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A's may be willing to eat most of Jim Johnson's contract in a trade. Should O's consider? (DFA)

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Think about this for a second. A lot of people in here wanted to pay him about ten million before the season started and now maybe we can get him for about three million. Remember the outrage in here when we didn't sign him?

Outrage? I was ecstatic.

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Would love to have him on a minor league deal, put him down at Norfolk and let him get that hard sinker back. I think he can be effective in the Brach type role.

I do not want to help the A's in any way. I'm surprised the A's haven't tried to get Weeks back. They want/need 2B help too.

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Think about this for a second. A lot of people in here wanted to pay him about ten million before the season started and now maybe we can get him for about three million. Remember the outrage in here when we didn't sign him?

You must be remembering a different discussion board, this place was done with Johnson and ready to pack his bags.

Heck some were ready to DFA before the season was even over.

Some did want to keep him, but at the same level or reduced from what he was making, and just about nobody in OH was willing to sign him to 10+ million.

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You must be remembering a different discussion board, this place was done with Johnson and ready to pack his bags.

Heck some were ready to DFA before the season was even over.

Some did want to keep him, but at the same level or reduced from what he was making, and just about nobody in OH was willing to sign him to 10+ million.

Maybe he just remembers the 2012 offseason when most of the board would have signed him to a long term deal.

Also most folks didn't think he was going to get 10 million.

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Why would we want him back? Do you want the Orioles to lose a bunch of games. My here is a reason the Orioles traded him for a guy that they really didn't want. There is a reason the Athetics are trying to give him away.

I don't think JJ's performance last year is even remotely comparable to what has happened to him this season.

2013: 2.94 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 7.17 K/9, 2.30 BB/9

2014: 6.18 ERA, 1.96 WHIP, 6.18 K/9, 5.03 BB/9

People act as though 2014 is just a continuation of what JJ did in 2013. It's simply not true. JJ was just so-so as the closer last year, but he was far from terrible. This year he's been beyond awful. I feel bad for the guy. I hope he comes back next year and has a good season. Not likely to be for us, though.

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Maybe he just remembers the 2012 offseason when most of the board would have signed him to a long term deal.

Also most folks didn't think he was going to get 10 million.

Absolutely. I think the number many thought would ring true was 8 million. And The Orioles could not trade Jim, not because it was not right, but because they had lost for the last 14 years. The first person that indicated that Angelos would be saving money on the trade would have the fan base collective head explode

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Analysts talk about the volatility of relief pitching in general and how anything can happen in a 50 IP sample size. When he was struggling as closer last year, and a buddy asked what I thought of him, I said I thought he's not as good as you want your closer to be, but overall he was an above-average major league relief pitcher.

Granted this year is awful like never before, but sometimes good players have bad seasons.

He'll be available for peanuts this offseason and my gut feeling is whatever team signs him will be happy they did. I wouldn't tear my hair out if it's us.

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Why is taking a minor league flyer out of the question for Jimmy?

Did we honestly think Reimold would be back in the starting lineup?

What about Santana at his age and coming off injuries?

We brought Randy Wolfe in for a looksee.

The risk is minimal and what the heck.

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Why is taking a minor league flyer out of the question for Jimmy?

Did we honestly think Reimold would be back in the starting lineup?

What about Santana at his age and coming off injuries?

We brought Randy Wolfe in for a looksee.

The risk is minimal and what the heck.

When would Jim Johnson be signing a minor league flyer deal with anyone?

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