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I don't think they are writing Manny in at SS next year at this point. They will at least wait and see if he can run. Probably until they are comfortable that he hasn't lost any range from the knee injury. I agree with Duq XM. They will sig Hardy. I think the sticking point is giving him a guarantee that he will play SS the length of his contract.

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I don't see any scenario where they move Machado to shortstop. They have the second coming of Brooks Robinson and the top defensive player in the game playing third base. Buck has always been about the "if it ain't broke" mentality.

So if they don't sign Hardy to a long term deal, and Schoop proves to have the bat but not the glove to handle second you have them trading Schoop for a shortstop?

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So if they don't sign Hardy to a long term deal, and Schoop proves to have the bat but not the glove to handle second you have them trading Schoop for a shortstop?

Yes. But that's if they don't sign Hardy. I don't see the Orioles moving Machado off third.

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So if they don't sign Hardy to a long term deal, and Schoop proves to have the bat but not the glove to handle second you have them trading Schoop for a shortstop?

Or Schoop or Flaherty could play shortstop. Jeter played shortstop.

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Or Schoop or Flaherty could play shortstop. Jeter played shortstop.

According to the scenario I laid out Schoop end up not having the glove for second. That would also preclude him from playing short. If you move Flash over then you still need a second baseman and still have a superfluous Schoop.

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Yes. But that's if they don't sign Hardy. I don't see the Orioles moving Machado off third.

But it is a viable scenario.

I do not think it is at all a lock that Hardy gets extended.

I don't think Dan is as fond of him (at what he will likely be making) as Buck is.

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I don't see any scenario where they move Machado to shortstop. They have the second coming of Brooks Robinson and the top defensive player in the game playing third base. Buck has always been about the "if it ain't broke" mentality.

Do you prefer that to the second coming of Cal Ripken, Jr. (replacing an expensively repriced Hardy at a position where the decline in one's thirties is rather steep)?

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Do you prefer that to the second coming of Cal Ripken, Jr. (replacing an expensively repriced Hardy at a position where the decline in one's thirties is rather steep)?

We have no guarantees that Manny will either hit or field like Cal. We know that he has 200 MLB games of playing at Brooks' level (i.e. as well as anyone ever has) at third. I think the O's would be lucky if Manny was as good as Hardy is with the glove at short.

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Or Schoop or Flaherty could play shortstop. Jeter played shortstop.
Or we could sign one of these:

Asdrubal Cabrera (29)

Yunel Escobar (32) - $5MM club option

Rafael Furcal (37)

Tyler Greene (31)

Jed Lowrie (31)

John McDonald (40)

Nick Punto (37) - club/vesting option

Hanley Ramirez (31)

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We have no guarantees that Manny will either hit or field like Cal. We know that he has 200 MLB games of playing at Brooks' level (i.e. as well as anyone ever has) at third. I think the O's would be lucky if Manny was as good as Hardy is with the glove at short.
Exactly. The next 3 years Hardy at SS and Manny at 3B is going to be better than Manny at SS and anybody else at 3B, at least on defense.
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We have no guarantees that Manny will either hit or field like Cal. We know that he has 200 MLB games of playing at Brooks' level (i.e. as well as anyone ever has) at third. I think the O's would be lucky if Manny was as good as Hardy is with the glove at short.

Of course there are no guarantees but unless he is affected in his recovery I see nothing that would lead me to draw that conclusion. Machado was a SS. It is his first, best position and he has alluded to the idea of wanting to play the there again.

Just because someone fields at a level that is comparable to a HOFer at one position doesn't mean he's precluded from doing so at another position.

I think we'd be lucky to get Hardy level performance from Hardy over the next four years with the glove.

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