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bmoregmr
Just talk talk talk… sure wish the Orioles could lock up somebody good so i can stop trolling all the websites for rubbish
crazy Jawa
I feel your pain brother
kbarr888
Agree
Agree
Agree
………………………since we’re all reading the same stuff 3-4 times anyway……..lol
greatd
Orioles want discounts on everyone they talk to. Not a bad thing per say, but wonder how serious they are about contending. They’re in a tough division as is and has an aging core. Don’t understand why they won’t start a rebuild while Machado is still young. Retool now and try to contend 3 – 4 years down the road when he’s in his prime.
basemonkey 2
This current core started in earnest in 2012, only 3 years ago. They have some very young pieces right now. Machado, Gausman, Bundy, Schoop. They’re not that old yet. Adam, JJ, and friends will enter their declining phases a few years from now, but bailing out now is way too early.
greatd
Are they your core though? Davis / Jones / Machado are the cores in my mind.
Gausman / Bundy haven’t done much in the majors to be the “core”. Also to build a team that one guy can’t be alone. Can’t say what others may think but I’m pretty sure that most guys will agree that the O’s don’t have the core like some other teams to contend now. The White Sox wanted to compete now when Sale and Abreu are in their prime. The O’s don’t have anything close to Sale and may lose Davis to Free Agency. Jones and Machado aren’t enough to keep on trying to compete in the tough AL East.
jtmorgan
If you’re going to try to compete in 3-4 years might as well trade Machado since he’s only under control for 3 more years. To expect to try to get him to sign an extension might have passed as far as getting one without paying near FA top tier prices.
basemonkey 2
So you’re saying since he’s 3-4 years into service clock, out of a total 6, you might as well bail out on him early? Those extrenely cheap AS years before free agency are worth the crap shoot prospects are? The odds are that you’ll get good prospects in exchange for him, but zero as talented as Machado is. He’s a once a generation talent.
jtmorgan
No, I’m saying if the decision is to try to contend in 3-4 years you might as well as least look into seeing what Machado would get you since he won’t be there at that time most likely.
greatd
I think your right on dude.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
If the Orioles sign Gallardo, they better have signed Gordon first
Otherwise, I will be SMH
McGlynn
I think the orioles should just let Davis walk. They can spend the $150 million and try to obtain Gordon for around $90-100 million, go after someone like Gallardo or Kennedy, or even settle for something like Fister/Lee/Linecum then sign Alvarez to something incentive laden. I just don’t see how Chris Davis could be worth he $150 million
basemonkey 2
I started this offseason thinking the Os need to resign him. But now I’m reversing direction.
Its not as if he’s a 40+ HR bat with a .400 OBP, or a tolerable K rate. He has some blemishes. The strikeouts tend to lead you to believe that, whenever he does start to decline, it will be dramatic and sudden. High strikeout bats tend to disappear very quickly once they start their slide. So the level of contract he’s looking for is very risky. If he had a tick more contact or OBP, I’d be ok with it.
That said, the money not used on Davis, but to fill out 2-3 needs with solid guys might be the smarter longterm move. If I do have confidence in Duquette in anything, it’s in picking up lots of cheap guys hoping one or two of them become that year’s upside guy making good.
st1300b 2
Love Alvarez in orange
seamaholic 2
You obviously haven’t seen him try and plan defense. He’s just unwatchable, and unplayable.
TheMichigan
DH
daveinmp
Hard to see a part time platoon guy like Pearce, who’ll be 33 this year, commanding 2 years and $14 million coming off a year when he hit just .196 vs. LHP and yes I realize he was great in that role in 2014 but that year appears to be an outlier.. I’d figure more like one year at $5-6 million with an option and even then he can’t be too selective. It might make sense for him to sign with a rebuilding club like Brewers that will give him some steady AB’s to see if he can build some trade value and where he can platoon at 1B and 2B.