«There won't be a change with Ross,» Shapiro said to kick off the press conference. «The reason for that is, you know, the process that I went through to consider whether or not there would be a change with his role was one of both considering alternatives and looking at the work that's been done.»
«I also think about the fact that we played in the playoffs three of the past five years and that for the past five, we played meaningful games in September, that each of the past four, we left spring training objectively with a chance to be a contending and playoff team,» Shapiro said. «And to me, that's not grounds to make a change."