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Very curious to see the terms. I am more than fine with not signing Wacha, especially after the Irvin trade.

LOL - such bizarre programming on MASN when it is not baseball.

Yet, again MASN and the Orioles being cheap/clueless. I guess they think fans would rather watch a random Texas Hold Em tournament from 2006.

I don't mind Profar the player, and if the Orioles hadn't signed Frazier, he could have been a solid addition to play infield/outfield and start five times a week. However, signing Frazier, IMO, took all of those innings and at bats from a putative Profar option.

Good. Assuming the Orioles don't trade one of Urias or Mateo, the bench should be Urias/Mateo, McCann, McKenna, and Vavra.

Fried would, of course, be a great pick up. If it only cost Hall and Westburg, sign me up. But I imagine it would cost a lot more, especially for a team with WS aspirations like Atlanta.

Poor use of resources IMO, unless you can get him for under $5M a season, which you can't. Profar/Frazier money should have been used on better starting pitching but I digress.

I think it is Elias's focus. Ownership's focus is on winning, sure, but doing so as cheaply as possible, while also appearing to the public that they are do-gooders. Ownership sucks.

My prom date was 15, turning 16 over the summer... I was a senior, she was a sophomore. Pretty sure that's normal/common.

Yeah, a Hicks acquisition would be a waste of time and money, not to mention innings that could/should go to younger and cheaper options.

It's mind boggling that the team continues to try to improve areas that don't really need improvement (2B, a McKenna replacement), instead of focusing on areas where improvement was more needed (a Brantley/Abreu type bat), and better starting pitching than Gibson/Irvin.

Hard to say regarding innings. I definitely like Irvin's durability. But Eovaldi has more upside due to his significantly higher K rate (averaged over 1 K per inning in 2019-2021, just missed in 2022) and his longer track record of success, plus succeeding in the AL East. Plus, while Irvin is a lefty, he has reverse splits, so Walltimore won't necessarily help him more than a righty-handed starter. Aside from a rough 2019, his WHIP is comparable to Irvin's, a few points worse. Irvin worries me due to the soft-tossing nature and seemingly poor stuff. But as I said, I like the deal and am hoping for the best.

At the risk of being a broken record - they should have signed Eovaldi or Bassitt. It was stupid not to - both are better pitchers with significantly better K rates than Irvin. That said, acquiring Irvin is fine in a vacuum. I just think the rotation needed bigger upgrades than the marginal ones Gibson and Irvin will provide.

I don't mind this trade, but Eovaldi at 2 years $34M was not an overpay. I am still annoyed that the Orioles did not sign him for that or a similar amount).

This is fine. But this is not a significant upgrade over what they have by any means. Hopefully they have ore moves up their sleeves.

Ugh - why couldn't they have just signed, I don't know, the good players that were available earlier in the offseason?

I certainly would try, the upside is there.

Maybe he can, and I hope he does well. But the "maybe he can play" does not mean they should have signed him.

It might have made sense before we foolishly signed Frazier. But now, nah.

The Mariners just designated Justus Sheffield for assignment to sign Tommy LaStella. He was the big name going to Seattle in the Paxton trade a few years ago and has not lived up to his prospect hype. He also has not pitched well since 2020, including pitching poorly in AAA. Is this something our pitching team could fix, or is this not worth the time?

Roch is willing to forget he ever said anything I'm sure!

Would be sooo coool if the Orioles actually made meaningful moves.

Fun thread. Overrated: Bradish, Kremer Underrated: Santander, Hays (sometimes), and Urias.

He spent a lot on the 96 and 97 teams, and they were awesome... it didn't not work out, per se. He spent wisely on Alomar, Palmeiro, etc.

Pathetic attempt by a pathetic man (Angelos) to hide behind MLK Day as an excuse to not answer a real question. Because it is MLK day, you can't be asked real questions? What does that even mean?