Phillies GM Ruben Amaro Jr. Interview

This week, the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws hosted their annual Phillies banquet at the Woodlake Country Club in Lakewood, NJ. Prior to the event that raised money for BlueClaws charities, I had the opportunity to sit down with Philadelphia general manager to discuss various organizational subjects. Ruben spoke about the Wilson Valdez for Jeremy Horst trade, highly regarded pitching prospect Jesse Biddle, Domonic Brown's future, last year's draft class and plenty more.

Check out the media player below to listen to the full one-on-one interview with Ruben Amaro Jr.

To check out my previous interviews with Ruben, click HERE and HERE.
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Comments

Joe (regretfully not MVR anymore) said…

Awesome interview!

January 26, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Jay Floyd said…

Thanks, Joe.

Phils signed Juan Pierre to minor lg deal today. I knew Ruben had something cooking the other day, when he dealt Valdez away.

January 27, 2012 at 12:36 PM

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