"We need some offense. We need a couple of bats that can hit in the middle of the lineup - and take the onus off some of these good young core players and assist them in the run creation of our offense. We have the core players to be middle-of-the-lineup hitters. If we add a bat or two into that group, it takes a little bit of pressure off everybody - and everybody can relax a little bit more and develop into the players we think they are going to be."
"For Rizzo, he was fairly clear without naming names of his offseason goals for acquiring players, and that he was looking for two middle-of-the-order bats and pitching. He met his goals already with the additions of Nathaniel Lowe and Josh Bell as well as adding pitchers with Michael Soroka and Trevor Williams. Subsequently, Rizzo non-tendered Kyle Finnegan making a closer or setup reliever a must to pair with Jose A. Ferrer."
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