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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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Just honoring the good that the man did for us when he was able to.

I'd be willing to bet that Jim Johnson will have a decent season somewhere next year.

Relievers are reliably inconsistent which makes the guys who put up numbers year after year like O'Day all the more valuable.

Its not like he has a dead arm, he is still throwing strong. Think the offseason and a new new team (would be fine with it being the O's) will do wonders for him.

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I'd be willing to bet that Jim Johnson will have a decent season somewhere next year.

Relievers are reliably inconsistent which makes the guys who put up numbers year after year like O'Day all the more valuable.

Its not like he has a dead arm, he is still throwing strong. Think the offseason and a new new team (would be fine with it being the O's) will do wonders for him.

He still throws hard. If I were guessing? There has been a lot of wear and tear to that shoulder. Which affects command of course.

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If I'm JJ and nobody trades for me, Baltimore's near the top of my list if those bridges aren't burned. With the Manny-Donaldson drama, and the way the Oakland fans treated him - a resurgent Oriole JJ trying to get October double plays in the middle innings would be good baseball theater.

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He still throws hard. If I were guessing? There has been a lot of wear and tear to that shoulder. Which affects command of course.

Pretty good guess, we have seen it before though were a reliever loses it then comes back and does very well.

With JJ at least you know if you can get him right and he is ok physically he is a guy who you know has proven he can get outs.

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Pretty good guess, we have seen it before though were a reliever loses it then comes back and does very well.

With JJ at least you know if you can get him right and he is ok physically he is a guy who you know has proven he can get outs.

Shoulders don't really heal. They just get loose, and sloppy. The human body was not designed for that motion. But if you can pitch through the pain, I guess you can still be effective.

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If I'm JJ and nobody trades for me, Baltimore's near the top of my list if those bridges aren't burned. With the Manny-Donaldson drama, and the way the Oakland fans treated him - a resurgent Oriole JJ trying to get October double plays in the middle innings would be good baseball theater.

My thoughts exactly. He is probably not very happy with the A's.

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If I'm JJ and nobody trades for me, Baltimore's near the top of my list if those bridges aren't burned. With the Manny-Donaldson drama, and the way the Oakland fans treated him - a resurgent Oriole JJ trying to get October double plays in the middle innings would be good baseball theater.

If I am JJ I am looking for a sure thing at the MLB level rather than a minor league deal with an off chance the team selects me for their playoff roster.

Opportunity to put up some numbers that counter the rest of this otherwise horrid season and get a better opportunity next year outweighs any personal axe I have to grind if I were JJ

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If I am JJ I am looking for a sure thing at the MLB level rather than a minor league deal with an off chance the team selects me for their playoff roster.

Opportunity to put up some numbers that counter the rest of this otherwise horrid season and get a better opportunity next year outweighs any personal axe I have to grind if I were JJ

He has no cause to grind an axe. He asked for more then the O's were willing to give and they traded him to a very good team that was willing to pay. Then JJ failed to deliver.

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He has no cause to grind an axe. He asked for more then the O's were willing to give and they traded him to a very good team that was willing to pay. Then JJ failed to deliver.

But DD didn't return his agents phone calls and disrespected him. You haven't been following along on how insensitive the organization is and how badly we treat players?

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