Yardball85

Not that I wanted Hosmer, but he would have been preferable to O'Hearn.

LOL - this is true

A simple, yet innovative solution! (One I have been clamoring for all offseason)

If the Orioles traded Santander for a 25 year old Single A reliever, Roch would find a way to defend the Orioles.

True, but Roch did mention O'Hearn as a solution to the Orioles need for a lefty first baseman, as if this move accomplished that. Fair to think the Warehouse tells him to try and peddle these moves to try to sell them to Orioles fans.

Good. So much for actually taking the offseason to improve the team.

Not sure if you are joking or not (sometimes I am like Sheldon Cooper with my sarcasm meter), but two years for Josh Bell, who is 30 years old and has played in at least 140 games every year since his rookie season, is not too long.

But the payroll is essentially zero. They can afford to sign better players instead of taking "fliers" on players who might figure it out in the big leagues (Cordero/O'Hearn) or have not had success for years (Mazara).

Should've just signed Josh Bell, a better player.

I think I'd prefer giving these at bats to Franchy at this point.

As a Nevin replacement, sure. As a player to actually make an impact this year, no.

Why can't they just... try to get better players? Dom Smith just signed for the Nats for one year 2M. Even that would have been better than this. The cheapness is absurd.

What a joke. This better not be all they do to satisfy the need for a lefty first base back up. Though the way Roch is talking it up, it appears that it just mighjt be.

Not that this is wrong (in fact i agree iwth it, except I don't think Pham plays first?), but it is absurd for Urias to be on the bench. The only thing that makes sense is trading him or Mateo.

Changing solid to "good." 3.6 for Urias and 3.4 to Mateo.

Agreed - there is no reason Urias or Mateo, who both put up solid WAR last year, should be on the bench. That is why the Frazier move made even less sense - if they can get a decent SP for Urias or Mateo, it makes the Frazier signing... a little less bad.

Yes, lots of options. Let's hope the Orioles are creative and open enough to make something work with Miami

But the Orioles supposedly do not want to trade major league players, or add position players via free agency that could help. So it seems their bizarre strategy this offseason and stubbornness may preclude a realistic trade with the Fish.

Sounds about right. It is fair to assume that the starters (Voth, Kremer specifically) overachieved last year, and the Orioles did not do anything to improve the rotation.

A very legitimate concern. Would love to see Stowers get the RF job and move Santander for a starting pitcher.

Sure, it would make the signing of Frazier, instead of putting that money towards an Eovaldi or Bassitt, make more sense. Let's see if that happens.

Would have been nice to put that money towards an Eovaldi or Bassitt. But for some reason, the Orioles were unable to sign players at a position of need and, instead, spent $8M on their fourth second baseman.

We get it. You want the Orioles payroll to be as close to $0 as possible to the Angeloses can keep all the money.

Update - he is owning it now. Good man.

Yup. Just own it. Say you were a young and passionate fan back then and it was 12 years ago if you are trying to save face. No need to make a bold face lie in your first (second?) day on the job.