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Dave Dombrowski

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230 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

And I respect him, always respect him as a player.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

That speaks for itself.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

And he's a great player in the way he handled it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

And he said, let me ask you a question.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

He says, why does the industry not put more dollar value on some of those things?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

And we had a long conversation about it.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

and it's hard.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

I think probably the way it is.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

Now, what you don't know and I mean JT's outstanding, right?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

He handles the staff well, he does all those other things.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

But there, for example, let's just say you had a catcher that just did, let's say they hit 150 and they did all that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

What would you pay that person?

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

I don't have that exact answer, but it's one of those where it's a combination of the value, the defensive performance and all that, and the hitting aspect of our game.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

I mean, you look at defensive shortstops throughout the years.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

So the game has rewarded offense in many ways throughout the years.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

Yet there are some positions that are more defensive.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

When you talk about shortstop, you can talk about center field.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

You can talk about catching.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

And you don't want to not acknowledge how important those are.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
Presser: Dave Dombrowski On Bo Bichette Negotiations & Future Roster Plans

What dollar figure do you put on it?