Jeff Zrebiec Rumors

Zrebiec On Bedard, Roberts

The Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec was recently named Rumor Royalty for the Orioles. Here's the last in a series of questions we asked him. MLBTR: Erik Bedard and Brian Roberts are elite players under team control through 2009. If you had to guess, will both be playing for the Orioles on Opening Day 2008? Zrebiec: Yes, I would guess that both will be Orioles on Opening Day. I've been surprised about the lack of trade buzz surrounding Roberts. I can't help but think that it is because O's owner Peter Angelos has already nixed one deal involving Roberts last year..   Continue Reading

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Zrebiec On O's and Free Agents

The Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec was recently named Rumor Royalty for the Orioles. Jeff answered a few questions for MLBTR. MLBTR: Andy MacPhail has said he doesn't expect to be in on many free agents, but there was a rumor that the O's are entertaining Jose Guillen [note: written prior to debunking]. Do you expect them to spend any money on free agents this winter? Zrebiec: First, the Guillen report was inaccurate. He's exactly the type of player the Orioles are not interested in at this stage. As for other free agents, I see the Orioles making a couple of..   Continue Reading

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Zrebiec On Miguel Tejada

I recently named the Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec as Rumor Royalty for the Orioles. He was kind enough to answer a few questions for the site. MLBTR: Give us an example of a reasonable trade bounty for a team acquiring Miguel Tejada. Do you think the Orioles are targeting a certain number of players or certain positions? If the acquiring team intended to move him to third base, would this become a problem? Zrebiec: All indications are that the Orioles are still looking for two high-level prospects for Tejada. I'm not sure they'll get that now with Tejada's defensive concerns..   Continue Reading

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Rumor Royalty: Jeff Zrebiec (Orioles)

Rumor Royalty is an MLBTR feature that honors the best journalist for each team in terms of hot stove material. The Newark Star-Ledger's Dan Graziano recently snagged the honor for the Yankees. The choice for the Baltimore Orioles was really easy for me. The Baltimore Sun's Jeff Zrebiec owns Orioles hot stove chatter; he gets all the scoops. Here's a link to the Sun's baseball page, where his work can be found. I asked Jeff three hot stove questions, which will be posted here separately over the next couple of days   Continue Reading

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