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If they sign Rodney to anything approaching a 2 year, 20 million dollar deal then I will say that Dan Duquette is the worst GM in the history of Oriole baseball. That will put him over the great Syd Thrift.

That said, I do not believe they will do it. 36 year old relief pitchers are not what we need. Lets just stay in house for the closer and move on to looking for a starter. A good SP will push another candidtae into the mix in the bullpen. Maybe even for closer.

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If they sign Rodney to anything approaching a 2 year, 20 million dollar deal then I will say that Dan Duquette is the worst GM in the history of Oriole baseball. That will put him over the great Syd Thrift.

That said, I do not believe they will do it. 36 year old relief pitchers are not what we need. Lets just stay in house for the closer and move on to looking for a starter. A good SP will push another candidtae into the mix in the bullpen. Maybe even for closer.

Syd Thrift. Can't touch this.

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If they sign Rodney to anything approaching a 2 year, 20 million dollar deal then I will say that Dan Duquette is the worst GM in the history of Oriole baseball. That will put him over the great Syd Thrift.

That said, I do not believe they will do it. 36 year old relief pitchers are not what we need. Lets just stay in house for the closer and move on to looking for a starter. A good SP will push another candidtae into the mix in the bullpen. Maybe even for closer.

They won't sign Rodney for 10 million. The only way I see it happening is if Rodney comes down to Balfours price. Why should Rodney get more than Balfour?

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MY quick and easy solution to this debacle: move Gausman to closer and let the other young arms battle it out for the #5 spot. Take savings and buy a bat:)

Drafting a guy top 5 and then making him a closer would be far worse then any other option the Orioles have.

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Obviously, I would like to see him return to his 2012 form if the Orioles were to acquire him.

But .........

If he can get at least halfway between his 2012 form and his 2013 form, (about a 1.99 ERA, about a 1.050 WHIP, and about 1 walk every 3.75 innings), that would still be awesome.

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But he wasn't used as a matchup pitcher. Teams were already doing this against Hunter. Despite the poor numbers against lefties last year, Hunter had a very good year overall.

I think the opposing team's strategy would change if Hunter was the closer--teams would be more willing to bring in a lefty pinch hitter to face Hunter in the 9th than they would earlier in the game, because they'd be less worried about Buck countering with a lefty, and they'd be less worried about defensive consequences or the availability of bench players later in the game.

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And there's also the fact that Hunter has problems pitching in consecutive games--a must for a closer.

If the O's don't sign anyone, I'd be happiest to hear that the O's were going with a closer by committee--use Hunter when the team's best righty hitters are coming up in the 9th, use Matusz when David Ortiz represents the tying run, etc.

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And there's also the fact that Hunter has problems pitching in consecutive games--a must for a closer.

If the O's don't sign anyone, I'd be happiest to hear that the O's were going with a closer by committee--use Hunter when the team's best righty hitters are coming up in the 9th, use Matusz when David Ortiz represents the tying run, etc.

If Buck didn't learn his lesson about this in the playoffs, we are screwed. Bringing in Matusz may have won that series.

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