Mark Shapiro and Ross Atkins discuss Vladimir Guerrero Jr negotiations.

"It's easier to build a championship team with Guerrero, "but we still have to stay disciplined to a number and to our process. In this case, we were emotional. We did value the player deeply and even went past our value because ... we wanted to have him here."

"When you go into a negotiation, each side has rationale for a number. In this case, we couldn't align on a common number that shared risk. Both sides take some on and a decision from both parties couldn't be found."

"A lot of progress was made over the last few days," aid Shapiro. "But when it comes to getting a deal done, it's either done or not done. And I'm not comfortable talking about details of a negotiation. Never would be."

"Obviously very disappointed. We worked very hard. The motivation is still there. Confident that every thought, idea we had, every dollar that we had was communicated. But we're obviously disappointed to not have gotten that done."

"It just depends on how you define close, that's too big of a word to talk specifically about," replied Atkins. "I'm not comfortable talking about numbers."

"I'm confident that we exhausted the communication, the ideas, the thoughts and communicated every dollar and felt that Barry and Vlad got to the point that they were comfortable as well. It just wasn't close enough."

"I don't want my teammates to go through any distractions about that. I'm here today. I'm ready and want to win a lot of games and make it to the playoffs. That's all that's in my head right now."