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Yankee Brian Roberts. (Update: Signs for $2M+)

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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So does this pretty much guarantee that he will play 150 games at about a .800 OPS?

Right, because that is what Jeter did last year. :rolleyes:

This is a great move for the O's.

The Yanks get an injury prone, declining player with no positional flexibility and Buck is denied the temptation to play Roberts.

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Right, because that is what Jeter did last year. :rolleyes:

This is a great move for the O's.

The Yanks get an injury prone, declining player with no positional flexibility and Buck is denied the temptation to play Roberts.

This, but the parade of Facebook posts have started..calling him a traitor, etc. He probably would have resigned but I haven't seen one poster that thought it made sense.

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This, but the parade of Facebook posts have started..calling him a traitor, etc. He probably would have resigned but I haven't seen one poster that thought it made sense.

I still think the man should have retired. To me it isn't worth the risk of further head trauma. Then again I obviously lack the drive to be a professional athlete.

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If it only took $2 million, I am disappointed the O's would not come to the table with that.

This annoys me.

How do you know that if the O's had matched the offer that Roberts would have signed with Baltimore?

Folks do this all the time.

You do not know.

We don't know players, we don't know their motivations. Maybe Roberts had a lifelong dream to wear the pinstripes? Maybe he thinks the Yankees give him the best chance to win a ring?

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It will be weird to see him in a Yankees uniform if that's what happens. That said, his range is a fraction on Flaherty's, his arm is weak on the DP, and his base stealing disappeared from his game. I wish he would retire as a career Oriole, but I don't want him on the 2014 roster either. It is what it is.

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I hope the Yankees sign him

I hope BRob has a good season and gets a chance to play deep into the playoffs.

At this point I can only root for all my favorite O's (Jones, Hardy, Davis, Machado) to get out of town and enjoy success in organizations committed to winning.

That option is open to you as well. :D

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If it only took $2 million, I am disappointed the O's would not come to the table with that.

I feel just the opposite. I'm glad the Orioles didn't waste $2 million on him. If he has a good year, so be it, but it's time for the O's to move on. With the O's not being in the same financial league as the Yankees and the Red Sox, they should man the positions where they don't have a real good player with an at least average player who is cheap. Also, while I realize it wasn't his fault, Roberts earned $40 million from the O's without producing much at all. The O's don't owe him a thing.

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