Is the decision of what to do with Adam Jones the biggest decision of the offseason?

[Sports Guy]

He did? PitchFX has him at a peak of 93 out of the pen and 91 as a starter.

My bad...I was remembering wrong then.

[MrOrange82]

This article, quoting one...rather narrow-minded scout...is mostly seems to advocate not trading Jones. But one thing that the scout had to say caught my attention:

If the Orioles put him on the market, Jones would fetch two major league ready pitchers and one promising minor leaguer, the scout believes.

Two ML-ready pitchers and a good prospect? I wonder what the scout was thinking in terms of pitcher-caliber.

The same scout also said that it would be "stupid" to trade Jones. I'm not exactly eager to trade him (in fact, I'm mostly anti), but I don't see how anyone could say trading him...period, irrespective of the package offered...would be stupid.

http://www.csnbaltimore.com/11/12/11/Should-the-Orioles-trade-Adam-Jones/landing.html?blockID=592832&feedID=6876

[Sports Guy]

This article, quoting one...rather narrow-minded scout...is mostly seems to advocate not trading Jones. But one thing that the scout had to say caught my attention:

Two ML-ready pitchers and a good prospect? I wonder what the scout was thinking in terms of pitcher-caliber.

The same scout also said that it would be "stupid" to trade Jones. I'm not exactly eager to trade him (in fact, I'm mostly anti), but I don't see how anyone could say trading him...period, irrespective of the package offered...would be stupid.

http://www.csnbaltimore.com/11/12/11/Should-the-Orioles-trade-Adam-Jones/landing.html?blockID=592832&feedID=6876

There will be several packages on the table for Jones that will be worth accepting IMO...very similar to Adam Jones.

[Roll Tide]

The guy who wrote the article is mistaken ...The Orioles need the pieces a Jones deal would return more than Jones himself.