David Forst Quotations

Until they are in the Major Leagues, they are assets.

He was a huge boost for our offense. When he came over here, we said at the time of the trade that having that option was attractive because we knew we'd be able to keep him beyond this year. Jay's a professional. He fit in great with the clubhouse. He's another great veteran our young guys can learn from.

We still feel he has the potential to be productive as a big-league player. He didn't have a great offensive-type start to the year. After that long 0-for start, he put a lot of pressure on himself. It wasn't fair to Charles to expect him to find the magic and turn it around without playing on a more regular basis.

We want to make sure he's healthy. It's rare to sign a guy you've just brought in to a multi-year deal.

He has exceeded any expectations you would have for someone less than a year out of the draft. Certainly, we probably expected a little more out of him because of the person he is and because of his background, and we all went into spring training hoping he would be ready to contribute at some point this year, but never expecting he'd be closing games in June.

He had a fantastic camp and really caught the attention of the big league coaches. He stayed in camp longer than some guys who were ahead of him on the depth chart. That went a long way to increasing his confidence going into the year.

We've been trying to move Freddie most of the spring. He certainly played himself onto somebody's club.

We had a very good meeting with Bob. Obviously, there's a lot of familiarity there and it was good to meet in that setting.

I'm sure that'll come up at some point this spring, but it hasn't come up yet. Whether something ultimately gets done is obviously still a question.

I think Shane will tell you he had concerns about going through the rehab and working his way back. Once he committed to it, he was determined to get back. We were happy with the results last year.