Johnny Almaraz

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of read more

I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.

Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.

Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.

He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to read more

He seems to be doing OK. He needs to work on things and develop more consistency. We want him to throw a two-seam fastball more.

We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of read more

We're going to individualize every single program for every guy in the system. That'll be the big positive. And of course, the take-a-strike, we've modified that, that's no longer going to exist. Pitch counts will exist, but it's not one blanket program. If it needs to exist for a certain individual, it will. If it doesn't for another, it won't.