Wayne Krivsky on not bringing up Bailey and on our system

This is from an article that John Fay wrote for the Cincinnati Enquirer

Krivsky on the decision not to bring up Homer Bailey: "As an organization, we were divided. Some people thought he could really be the guy. Some others were absolutely adamant that he not come up. ... It comes down to doing the right thing for the player. It's his career. ... I thought the risk outweighed the reward."

Krivsky on the minor leagues: "Our system is in pretty good shape. I've got to compliment (farm director) Johnny Almaraz and his people. We had a winning record in the minors. We had two teams qualify for the postseason. We had three batting champions. ... You never have enough good players. The one thing I'm most proud of is we got through the year very healthy. In 2005, we had 44 arm surgeries, a lot of them major. This year, we had 14, without one being major. We're doing a lot of things right."

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/SPT04/609220452/-1/CINCI

I wonder if when Wayne says some people thought he could be the guy if he actually meant Jerry Narron? I tend to agree with Wayne on this one, the risks outweighed the reward ten-fold in this case.

As for the system, I think it made a step forward this year, but absolutely none of it had to do with a winning record in the minors, but with the talent it had making strides forward and not backwards.