Colorado Rockies reliever Bryan Shaw recently spoke to Fangraphs’ David Laurila (as a part of this article) on why he signed with the Rockies in December and Shaw said that his former manager, Terry Francona, played a role in him signing with the Rockies.
“I talked to Tito a little bit about the teams that had interest in me,” said Shaw. “I got his opinion of the organizations — the managers and others with roles within those organizations. He had nothing but good things to say about Bud Black and the guys who are here.