That's an insult. It's not my fault they signed Perez to that stupid contract. It's not my fault they gave Eric Karros a no-trade clause when he's got no value. And I'm even willing to defer a lot of the money for that. I almost laughed in their face.
Every year there are distractions.
It's fun for everyone to speculate and make chatter in the clubhouse, but it doesn't affect the job we have to do. My job hasn't changed, we'll just see what happens. The timing of this makes it more and more difficult for the Dodgers, but we're not going to let a superficial time line of Monday or Tuesday make us make any bad moves. We'll take it day by day. The time frame dictates that we get value for value.