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"We just can't focus on alleviating our outfield surplus," O'Brien added. "There are a number of different scenarios available to us. We are looking at our best opportunities that will give us the best returns. We don't want to foreclose on any situation that might come up. We have to be flexible to improve our pitching."

For those who have given up on an O'Brien quotes, here's the executive summary.

We sucked pretty bad last year and need a lot of help. We only have one extra outfielder, and no one of them is likely to provide all the help our pitching staff needs.