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At this point, what team would Fielder go to?

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Where will Price Fielder land this winter?  

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  1. 1. Where will Price Fielder land this winter?

    • Baltimore Orioles
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    • St. Louis Cardinals
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    • Chicago Cubs
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    • Texas Rangers
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    • Los Angeles Angels
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    • Florida Marlins
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Which of these teams is going to offer him the most money?

This. The real question is: which team will HAVE to offer him the most.

Would Fielder take less money to go to say the Cubs instead of the Orioles. When you have crappy credit you pay a higher interest rate - what is the Orioles here? 10% more than the next- highest, 20% more?

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Hopefully they don't unless they want to take their payroll to areas that no one believes they can(at least, no one who is realistic).

How much do you believe we will have to spend on him? You dont want him in an Orioles uniform? What do you suspect we do with our mediocre offsense at best? IMO we need a true MOO bat. A guy that will carry the team for weeks on end. But thats just me, what say you?

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First base: It's a sore subject among Orioles fans, most of whom are still grieving the inability to sign first baseman Mark Teixeira before the 2009 season. Finding a power-hitting first baseman has been on the to-do list every year.

Still, two of baseball's biggest free agents from the class of 2012 are first basemen, and while the O's don't figure to be a factor in the Albert Pujols sweepstakes, early whispers indicate that they could make a serious play at Prince Fielder, a player Showalter has always admired. Fielder will command hefty money, but makes more sense than the Orioles emptying the tank for Pujols, because Fielder's younger.

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110923&content_id=25106296&vkey=news_bal&c_id=bal

As long as MacPhail's gone, there's a good chance he's an Oriole.

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How much do you believe we will have to spend on him? You dont want him in an Orioles uniform? What do you suspect we do with our mediocre offsense at best? IMO we need a true MOO bat. A guy that will carry the team for weeks on end. But thats just me, what say you?
We don't need the bat as badly as we need the SP. You could sign Darvish, Jackson, Crisp and Barmes for about 10 M per more than you would pay Fielder.
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We don't need the bat as badly as we need the SP. You could sign Darvish, Jackson, Crisop and Barmes for about 10 M per more than you would pay Fielder.

I would REALLY like to see us make a play on Jackson at the least with the SP available, you cant teach 98 mph 2 seam fastball, and all of his nasty secondary pitches. He has a great arm, but needs to learn that walks are bad!

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We don't need the bat as badly as we need the SP. You could sign Darvish, Jackson, Crisop and Barmes for about 10 M per more than you would pay Fielder.

Since reading this board, a lot of you IMO think that signing Darvish will be easy, and that we have a good shot, but I just dont see it happening. Although, he is NASTY.

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I agree Trea. Signing Fielder would bring relevance back to our organization and show teams that we are messing around. In past years we have signed FA like DLee and Atkins, but a guy like Fielder is something special.

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The Angels didn't sign Beltre or Crawford for a lot less than they will have to pay Fielder and both made made more sense than Fielder does with Trumbo and Morales. The Cubs have money issues and they don't even have a GM.
The Angels are going to try Trumbo at third and in regards to Morales, Scioscia says "We're going to build the team assuming he's not going to be there, and if he is, it will help,". That being said I believe their top priority will be mid rotation starter. One possible scenario has them signing Reyes and trading either Izturis or Kendrick for a starter. Could Guthrie net us one of these guys?

Edit: That would be Aybar or Kendrick, not Izturis.

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With the Wells contract and the Weaver extension, I don't think the Angels will pony up the cash. I think they'll target a Carlos Pena type. Cardinals I think resign Pujols. Rangers will use their free money on pitching. My best guess is a toss up between the Cubs/Jays/Orioles.

I honestly think the O's have a decent (~20-25% chance) of signing him. And that's not just wishful thinking on my part, because I don't think it'd be a very good idea. I think there's a better chance of the O's landing Fielder than Darvish. Every team in baseball can use a Darvish, while lots of teams don't have a place for Fielder.

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How much do you believe we will have to spend on him?
6-7 year deal for 25ish million.
You dont want him in an Orioles uniform?
Not for the contract it will take to get him here.
What do you suspect we do with our mediocre offsense at best?
We improve..intelligently.
IMO we need a true MOO bat.
Sure would be nice but not a neccassity.
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Since reading this board, a lot of you IMO think that signing Darvish will be easy, and that we have a good shot, but I just dont see it happening. Although, he is NASTY.
If you have the cojones to post high, like 65M, you can sign him for 4/10-12 IMO.
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