A strength of this club is our flexibility and we're able to make these changes because of the players that we have here now and coming up.

If we have an atmosphere here this year like it was last year ... wow.

His versatility is very key. He has been asked to close. He has also been asked to start, although not last season. He is so resilient that you can have him in a key game tonight and chances are, he'll be in a key game again tomorrow night. He can go back-to-back and he doesn't lose his effectiveness.

They played better. It was the same teams in the same ballpark, but the opposite result. They just played better.

John has been a productive member of our pitching staff since his 2002 rookie season. We are thrilled to reach this multi-year agreement with him.

We're obviously going to be looking for a bat, and everybody is always looking for pitching. It's the typical stuff -- a bat and some pitching.