If we give up a draft pick for Kendrys Morales I will hammer a railroad spike through my head

[Ommaculate]

I'm blanking on who Davis could possibly be. I like Burnett though.

Ike Davis? But I don't think it would work, too many DH / 1st basemen. They can't get Davis and Morales could they? Unless they trade Chris Davis for a haul. Maybe they should do that.

[Os84]

If we sign Burnett, I am good with signing Morales and giving up the pick. Otherwise, if they are going to make a move that would require giving up the pick, I think it should be for Jimenez.

[MrOrange82]

Okay. Can we throw in Wieters, Bundy, Machado and Gausman?

Would I give up a top-5 pick in order to sign Morales? No.

Would I give up the 17th overall pick? Maybe, depending on the money.

(But...but...Hunter Harvey! zzzzOMG...)

The Orioles haven't shown enough in re: player drafting/development to make me want to hoard whatever picks they happen to have, and I'm really sick of people saying "oh, look at these great first rounders" (i.e., Machado & Company) when those guys were selected at the tippy-top of the draft (i.e., much closer to "you'd better not ----ing miss with this pick" territory than the pick the O's would lose for signing someone like Morales).

[SrMeowMeow]

Ike Davis? But I don't think it would work, too many DH / 1st basemen. They can't get Davis and Morales could they? Unless they trade Chris Davis for a haul. Maybe they should do that.

I guess there's some upside there. Rather just stick Markakis at DH. His projections are very similar to Morales (maybe +15 OBP, -30 SLG), and I'm tired of seeing him in the field. Find a cheap RP somewhere, sign Burnett, give Stephen Drew eight figures and stick him at 2B. Then figure out one more outfielder. I don't know, anything. Make a trade. Flash a little bit of creativity, Duquette!

[SrMeowMeow]

Would I give up a top-5 pick in order to sign Morales? No.

Would I give up the 17th overall pick? Maybe, depending on the money.

(But...but...Hunter Harvey! zzzzOMG...)

The Orioles haven't shown enough in re: player drafting/development to make me want to hoard whatever picks they happen to have, and I'm really sick of people saying "oh, look at these great first rounders" (i.e., Machado & Company) when those guys were selected at the tippy-top of the draft (i.e., much closer to "you'd better not ----ing miss with this pick" territory than the pick the O's would lose for signing someone like Morales).

I was just trying to counteract the poster who was listing like 3rd rounders.

[Ommaculate]

I guess there's some upside there. Rather just stick Markakis at DH. His projections are very similar to Morales (maybe +15 OBP, -30 SLG), and I'm tired of seeing him in the field. Find a cheap RP somewhere, sign Burnett, give Stephen Drew eight figures and stick him at 2B. Then figure out one more outfielder. I don't know, anything. Make a trade. Flash a little bit of creativity, Duquette!

I have 0 confidence Markakis is going to be good again.

[MrOrange82]

I was just trying to counteract the poster who was listing like 3rd rounders.

Fair enough, but you might have overshot a bit. Isn't Givens the only non-first rounder he mentioned?

[SrMeowMeow]

Fair enough, but you might have overshot a bit. Isn't Givens the only non-first rounder he mentioned?

Matusz and Rowell were top 5 picks too!

[mdbdotcom]

Will there be video?

[SrMeowMeow]

Will there be video?

Like I said, pay per view, $100.

[MrOrange82]

Matusz and Rowell were top 5 picks too!

That doesn't actually support your point, though. It just shows that even top-top picks can perform below expectations or miss entirely.

The subject of your OP is the potential loss of the 17th overall pick. So, in other words, coming back and saying "look at all these good/possibly great players we got in the draft," but citing only top-five picks, doesn't really help your point (i.e., that losing the first round pick for Morales would be spike-worthy).

[Number5]

I have 0 confidence Markakis is going to be good again.

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[Dr. Unk]

The Orioles do not sign big name free agents.

I don't know why this hasn't sunken in yet to folks. This year will be no different.

[mdbdotcom]

I don't know why this hasn't sunken in yet to folks. This year will be no different.

Unless it's different this year.

[SrMeowMeow]

That doesn't actually support your point, though. It just shows that even top-top picks can perform below expectations or miss entirely.

The subject of your OP is the potential loss of the 17th overall pick. So, in other words, coming back and saying "look at all these good/possibly great players we got in the draft," but citing only top-five picks, doesn't really help your point (i.e., that losing the first round pick for Morales would be spike-worthy).

Yes, yes, I know. And any thread about suicide by railroad spike is going to suffer from some hyperbole. But would you really be satisfied if I instead listed all the late-first picks who have gone on to stardom?

The point is, of all the available bats on the market, that we should be linked to an 800 OPS (and 330 OBP) hitter with no defensive value who will also cost us our first round pick is a bad joke. I mean, come on. Corey Hart got 1/5M to go to the MARINERS. He's projected for a 780ish OPS and can even play the OF. Signing Morales is just about the most backwards move I can imagine a team actually making.