Connolly: Cuddyer near top of list for Orioles

[Sports Guy]

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2011/11/some_random_orioles_thoughts_d.html

Just horrible..this has Buck written all over it.

How dumb are the Orioles willing to get here?

[Brendan25]

I don't think they'll top the Phillies offer.

[RVAbird]

Predictable.

[Sports Guy]

I don't think they'll top the Phillies offer.

I hope not.

[MikeAD]

Why is signing Cuddyer a terrible idea?

[GoldGlove21]

I do not think that Cuddyer is the worst option ever, but it really depends on the contract. If all offers are equal and the Orioles do not blow him away than he is going to sign with the Phillies.

[Sports Guy]

Why is signing Cuddyer a terrible idea?

Because he isn't that good and would take a stupid contract to get him here.

[Lucky Jim]

But he's a real baseball player!

[Can_of_corn]

I don't think they'll top the Phillies offer.

Phillies do not have unlimited room to add payroll. If the O's want to be stupid the Phillies will not be able to stop them.

What lengths won't they go to to keep from playing Nolan?

[Jimbo81]

I kinda understood the thinking behind VMart last year but, Cuddyer...

:vader:

[clapdiddy]

I don't think it's going to happen. I like Cuddyer, but not for the money and years he's going to get on his next deal.

[Frobby]

Let's quote Connolly's statement here: "my sense is Cuddyer is near the top of the Orioles’ wish list." Well, he probably got that "sense" from what Buck said on MLB TV the other day when he was asked if he could have any player who isn't on the Orioles on his team, and he said "probably someone like Michael Cuddyer." But who knows what Dan Duquette thinks about that, and who knows how much money we are talking about. I think we know one thing, if the Phillies chase Cuddyer, the Orioles will need to beat their offer by a substantial margin. It seems unlikely that it will be worth it. In any event, no need to get hot and bothered by what is clearly just speculation by Connolly based on some random remarks by Buck. If we actually make him an offer, we can see what it is and react. I wouldn't mind Cuddyer at all, at the right price.

[Sports Guy]

Cuddyer turns 33 this coming March.

You will have to give him 4 years, at least, to get him here.

You will have to pay him enough to the point where he is going to have be worth 10 wins or so in those 4 years, to get your money's worth.

In the last FIVE years, he has been worth 40.2 million...In 2008, he only appeared in 70ish games and had a WAR of zero.

He hasn't played LF since 2006 and hasn't been that good defensively in RF.

[Sports Guy]

Let's quote Connolly's statement here: "my sense is Cuddyer is near the top of the Orioles’ wish list." Well, he probably got that "sense" from what Buck said on MLB TV the other day when he was asked if he could have any player who isn't on the Orioles on his team, and he said "probably someone like Michael Cuddyer." But who knows what Dan Duquette thinks about that, and who knows how much money we are talking about. I think we know one thing, if the Phillies chase Cuddyer, the Orioles will need to beat their offer by a substantial margin. It seems unlikely that it will be worth it. In any event, no need to get hot and bothered by what is clearly just speculation by Connolly based on some random remarks by Buck. If we actually make him an offer, we can see what it is and react. I wouldn't mind Cuddyer at all, at the right price.

Cuddyer's name has been floated around a lot...I think this is a lot more than speculation.

[CrimsonTribe]

This seems like a poor idea so it will probably happen.