O's have made final offer to vlad

[wildcard]

Matusz should be opening day starter, the kid earned it. Bergesen is no 3rd pitcher.

Bergy ranking is yet to be determined. There are some positives. 3.43 ERA in 2009. 2.78 ERA last two months of 2010.

[Lateralus]

Bergy ranking is yet to be determined. There are some positives. 3.43 ERA in 2009. 2.78 ERA last two months of 2010.

His ERA for the rest of the 2010 counts too, though, right?

To quote Homer, “Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.”

So why cherry pick some stats that help your argument and leave the full stats hidden?

[waroriole]

His ERA for the rest of the 2010 counts too, though, right?

To quote Homer, “Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that.”

So why cherry pick some stats that help your argument and leave the full stats hidden?

You must have missed the first part of that post when he said that Bergy's ranking is yet to be determined. And when he said that the stats he cited were something positive, and not a complete picture.

[Peace21]

Zrebiec: #Orioles' budget for offseason acquisitions is not set in stone. Flexible if they want to add a player like Vladimir Guerrero.

Looks like the O's have room in the wallet for Vlad.

[scOtt]

BTW, Roch talked to him today. Brad says he's very healthy and far ahead of last year at this time.

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2011/01/bergesen-optimistic-about-the-2011-season.html

[JTrea81]

Looks like the O's have room in the wallet for Vlad.

Especially with Angelos pushing them to be aggressive and not to stop making improvements to the roster...

[raypetty]

Especially with Angelos pushing them to be aggressive and not to stop making improvements to the roster...

PA's got the money to spend now that he lost out on his bid for the track.

[scOtt]

PA's got the money to spend now that he lost out on his bid for the track.

He's not spending his money tho. It's Peter Angelos, CEO of the Orioles, spending the Orioles' money. There's a difference.

[Guest Hayden2004]

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman

#angels seem focused on leadoff and bench, not vladdy. #baltimoreorbust?

[TheBee]

SI_JonHeyman Jon Heyman

#angels seem focused on leadoff and bench, not vladdy. #baltimoreorbust?

I hope he's actually right this time.

[mikezpen]

Forget the Orioles "budget" nonsense.Angelos has scrimped this team to the bottom of the American League. He owes us, period.

Look at it this way. The Orioles supposedly "offered" VMart $48 million for 4 years-or $12 million per year (ha ha).If Vlad indeed wants 8 million for one year, that shouldn't be a problem for a one-year contract-you think? That's a lot cheaper than VMart.

There is absolutely no excuse for not bringing him here and piddling around over chicken feed pocket change.If he goes elsewhere simply because of a couple of million dollars you can blame in on our useless owner...again.

[cindyluvsbrady]

So I guess he's not standing behind the curtain, huh?

LOL!!!!!:laughlol:

[cindyluvsbrady]

Until Roberts, Lee or Hardy go down with an injury...

MY PERFECT ONE:hearts: will be fine:):clap3:

BELIEVE Trea!!!

K?

[Dipper9]

Just got back from FanFest. There was a lot of Vladdy talk during the fan forums. The players want him. Buck wants him. And whil MacPhail didn't come out and say it's likely, he certainly didn't say anything to make us think he won't be an Oriole.

Time will tell, but Buck made mention of "hopefully having to erase his potential lineup again sometime this week." Lets hope MacPhail wraps this up.

[Frobby]

Just got back from FanFest. There was a lot of Vladdy talk during the fan forums. The players want him. Buck wants him. And whil MacPhail didn't come out and say it's likely, he certainly didn't say anything to make us think he won't be an Oriole.

I got the same impression. Matusz was asked who the toughest hitter he had faced was, and said Vlad, then made reference to a change-up he threw him that almost hit the plate and Vlad golfed it for a homer, and the ball he hit on a bounce from Tillman. There were a couple of jokes about taking up a collection to sign him.