Orioles add Independent League Pitchers L Mahon & C Johnson.

[Dark Helmet]

True, he doesn't meet hardly any of the players. But he also stayed up to watch all of the 18 inning game. I think he was very excited with this year.

That's not true Scott. He made his secretary stay up and watch it, then she briefed him on it when he got to the office

[bobmc]

Whelp, there went our chance at Greinke!

Nice a Hokie that looks a bit like Grich

[ShaneDawg85]

Every team finds, signs, and has players such as these guys. We didn't have to give up anybody to get them, they're easily expendable, and if they provide something going forward then people will be overjoyed. It really boggles me that after all this time a thread about a player or group of guys that really should merit less than a page worth's of responses turns into a multi-page back and forth slap fest because of a small contingency of fans that want to complain about something that has nothing to do with the moves that were actually made and is in fact representative of nothing about the real direction and long-term vision of the Baltimore Orioles. These moves mean nothing, they're not the end all be all that this franchise will do this offseason, or any other offseason, and deep down everybody knows it. These are moves that every single team in the game of baseball makes, nothing more, and nothing less.

[bobmc]

Every team finds, signs, and has players such as these guys. We didn't have to give up anybody to get them, they're easily expendable, and if they provide something going forward then people will be overjoyed. It really boggles me that after all this time a thread about a player or group of guys that really should merit less than a page worth's of responses turns into a multi-page back and forth slap fest because of a small contingency of fans that want to complain about something that has nothing to do with the moves that were actually made and is in fact representative of nothing about the real direction and long-term vision of the Baltimore Orioles. These moves mean nothing, they're not the end all be all that this franchise will do this offseason, or any other offseason, and deep down everybody knows it. These are moves that every single team in the game of baseball makes, nothing more, and nothing less.

If this were FB I'd "like"!

[Bulgaria]

We sign Marcel Prado, too. He's 25 years old right-handed reliever.

I like DD philosophy. Cheap and young hungry for big league players. Something those kind of things works.

[PaulFolk]

Remember, we also need to thank the Baseball God's that Bobby Valentine turned the job down, and they ended up going with Buck.

Why do people keep saying this? Bobby Valentine was never offered the Orioles' managerial job. The O's considered interviewing him in 2010, but he declined. That's a far cry from giving him an actual job offer.

[Spoonless]

Why do people keep saying this? Bobby Valentine was never offered the Orioles' managerial job. The O's considered interviewing him in 2010, but he declined. That's a far cry from giving him an actual job offer.

Turning down an interview for a job is essentially turning the job down, no?

[CA-ORIOLE]

Turning down an interview for a job is essentially turning the job down, no?

More insulting at least.

[PaulFolk]

Turning down an interview for a job is essentially turning the job down, no?

I read it as "the O's offered the job to Valentine, but once he turned them down, they had to go with Showalter instead." That's really not what happened. There's nothing to say that Valentine was the frontrunner for the job even if he'd accepted an interview.

[Spoonless]

Also, I thought Valentine did have his interview, and later withdrew himself from consideration.

[PaulFolk]

Also, I thought Valentine did have his interview, and later withdrew himself from consideration.

I did some digging, and you're right, he did interview. Guess I misremembered that. Still, he was never officially offered the job.