We certainly know from Dusty Baker’s radio interview on Friday that Dusty wants a prolific lead-off man and he made it clear that he wasn’t enthused over the Nats lead-off situation. Dusty said he hadn’t discussed with Rizzo what the budget is or the players he is targeting for the team.
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Casey Sterns during the radio interview said Dusty went through 74 (exaggerating) lead-off men with the Reds. They discussed how important the lead-off is. Dusty acknowledged:
“I don’t know if we got that guy yet because the other guys are prone to strikeouts and don’t have that high OBP. We had that guy in Denard Span. I don’t know if we will sign him or have a chance of re-signing him. I haven’t really talked to Rizzo or the organization yet about potential Free Agents…or what the payroll is going to be…I’m always trying to pump people to get the best team, not only the best team, the best overall balanced team. This is what I’m shooting for.”
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