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Orioles Receiving Interest In Wei-Yin Chen, Discussed Trade With Angels

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weams Hangout Grand Counsel

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In June the O's have a 1st round pick, sandwich pick for Cruz, maybe a competitive balance pick (not sure of that). All all there other pick. They probably have money picks than money to paid them.

The Orioles have money to pay all of their picks. Having addition top picks gives a team a larger salary pool though many high picks try to take as much as they can from this pool if it is available.

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Malike Hangout Grand Counsel

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I don't see him called garbage on here a lot. I would like to see him moved if we can get players of value back. If not, I have no problem going into next season with Chen in the rotation.

There is a laundry list of negative things said about Chen that can easily be found in his thread or the game threads. The vast majority of whch are not true at all.

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There is a laundry list of negative things said about Chen that can easily be found in his thread or the game threads. The vast majority of whch are not true at all.

I have been know to often call him league average or better. Lefty.

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On the contrary, I think most realize this would be selling high on a solid SP, one year from free agency, with a difficult agent.

I don't understand your post at all.

1. I'd hate to see him go. That is simply my own opinion and I wouldn't fault them for trading him if the return was sufficient.

2. He's grossly underrated on this site. That's a fact. Clearly, more teams are asking about him than any other Oriole on the 25 man, so people who don't post on the OH and actually run baseball teams clearly don't underrate him.

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In June the O's have a 1st round pick, sandwich pick for Cruz, maybe a competitive balance pick (not sure of that). All all there other pick. They probably have money picks than money to paid them.

IIRC, the Orioles ended up with a competitive balance pick between the second and third rounds in the lottery.

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Gotta say. I would have been very upset if we traded Chen for Kendrick. Think he is worth more than that. But very interesting he is available. Any chance we can get Kemp or Upton with a package centered around Chen?

Why? I know WAR isn't everything, but Kendrick has been of quite a bit more value, especially last year. With them both being free agents after this season and Kendrick filling a position of need and Chen being redundant I'd do the trade straight up any day.

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