FlipTheBird

Verlander isn’t coming here. Whether or not Snell is available… is oddly still unknown. That one’s intriguing. E-Rod… well, I know you’re higher on him than me. I think he’d be a perfectly adequate addition and would help a playoff rotation but would see minimal difference in starting him against another team’s ace, versus KB. 6 of one, half dozen of the other for me.

But it is. And it will be. No matter how many times you say it shouldn’t be. This is how the team is being run. Not a whole lot we can do about it.

Even if they make an acquisition at this point, it’s unlikely that the new arm will be on a tier different than Bradish’s. Snell, maybe, is the only guy out there that is both better and presumably attainable, though it seems less and less likely every day that he’s going to get traded.

Orioles aren’t investing that kind of money. Next.

Possible, though historically he’s faded down the stretch so unless he gets himself right that’d be a tough sell.

At this point everyone needs to make their peace with the fact that the O’s game 1 playoff starter, should such a thing occur, will be Kyle Bradish.

Ah the O’s could have matched the pitching in this deal if they wanted to. The guys Texas gave up are not Top 100’s.

MLB Pipeline listed 11, 14, NR. A solid package. I don’t know how many here would have been amped to see Povich, Seth Johnson and a NR go.

When you’re good, things matter more. And there isn’t a pushover in the division so they don’t get the added bonus of a couple extra games (though admittedly fewer than in year’s past) against a team that’s tanking.

I hope they realize they’d have to give Tim Anderson away, too…

Maybe they think Bowie’s current roster is better situated to support whatever kind of program they’ll probably put him on to try to get him right?

Goodness, you expect to be able to reach *outside* the O’s own Top 30 in a deal for a starter?

Walking Aaron Judge is just good baseball, as the Yankees lineup beyond him is wildly unimpressive.

Hicks was toast even before he got hurt. .637 OPS in July. His magical ride has ended. Mullins, they very much need back.

So are we conceding the AL or not? Either stand by your hyperbole or take a breath and let the next few days play out before you panic.

Verlander is still owed 15 or so million this year and 43 next. Even if the Mets offered an incredible 35, the Orioles would owe 20+ and a top 50 prospect. Not. Happening.

Ok, so we’re *not* conceding the AL to them? Because that’s what you said.

Ok. New one for you. The Orioles will not be acquiring a player that’s due 20+ million in 2024. Everyone needs to have some semblance of reality, here.

The Orioles are not acquiring a guy that’s due to make 40+ million next year. Full stop.

He may be destined for the Astros, who honestly are a far more concerning threat than the Rangers right now, IMO. I don’t think Texas wins the west.

You’re saying that on the strength of adding 2023 Max Scherzer, the Orioles couldn’t beat the Rangers in a playoff series?

Not a great runner, already in scoring position… just not worth it.

Neither of those, either. I have no personal gripe with the Ravens, but their arrival 100% knocked the Orioles out as the city’s true sports love. Just what football does.

And there are also a lot of bandwagon ones in other states. They’re a very successful franchise, it will happen.

Ah so he was faking an illness *and* he’s lazy. Got it.