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The team needs a lift right now and the fans are buying tickets. We have fallen to 5 games out already and need to change things a little bit. Garza has a swagger that's lacking with our current staff. If we add him and two hitters I think we can rekindle the fire thats been missing the last two weeks. We could get Garza and Saunders.

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The team needs a lift right now and the fans are buying tickets. We have fallen to 5 games out already and need to change things a little bit. Garza has a swagger that's lacking with our current staff. If we add him and two hitters I think we can rekindle the fire thats been missing the last two weeks. We could get Garza and Saunders.

Is that all? ;)

In all seriousness, part of me is glad these decisions aren't up to...well, me...because I'd be pretty conflicted in re: what to do. I don't think Garza is worth what he's "worth" (in all likelihood) on the trade market. By the same token, for once (unlike 2005), I'd like to see this bloody FO go out and get its guys some freakin' help. Regardless of the fact that the last (how long has it been, a week and a half?) few series have been ugly, the O's are still dead-smack in the middle of the playoff picture. If the FO lets the team fall completely out of things...----, I don't even know what that'll do to my enthusiasm for the game, the Orioles, etc. And I'm not sure I can take another 4-6 years of rebuilding (which, to me, is what would be signaled by failing to buttress the current "core" for a postseason push).

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Of all of our SP Matusz would be the one I would include in a trade if we got a good piece back. I think he would benefit from a change of teams.

Yeah...agree with you here. I think San Diego would be a good fit for him. He wouldn't have to worry about being so fine in a big ballpark like that. He'd also have easier lineups to deal with.

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Just like Guthrie did. :rolleyestf:
COL is a very different situation. No one pitches well there, and pitching there can screw you up pitching away as well. If Matusz went to a NL team he would do better. Also I don't think he gets on well with his coaches here, and a change of scenery would do him good
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