody has been energized. I think we've gotten over the initial pain of moving on. So many of them relate to the championship team. We really haven't looked back.”
“We think he's about ready to be an every day player in the big leagues. Hopefully he will get a little more taste [of the big leagues] this month, and be ready in Spring Training.”
“We were talking about bringing him up for a couple of weeks. This had been something that was going on for about 10 days prior to the [Aug. 31 deadline], because Juan's wrist was acting up.”
“It's not tough to keep him down when you have players performing up here. We recognize he is very close to being probably an every day player in the big leagues soon. But we want to keep him playing, because you don't want to retard his progress by sitting him on the bench.”
“Alex is a tough guy and he's stayed out there, but obviously it's bothering him, ... We have to stay on top of it. ... He's played through some discomfort already. I don't foresee this keeping him off the field long-term.”
