"These guys are the mentors of these young players. We have a good core of good young players, and believe me, the addition of Matt Stairs and Laynce Nix and Jerry Hairston Jr. - along with [the fact that] they're pretty darn good baseball players, know their roles and have excelled at the role of being a bench player - that is one of the big reasons that these guys are on the club, is to teach these good young prospect players how to be Major Leaguers."
~Mike Rizzo
Three months later, Nix seems to have forgotten his role as a bench player, Stairs is hitting .150 with 0 HR, and Hairston is on the DL. Awesome bench!