DL: Brett Wallace came over from the Cardinals in the Matt Holliday trade. What role did you play in his acquisition?
EK: First off, going into [the 2008] draft, Brett Wallace was probably one of the two or three players we scouted most heavily that spring. I mean, he was a guy that we loved, and I saw a ton of him; we all saw a ton of him. We loved him going in; we took a different guy [Jemile Weeks] just because that was the way the decision went at the time, but it didn't change the fact that we loved Brett Wallace. When the opportunity came around to get him, we not only had a great body of history on him, he had gone out in pro ball and done what we had hoped. He had maybe even exceeded our expectations.
DL: Is it fair to say that your reports and advice played a meaningful role in the trade?
EK: It's hard to say. I mean, I'm not sure if it was directly. As an organization, we all had a voice. We all had a part in determining what our feelings were about Wallace. People always ask, "Did you recommend so and so?" I think it's more that all of the information that we gather as a group kind of leads to a decision. There's not one overriding report or opinion.
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