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LF De Aza

3B Machado

1B Pearce

DH Davis

CF Jones

SS Hardy

C Wieters

2B Schoop

RF Lough

Bench - Joseph, Flaherty, Paredes, RH hitting OF

Money saved on Cruz (8M) and Markakis (15M). Could go after a FA for RF.

Starters

Tillman

Gausman

Chen

Jimenez

Norris

Bullpen

Britton

O'Day

M.Gonzalez

Brach

M.Wright

T. Berry

McFarland

With all that Nick means to Buck and DD, do you really think they will let him walk? If Nick will sign a two year contract the odds are he is back IMO.

Hunter improved a lot under Wallace this year. He probably stays. Webb did nothing wrong this year except have an option that made him the guy to go when Miller was acquired.

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Enough with the TOR starter crap! We need the ability to score more runs. Our offense was inept in 2012 and 2014 playoffs. We need the ability to create runs. We need more obp, more speed, more reliable hitting.

EXACLY!!

There is no way we splurge on a TOR pitcher anyway, not after the Jimenez fiasco this year. The pitching was fine in the playoffs -- not great -- but fine. Clutch hitting was what let us down. No reason to believe that the pitching won't continue to improve anyway. As someone said, Gausmann very well might be a TOR starter next year.

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We need a little bit of everything. Starting pitching, bullpen, and another bat.

Out of Tillman, Gausman, Bundy, Norris, Chen, Gonzalez, and Jimenez you'd think we'd have a capable 5 starters. I'm not sold on that though. I don't think Tillman is a #1, he needs to be pushed down to 2 or 3. I don't know who is available or who is signed.

We need a consistent bat. I love Cruz and hope he comes back, but the guy is 34 years old. I like Schoop but can he be our everyday second baseman?

Can Davis bounce back from a horrible season? If he can then he plays 1B.

Who is the catcher?

Our bullpen sort of lost steam towards the end of the season. I don't know how much Miller would cost, but I'd like to see him return. We need to add an arm or two. Are we comfortable with Britton as the closer? He looked horrible in the KC series.

A lot of questions to be answered. And I agree, we need more speed. Nick Markakis is not a leadoff man. Can Lough hit? If so put him in LF. I need to look at potential FAs.

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Food for thought... 7th/8th inning relief options:

Gregerson

Romo

Hochevar

Duke

Uehara

Soria (club option)

Neshek

Crain

We already have:

MacFarland

Brach

Matusz

Hunter

Webb

O'Day

Britton

We might not need Miller although we definitely should try to sign him.

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Food for thought... 7th/8th inning relief options:

Gregerson

Romo

Hochevar

Duke

Uehara

Soria (club option)

Neshek

Crain

We already have:

MacFarland

Brach

Matusz

Hunter

Webb

O'Day

Britton

We might not need Miller although we definitely should try to sign him.

Ideally you need someone to get lefties out, hope O'Day bounces back from end of year slump vs LH. I would love to keep Miller but I just don't see it.

One thing with Cruz I don't see an NL team going after him too hard, some other AL teams are tied up at DH. I am not getting my hopes up but I don't think it is crazy that we can keep him. I think it is also possible we could deal Gonzo or Norris, we have 6 starters for 5 spots. They could wait until the end of spring but maybe DD can pull something off. I can't see Nick getting huge money elsewhere, good chance he is back.

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LF De Aza

3B Machado

1B Pearce

DH Davis

CF Jones

SS Hardy

C Wieters

2B Schoop

RF Lough

Bench - Joseph, Flaherty, Paredes, RH hitting OF

Money saved on Cruz (8M) and Markakis (15M). Could go after a FA for RF.

Starters

Tillman

Gausman

Chen

Jimenez

Norris

Bullpen

Britton

O'Day

M.Gonzalez

Brach

M.Wright

T. Berry

McFarland

So, Hunter's gone and what happened to Webb? Does he have another option or is he gone too? We still have to pay him, right?

The thing I don't really love about your bullpen is that there won't be much depth in case there's an injury.

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So, Hunter's gone and what happened to Webb? Does he have another option or is he gone too? We still have to pay him, right?

The thing I don't really love about your bullpen is that there won't be much depth in case there's an injury.

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I think Webb has one option left of the Orioles decided to send him down

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So, Hunter's gone and what happened to Webb? Does he have another option or is he gone too? We still have to pay him, right?

The thing I don't really love about your bullpen is that there won't be much depth in case there's an injury.

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I agree that that is lacking a lot of depth. I doubt they add both Berry and Wright. Plus, there will probably be a minor league signing or random addition like Brach.

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So, Hunter's gone and what happened to Webb? Does he have another option or is he gone too? We still have to pay him, right?

The thing I don't really love about your bullpen is that there won't be much depth in case there's an injury.

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Yeah... Webb should definitely start in the pen next season. 3.83 ERA (0.7 WAR) but peripherals suggest his ERA should've been closer to 3.00. Solid 6th/7th inning guy.

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I would like to see the Orioles get Jose Altuve from the Astros. He locks down second base and gives us a force at the lead off spot. He seriously need better team speed.

Signed through 2019 at a very reasonable annual salary. That is not going to happen. We would have a better chance of landing Cano.

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