Buck tells 1057TheFan. Orioles are currently working on deals for Cruz & Markakis.

[Greg]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Buck tells <a href="https://twitter.com/1057TheFan">@1057TheFan</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> are currently working on deals for Cruz & Markakis.</p>— Sports With Coleman (@sportswcoleman) <a href="

">October 28, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[Redskins Rick]

Stop the presses, shocking, just shocking news.

[canonfaz]

If we sign Cruz and Markakis.... BIG IF, then payroll has to be around 135 million right?

[canonfaz]

I'd love to see the actual quote too.

[weams]

If we sign Cruz and Markakis.... BIG IF, then payroll has to be around 135 million right?

I'd figure 120 myself.

[Aristotelian]

I'd figure 120 myself.

That would be closer to my rough estimate. Currently at $105m. Give Cruz a raise of $10m, give Nick a cut of $3m. Net increase of $7 million, puts us at $112m.

Now trade Norris for prospects and non-tender Matusz, you save $9.5m. We can sign Andrew Miller and perhaps another LHP without going over $155m.

[Aristotelian]

That would be closer to my rough estimate. Currently at $105m. Give Cruz a raise of $10m, give Nick a cut of $3m. Net increase of $7 million, puts us at $112m.

Now trade Norris for prospects and non-tender Matusz, you save $9.5m. We can sign Andrew Miller and perhaps another LHP without going over $155m.

I am an idiot. The $105m does not include Nick and Cruz. So Nick and Cruz would put us at about $135m.

[Redskins Rick]

I'd figure 120 myself.

Then someone has to go.

[weams]

Then someone has to go.

I would think so!

[Can_of_corn]

That would be closer to my rough estimate. Currently at $105m. Give Cruz a raise of $10m, give Nick a cut of $3m. Net increase of $7 million, puts us at $112m.

Now trade Norris for prospects and non-tender Matusz, you save $9.5m. We can sign Andrew Miller and perhaps another LHP without going over $155m.

18 million a year for a DH?

Yikes!

[Scrat1]

Really concerned about both of these deals.

[weams]

That would be closer to my rough estimate. Currently at $105m. Give Cruz a raise of $10m, give Nick a cut of $3m. Net increase of $7 million, puts us at $112m.

Now trade Norris for prospects and non-tender Matusz, you save $9.5m. We can sign Andrew Miller and perhaps another LHP without going over $155m.

And you can forget Miller. There is no indication that we are even interested.

[Can_of_corn]

Really concerned about both of these deals.

I don't see either of them ending well.

Would much rather have one or two picks and concentrate on getting younger.

Honestly I would rather sign one of the big three pitchers on the market.

[TXOriole]

I am an idiot. The $105m does not include Nick and Cruz. So Nick and Cruz would put us at about $135m.

If Cruz and Markakis add 30 mil a year, then we are overpaying BOTH of them.

[Mayor McCheese]

That would be closer to my rough estimate. Currently at $105m. Give Cruz a raise of $10m, give Nick a cut of $3m. Net increase of $7 million, puts us at $112m.

Now trade Norris for prospects and non-tender Matusz, you save $9.5m. We can sign Andrew Miller and perhaps another LHP without going over $155m.

No to $18MM for Cruz.

Why trade Norris? Gonzo would get more in return as he's not a FA until 2018. Norris would be the type of pitcher you move at the deadline if the season is tanking.