Joe Maddon shares his thoughts

Joe Maddon shares his thoughts

Joe Maddon shares his thoughts

LAKE BUENA VISTA --

Rays Manager Joe Maddon spoke today at day two of the Baseball Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista. Maddon, never shy to give an honest take, hitson some ofthehot offseasontopics, where to buy Discount MLB Jerseys? maybe ujersy is a good choice.

On Missing Carl Crawford:

"Everybody's talking about his offense, but that really stands out to me what he does out there. In the clubhouse, he's really well liked. Actually very funny, very straight up, great work ethic. I don't know that I'll really wrap my mind around that until spring training when he actually slaps you in the face or slaps you in the face with another team."

On prospect of pitcher Jeremy Hellickson potentially starting season on major league roster:

"We do have the luxury of having six nice starters right now. There is always that potential discussion of moving somebody to the bullpen. Honestly, and I'm just giving you all the different looks. Nothing's been decided. But there is that possibility. We're sending Helli (Jeremy Hellickson) back, although I really think Helli's ready to pitch in the big leagues, if you want to buy Detroit TigersJerseys, go to ujersy.

On tough competition in AL East:

"I really want our guys to focus on the tangible stuff that's ours, not somebody else's. Of course you're envious of Cliff Lee pitching there with Sabathia, whatever. That's ridiculous. That's as good as it gets, obviously, or Gonzalez going. Of course, that's awesome for them. But I want that to fuel us too...We like the idea that we have to face these kind of challenges. I do. I love it personally. And I think if you polled all of our players, they would echo a lot of the same sentiments regarding how much we like to approach this and how much we do enjoy going to New York and playing in New York at the new Yankee Stadium or going to Fenway, a great venue. Now all of a sudden, Canada's coming back alive, Toronto, this is a really fun place to ...

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