And Buster Olney takes a little shot as well

[ChaosLex]

@Buster_ESPN

Year after year, it's the Orioles who are left to pick at the carcass of the offseason, after every other team is finished feeding. Amazing

Hmm...

[Fan4Life]

Lump him in the pile of posters who complain about what has or has not been done, and yet offer little as to what they believe could have or should have been done.

[Brendan25]

Hmm...

So are the Rays. They just develop and draft well enough that they can do that and still win 90 games.

[NewMarketSean]

Well, it's 100% true.

God forbid we try to do any thinking outside of the box.

[canonfaz]

Unfortunately, he is correct. We can't compete with the bigger market teams for free agents.

In other news, neither can the Pirates, Royals, Rays, Padres, Athletics, etc.

[Fan4Life]

Well, it's 100% true.

God forbid we try to do any thinking outside of the box.

Do you have some examples?

[Mr Snuffleupagus]

I agree 100%, but to me, as of right now, we've actually steered away from the scrap heap. It's sad, but the things we haven't done this offseason are also some of the more encouraging things. We've still got a couple of months to screw it up though...

[ChaosLex]

I agree 100%, but to me, as of right now, we've actually steered away from the scrap heap. It's sad, but the things we haven't done this offseason are also some of the more encouraging things. We've still got a couple of months to screw it up though...

I guess I'm just confused by what he wanted us to do. Should we have offered Fielder 10/250? Or would he have been mad about that as well?

[Fan4Life]

I guess I'm just confused by what he wanted us to do. Should we have offered Fielder 10/250? Or would he have been mad about that as well?

Amen. And had we chosen SG's path by trading Jones, Gut's etc, that would have helped us down the road but it wouldn't have addreseds what Buster thinks...

[weams]

Unfortunately, he is correct. We can't compete with the bigger market teams for free agents.

In other news, neither can the Pirates, Royals, Rays, Padres, Athletics, Mets, Nationals, Astros, Indians, etc .

It changes up sometime, but the economics of today's baseball is truly unbalanced. I think some of the new CBA changes will alter it back more than you know. Owning a RSN is a great thing and the next ten years will show that well. Live sports is one of the last places advertisers can go to target and know hat their message gets heard.

[BrunoCherrytown]

He's absolutely incorrect.

We dived into the carcasses way earlier than usual. I mean Eveland, Teagarden, the plethora of 6 year Minor League free agents.

Olney must've been asleep all offseason. We've been shopping at scrap heap city from the jump baby!

[ShaneDawg85]

Seriously, why does anybody care about what any writer or pundit says? The team is terrible, and anybody with two eyes and a brain can see that.

[NewMarketSean]

Do you have some examples?

Trades combined with some higher-upside FA signings.

The only "outside the box moves" this offseason are Antonelli and the Asian pitchers. And they are huge question marks themselves.

[TiredofLosing20]

God forbid we try to do any thinking outside of the box.

I am not sure the O's can be accused of not thinking outside the box this offseason.

[canonfaz]

A few years ago I vowed to only watch ESPN for live sports. No more sportscenter, baseball tonight, or any of their other filler. My life is that much better for it.

MLB Network helps though