Orioles Trade Targets?

[centralpaosfan]

Maybe someone can explain to me this fascination some have with Kurt Suzuki.

Suzuki has a 22% caught stealing, ERA with him behind the plate is 4.31 and he has a .5 defensive DWAR.

Joseph has a 48% caught stealing, ERA with him behind the plate is 3.05 and he has a1.2 DWAR.

Offensively the power numbers are equal. Granted, Suzuki gets on base more but are you willing to sacrifice that much on defense to get a little better hitting catcher? I truly don't understand why people think Suzuki is a must get for this year.

[xian4]

Orioles have inquired about Jon Lester, they know how good he is from experience.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/mariners-orioles-have-inquired-on-lester.html

[AdamK]

They hate us. They hate the Yankees worse. Cherrington has respect for Duquette.

Plus, we have Yaz.

:scratchchinhmm:

You guys.....Be right back!

[xian4]

Orioles have inquired about Jon Lester, they know how good he is from experience.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/mariners-orioles-have-inquired-on-lester.html

[AdamK]

Think they'll know it was us?

[Can_of_corn]

Due diligence.

[mdbdotcom]

Maybe someone can explain to me this fascination some have with Kurt Suzuki.

Suzuki has a 22% caught stealing, ERA with him behind the plate is 4.31 and he has a .5 defensive DWAR.

Joseph has a 48% caught stealing, ERA with him behind the plate is 3.05 and he has a1.2 DWAR.

Offensively the power numbers are equal. Granted, Suzuki gets on base more but are you willing to sacrifice that much on defense to get a little better hitting catcher? I truly don't understand why people think Suzuki is a must get for this year.

Joseph's OPS in July is a respectable .700 for a strong defensive catcher. I would much rather add a 2B who can hit a little. Of course, he would have to be a good fielder, too, as Buck is not going to agree to having a hole in the infield defense. Maybe there just isn't such a player available.

[mdbdotcom]

Think they'll know it was us?

That's great.

[weams]

Think they'll know it was us?

That's more than great.

[weams]

Due diligence.

Know your enemy, and make certain that he has to raise his bid to win the pot.

[Can_of_corn]

Know your enemy, and make certain that he has to raise his bid to win the pot.

Depends. If the Dodgers want him then I want the Red Sox to get as small a return as possible.

[weams]

Depends. If the Dodgers want him then I want the Red Sox to get as small a return as possible.

The Dodgers, they are not our enemy. Know your enemy.

[UMDTerrapins]

Pretty sure I read that Lester will want to come back to Boston as a free agent if he is dealt away before the deadline. He'll never end up here for a number of reasons, so why offer ourselves as leverage for Boston to extract a greater return from someone else?

[UMDTerrapins]

What would be awesome is if we offered a very aggressive package to Boston, then publicly backed out of the tentative dead after reviewing his medical information and spotting an alarming and unspecified problem.

[waroriole]

I assume it would cost at least one of the big 3. More?