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You have to have a strong bias towards defense.

Curling season is fast approaching.

Shame he didn't have Buck to publicly dress him down when he was in the minors.

Dude, I'm not even really complaining about the one deal. If I'm not able to muster real outrage over it no one else is. Of course if at the end of the day we find out the O's traded a Zoellner level three slots for this guy that would probably change.

I'm pretty stoked about "downright adequate". I think that if he can maintain a 9.5% walk rate he'll be just fine.

Hopefully.

There is this.

He does.

You found a team that wants Cobb? You should let Elias know.

It's a game of inches.

If it takes eight years we won't be seeing much upside.

That might have pleased everyone.

Yea, I'm pretty sure those are the ones that Elias categorically stated he wouldn't trade. Not as if I expected him to keep his word.

I was not one of those people. ?

Some folks were surprisingly optimistic about a potential return.

It's the most Wander-ful time, of the year. Wander Franco has been called up. He could replace an injured player on the playoff roster.

I remember him flatly stating that it would not happen. But as I said earlier that might not be the same slot(s) pool he traded today.

I have no idea. It is all just such a convoluted mess. I'm not actually all that upset about one deal and if Elias did specify last signing period and not this signing period than he didn't even go back on his word. Just folks have expectations of me when things like this happen. I still think trading international slots for 20th round college pitchers isn't something I'm in favor of.

Guys to stay healthy.

You should have known better. Someone posts something like that I got alarms that go off wake me from a deep sleep if needed.

I'm going to go ahead and make a big fuss out of the O's once again trading international slot money. Didn't Elias specifically say he wasn't going to do that this year?

Are some grapes sour? I say probably. He's an MVP candidate on a playoff team. Also why is this in Orioles' Talk?

I wasn't thinking of you. Some other poster.

Naw you also got the poster who has been ragging on him since he was drafted.

It is exactly as black and white as I am suggesting. This is a very simple, unnuanced issue.