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Would depend on how strong the directive to cut payroll is. Unless he looks like a world beater I don't see how you get anything of import back unless you each some of the contract.

I think that in the fifth full season as GM the team should be competing for a playoff spot. I've previously stated I think he's not as aggressive with minor league promotions as I would like.

Elias needs to move more quickly than that. I don't see how he can go five seasons in charge without being competitive for a playoff spot. Frankly he shouldn't.

You think he can do better than 12.1 innings of 10.95 ERA? ?

2020 is all about the 17 year old Dominicans.

They won't select three. Another team will pick at least one of them and trade them to the O's.

I'm sure the 12 innings each one would get in spring training would enable the O's to form a competent staff.

How is that relevant to what happened before? If you make a mistake and it works out in your favor is it suddenly not a mistake?

Really? It was? I know what the trade was about. They got pennies on the dollar for the slot money. They had been better served getting another actual asset.

I still contend it was poor process to trade for international slot money without the intent to use it. The return the O's received on the slot money was lacking.

I think the most that happened is that he called Dan and told him to "Trade for somebody but don't spend more money". In which case Dan should have ignored him.

I think a move like Davies for Parra is a bit small potatoes for Angelos to have been involved in.

The team needed a lot more help than Parra. If he couldn't realize that he wasn't doing his job very well. That team wasn't close. If you check the Parra thread you will see posters who "went off the deep end" for him trading a future asset for Parra.

What? So the proper move for a GM is to trade future assets for present assets when he knows that the team is not going make the playoffs? Because he's scared of being criticized by the fanbase?

It wasn't a team that could win.

On general I downgrade any projected return on players since it appears to me that teams just don't pony up prospects like they used to.

You see what Snell said on Twitch? ?

Flaherty isn't available.

While it is an imperfect tool I do enjoy the /Ignore feature.

Right, he wanted him for the draft. That is correct, I was thinking more along the lines that he wasn't a long term obsession. Of course Trea would want a 1B over a pitcher in the draft.

Pretty sure he wasn't the Smoak fan. Trea liked dongs.

I don't think they are going to get 4-5 million more in prospect value.

It's going to cost them millions to find out.

I'm waiting for one to change his name to Zack.

For Bud Norris? I'm guessing more than just the Astros would have made that deal.