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A'sfaninUK
I think the Yankees should be targeting Julio Teheran in a trade instead of worrying about offense out of their 1B and DH spots, when Greg Bird proved he is more than capable of filling either role.
Ken M.
What has Bird proven? That after 46 games he is going to mash?
Joc Pederson through his first 46 games, had an .945OPS 12HR .283AVG and 55Ks.
Games 47-151, he has a .679OPS, 14HR, .186AVG, and 115Ks. (same k rate as Bird)
Bird’s MLB experience is too small to say he has proved anything.
wackymacky
Bird has proven he deserves a shot! If Cashman didn’t think so, he’d have traded him in July 2015. Over paying for vets, that’s the Yankees problem. They’re trying to fix that problem. They can’t fix it by signing more vets to cover vets.
jjs91
Ya you just can’t expect teix to play 111 games like he did last year, that’s way too many.
wants to be a GM
“The Astros and Tigers have also been listed the Astros and Tigers.” That’s good, I suppose. I wouldn’t want them to be listed the Nationals and Red Sox
baronbeard
I don’t see the two of them being too expensive for the Rays. Especially considering that’s the price for both and what they paid for Balfour and Soriano.
lunchmoney
Anything over 500k is too expensive for the Rays.
jtmorgan
That’s what is being said. But in 2016 the pair will probably be in line for something along the lines of 12MM or so for the pair. Which would be pushing it for the Rays.
baronbeard
Yeah, that I can see. And honestly, they won’t need both. Cedeno was surprisingly good in high leverage situations, and the Rays do not need two closers in the bullpen. Put Cedeno as the set up man, and trade either one of the two. But at the moment this trade doesn’t seem too smart for the team considering they will probably be letting go of one or two other bullpen pieces to make room on the 40 man.
not_brooks
Signing Davis and Gordon puts the O’s at $135MM and leaves them in need of two starting pitchers and another outfielder.
Baltimore is at a turning point. Even if they uncharacteristically spend (which is unlikely) there’s no way they can fill all of their holes. And they don’t have the pieces to make a big trade.
Wieters accepting the QO made their off season much more interesting. Which way do they go from there?
Bleed_Orange
Sign Gordon and let Davis walk. Davis will be way to expensive. Sign two good but not elite pitchers on the market: Gallardo, Iwakuma, Kazmir, Lackey, etc. Probably back load any dead so the Wieters and Umbaldo contracts are off the books by the time the real money starts coming in. As for first lets go ahead and try Wieters out there or Napoli.
GoRav114
Not thrilled about the payroll increase but it is not unreasonable to be at 150. Plus they do have plenty of trade chips. The Orioles system is not as bad as made out to be, it’s the injuries to Bundy and Harvey that make it look bad but the team still has valuable chips in Gausman, Gonzalez, Joseph/Clevenger, Wright, Wilson, Mancini, Walker, Reyes, Chris Lee, Sisco, Givens, etc. I don’t wanna trade Mancini but you have to consider it to go after a Todd Frazier type.
vmmercan 2
What does that even mean? Should Cash say “we’re looking for a middle of the order bat”? Where is this bat going to play? Trade Gardner for pitching and play one in the outfield? That’s about the only option and why would they look to replace Tex when they already have his replacement internally?
bradthebluefish
If the Baltimore Orioles are not going to trade midseason or in the offseason for prospects, the only way to be competitive is to increase payroll and sign free agents.
mehs
And the O’s had an offer out to Cruz last year which would have put the payroll up to $135 million. DD just did his let the market play out strategy last year and got stuck with nobody left to spend the money on. Not to mention the judge’s recent ruling on the MASN lawsuit.