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Duquette indicated again yesterday on "The Mid-Atlantic Sports Report" that the Orioles are more likely to make a trade than sign a free agent.

This reeks of Billy Butler...

This would be good news. I like Reynolds and all but if i were running the team i wouldnt be happy with Mark at tha plate most of last season. Most here seem to forget how bad he was before the hot streak.

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This would be good news. I like Reynolds and all but if i were running the team i wouldnt be happy with Mark at tha plate most of last season. Most here seem to forget how bad he was before the hot streak.

Holy crap, I agree with Johnny on something. :)

Also, as good as he looked at 1B late in the year, I can't help but think it was still too small of a sample size.

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Holy crap, I agree with Johnny on something. :)

Also, as good as he looked at 1B late in the year, I can't help but think it was still too small of a sample size.

My only concern with not bringing back Reynolds is that I don't see anyone that is better then Reynolds that is actually available to be traded for without giving up Bundy that makes sense.

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Not re-signing Reynolds can be debated.

What can't be debated is that it is a really poor practice to (1) not at least touch base with a player's agent and let him know what is going on, and maybe discuss what it would take to retain the player, and (2) mislead your fan base into thinking you are having conversations with a player about a new contract, when you aren't.

"Obviously, Reynolds had a decent year and he's been a contributor to the team for (two) years now," said executive vice president Dan Duquette. "We've got to take a look at that. We turned down the option. We liked the player. We didn't like the price of the option. So we'll see if we can do something between now and when we have to make a decision on that.

"We could negotiate a deal with him, which we're exploring. That's what we'll be doing between now and Friday."

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2012/11/orioles-exploring-new-contract-for-reynolds-before-arbitration-deadline.html

I suppose there is a way to interpret this as meaning that the O's were "exploring" a new contract with Reynolds by having internal discussions about it, but to me, this statement clearly told the fans that the O's and Reynolds were going to have discussions. I can take a certain amount of B.S. from a GM, but to me, Duquette crossed the line here.

I'm not happy at all about this.

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Not re-signing Reynolds can be debated.

What can't be debated is that it is a really poor practice to (1) not at least touch base with a player's agent and let him know what is going on, and maybe discuss what it would take to retain the player, and (2) mislead your fan base into thinking you are having conversations with a player about a new contract, when you aren't.

http://www.masnsports.com/school_of_roch/2012/11/orioles-exploring-new-contract-for-reynolds-before-arbitration-deadline.html

I suppose there is a way to interpret this as meaning that the O's were "exploring" a new contract with Reynolds by having internal discussions about it, but to me, this statement clearly told the fans that the O's and Reynolds were going to have discussions. I can take a certain amount of B.S. from a GM, but to me, Duquette crossed the line here.

I'm not happy at all about this.

This doesn't bother me as much as it does you. And I want Reynolds back.

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