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I think waiting at the deadline to go “all in” is just a bad strategy. You never know who is available and how much they will cost. With the current playoff structure there are less assets overall to acquire and the very good ones you are likely going to overpay for them. Spend some money between now and Feb. Sign two legit starting pitchers like Burns and/or Blake Snell and get a veteran power hitter. That maybe Santander or someone else.

I don’t disagree with you but $600 million goes a long way. Especially since you are not building a new structure.

Camden Yards as great as it is, is 32 years old. It needs to be upgraded. When Memorial Stadium was 32 years old it seemed much older. I have full confidence that they get the larger agreement lease done and the full $600 million will make some very nice updates. Places like Texas have built two stadiums since Camden Yards was built.

https://clutchpoints.com/orioles-news-adley-rutschman-shares-health-admission-loss-royals

Yes you are right. They should just forfeit the season.

My Pollyanna hand is right here. No one should be fired. A group of young players had a disappointing end of the season. Sorry but to call 23 year old Gunnar Henderson a choke artist at this stage in his career is not a fair statement. If so there are plenty of Hall of Famers who had disappointing early career disappointments. This team has won 192 games in the last two years much because of Gunnar Henderson. Winning those 192 games is nothing to write off because of these post season failures. That is what Yankee fans do. You have to win those regular season games to reach these games that have become big disappointments. That is better than most of the last 17 seasons. John Angelos owned this team up until opening day. Let's see what this management team can do with a bigger pocket book and this base of young talent who is still young and still talented. I will also add I think John Harbaugh shouldn’t be fired either. This has been a disappointing end to the season but you know life is good. There are people out there with way worse problems than the people here at the Hangout.

No he is not. And he shouldn’t be. Just ridiculous.

So a different manager would be the difference in them winning and losing these playoff games? Cole Ragans would have allowed a couple of runs today with another Oriole manager? I don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow but having a different manager isn’t going to change the results. Brandon Hyde will be the manager of the Orioles win or lose tomorrow or however the playoffs end.

It appears they have decided to have Suarez sit out the wild card series. He is going to absorb the innings today and I assume Povich will be the long man.

Cedric hitting 272 his last 72 games. I didn’t realize it was that good. Hopefully that is a good sign for the playoffs and next season. This is a better team with Cedric producing and roaming center field.

A 90 win season with Grayson missing at least 10 starts, Means and Bradish missing at least 20 each. Throw in Tyler Wells missing most of the season and other injuries I think this team and its management has done well. If just a little more healthy they could have had back to back 100 win seasons. I am glad we have Mike Elias and Brandon Hyde leading this team.

No I am not kidding. They had a 9-3 lead. You expect your worse relievers to end the game. Soto can pitch tomorrow if necessary. Blaming everything on Hyde when something goes wrong is just ridiculous. He has managed this team into the playoffs with more than their share of injuries.

And now Soto will be available tomorrow night if we need him against their tough left handers. Again more great managing by the reigning Manager of the Year.

Are you saying the injured players are better than the ones that replaced them? Wow!! Maybe that is why they didn’t win as many games as last year. I thought it was the bad General Manager, Bad Manager, and horrible coaching.

I guess it is 6 to clinch home wild card games. Lets win 6 more and play some home playoff games.