“We've very, very excited about Preston Wilson. He wants to be with a champion, and we are still committed to being that champion. We want to go back to that World Series. Preston is a great defensive player with speed, and last year he had 90 RBIs. This is exactly what we're looking for.”
“Barry Axelrod has told us Jeff will be there and we'll welcome him and give him every opportunity. We have a rehabilitation program, and that's what we'll start on (today) when he gets here.”
“We took some real risks when we allowed Jeff to participate in the World Series. And our attorneys advised us there were risks. We felt we were well within the contract to allow him to do so. We felt we owed him the right and our fans the right to see him in the World Series if we got there.”
“If you read the fine print, it says that ($30 million) figure doesn't account for interest, depreciation and other things. You take all those off, and most of that disappears.”
“I don't know what the going rate is. I know we paid him $18 million last year. We're just going to have to think it through and see where Roger is at.”
