Tampa Bay Rays

[fansince71]

How in the heck does one of the best organizations in Baseball have twelve picks in the first two rounds of the up coming amateur draft?

I mean, come on, how are we ever gonna compete in the East?

[NewMarketSean]

They are like the Patriots of the MLB.

[Aglets]

How did they get that many? seriously......

By offering a bunch of guys arbitration and having them decline? Seems to me that if the O's tried to do that just about everyone would accept the arbitration. Just bad luck on our part?

[BaltimoreTerp]

How did they get that many? seriously......

By offering a bunch of guys arbitration and having them decline? Seems to me that if the O's tried to do that just about everyone would accept the arbitration. Just bad luck on our part?

Yeah, but our guy is Millwood. Their guys are Crawford and Pena.

[NewMarketSean]

Yeah, but our guy is Millwood. Their guys are Crawford and Pena.

Would Millwood accepted arb?

[Crazysilver03]

Would Millwood accepted arb?

It is safe to assume yes.

[NewMarketSean]

It is safe to assume yes.

Maybe. He seemed like he was in no hurry to return to Baltimore though...

[Crazysilver03]

Maybe. He seemed like he was in no hurry to return to Baltimore though...

Probably not but he obviously wasn't going to get a large salary on the open market.

Of course, he could have possibly declined thinking he would have done much better than actually happened. Either way, we wouldn't have gotten a draft pick for him.

[OFFNY]

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Speaking of Kevin Millwood, I watched him pitched yesterday affternoon for the AAA-Pawtucket Red Sox, and he was very good after getting shelled in his previous outing against our beloved Tides. Here are his numbers from yesterday (Post # 13):

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/111102-Tillman-vs-Millwood-tonight