Yardball85

If signing Abreu and Bassitt - who are not the top free agents on the market (not even close) is not "realistic" to the Orioles, then the Orioles are more pathetic than we give them credit for.

Good post/question. Without giving it too much thought , I would have signed Bassitt for 3 years 63, Abreu for 3 years 58.5, and be trying to trade for another pitcher like Carrasco of Lopez. I am fine with the Givens and McCann moves.

Roch would try to sell us on the return of Colby Rsmus lol.

Agreed. I was thinking of using gravy for my metaphor, but good gravy would save the mediocore turkey, etc.

It's like putting all your time, money, and energy into making amazing dinner rolls for Thanksgiving, and ignoring the turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie.

Exactly. Why are we wasting time on the 39th/40th spots on the 40 man roster instead of acquiring players that will actually make a difference in 2023?

No. no. no. no. 1,0000 nos.

But I'd be willing to bet he wouldn't cost much!

Like Michael and Dwight in that Office episode lol.

I believe so, yes. He'd go to AAA and be off the 40. No clue how the salary works.

Maybe this means the Orioles will still try to acquire a decent left-handed bat (or any other-handed bat) to upgrade the offense? Good points btw regarding the 40 and stashing first baseman in AAA.

I.... what?

Yup. Lazy/cheap/too risk averse. The Orioles should have beaten their offer for Eovaldi. The Orioles should have beaten/matched the Jays' offer for Bassitt. Time will tell.

This. Especially with how low the payroll currently is, with Gunnar/Adley/GrayRod making pennies. It amazes me that people defend the Orioles not adding better players this offseason.

The 2023 Orioles - Trying to Simply Sneak into the Playoffs Instead of Improving the Team.

This is really the bottom line for me. It has been a bad offseason because they have been too cheap/lazy/surprised by the market? to add good players, when it seemed like that was the goal this offseason. Why are they incapable of adding good players?

I think he wanted to do all of this and ownership reached out to him and was like "um, we are not loosening the purse strings like you may have thought," and Elias has had to change his goals.

Gunnar should have come up earlier, or yea, Vavra should have gotten an opportunity earlier. Odor was pretty rough, but he did produce some fond memories.

And while I am probably viewed as a negative nancy, I liked the Gibson signing too. But I liked it as a depth, end of the rotation move, not a "here is our Lyles replacement, let's ride" move that the Orioles are now trying to sell us on.

That's exactly it. Depth moves are fine when you are also doing things to make the team better. The team does not need to be adding just depth, they need to be adding better players. People can talk all they want about how the team as constructed is ready to make the playoffs--and maybe they are, and that would be great--but it is equally possible that they overachieved last year, needed a boost this offseason to get to the playoffs, and instead, sat here twiddling their thumbs and watching the Bassitts and Eovaldis pass them by.

This is exactly it. As SG said, the Orioles have "holes to fill" and are doing so, even if the players they are choosing aren't good. It's baffling and comes off as lazy and cheap.

Certainly possible. I remember hearing something similar when the Rays signed Carlos Gomez out of the blue a few years ago. Glad we are doing things like the Rays.

The Orioles' use of limited funds this offseason has been absolutely baffling.

Good points. Agreed.

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