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Orioles turning attention to Fernando Rodney

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Yeah but this is mostly because Rodney had the biggest fluke season to ever happen to a reliever ever of all time in the history of the world praise be to the baseball gods.

Yup, that's the key. Rodney was just as much of a pariah as Johnson last year and his overall numbers were worse. TOO MANY WALKS! I'd rather the young guys compete for the spot.

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Living in Tampa' date=' have seen a lot of Rodney the last 2 years. On his bad days, it appears he in not capable of throwing a strike and the chance of throwing three before he walks the batter is near zero.[/quote']

He is very Strop-like, agreed.

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I am not Roy but I think it's Buck.

I think Buck wants an experienced closer, I think that is why Gregg was signed.

I really don't understand why the Orioles are so obsessed with using their money on a guy who will pitch like 60 innings a year instead of more important and pressing holes to fix.
If it makes you feel better pretty much every other team feels the same way.

Managing by rote, or by the book. And no, I don't mean The Book.

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A bit of hyperbole to be sure, but it's still pretty bad. We entered the offseason with questions at DH, 2B, LF, and in the rotation. Now we have questions at DH, 2B, LF, in the rotation and at closer. Hardly a resounding success, at least as of right now.

In my estimation, I think we're actually OK in LF and 2B. We could be better, but I would rather concentrate on starting pitching and DH right now.

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