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bradthebluefish
I still cannot get over the fact that the Orioles stood pat rather than sell this midseason. If O’Day, Davis, and Chen all go, I really think they’ll have to think about rebuilding – even just if it is a quick turnaround like the Braves are trying for.
Out of place Met fan
But what do deal to speed up the rebuild? Jones?
bradthebluefish
Jones and Britton are your best blue chips. Manny Machado is definitely a no-trade, though the haul for him would be ridiculous.
bradthebluefish
The Orioles do not have to rebuild, but taking all these free agent loses and not signing anybody significant would really hurt the Orioles. I would restock and get ready for a 2017-2018, which would unfortunately be the last year or two of Adam Jones.
GoRav114
The Orioles could have had a top notch pitching prospect for Davis and Chen plus a high end prospect for Oday. Would of been much better than the two comp picks back. Oday is the real no brainer if he could have brought back someone like Eduardo Rodriguez like Andrew Miller did. Oday is one of the best in the game. Then they would get a high pick for finishing closer to bottom instead of the dreaded middle. They really missed an opportunity to rebuild rapidly.
Lefty_Orioles_Fan
Well, I wasn’t furious to see Hunter traded.
While, he has a big personality, his pitching is just okay.
The Orioles problem last off-season was that is was breathtakingly bad.
Not one signing or trade made a positive impact.
They need to do better and what I want to know is that will they re-sign Parra and will they cough up the coin necessary to sign Alex Gordon, who i think they desperately need!!!
go_jays_go
“Fangraphs’ Tony Blengino examines Marco Estrada‘s curious skill set, pointing out that metrics such as FIP don’t give the soft-tossing righty full credit for his unrivaled ability to limit line-drives.”
Estrada is the league leader in the # of IFFB (ie. pop-up) generated this season. This is not a fluke; in previous seasons, he has been among the leaders in generating IFFB.
The problem with FIP is that IFFB are ignored entirely.
You can argue that IFFB technically *does* involve defense, but likewise you can also argue that strikeouts technically involves defense from the catchers. The point is that in both cases, the defense is trivial.
99.9% of pop-ups result in an out.
Realistically, if IFFB was considered in calculating FIP, then Estradas FIP would drop dramatically.