Marlon Byrd??

[wildcard]

If Dan believes that Dariel Alvarez is the O's future rightfielder but he still needs some more time in the minors, Byrd may be an interesting stop gap for rightfield.

Byrd (37) is older but has been productive the past two years. Averaging 24 homes and 86 RBI. Defensively he has range and a decent arm. However he does make 5 errors a year. His contract is for 8M per year. He has one year left on his contract with a vesting option at 8m that looks like it will vest if he stays healthy in 2015. That is not necessarily a bad thing with so many O's becoming free agents after the 2015 season.

I saw this article which got me thinking. Although I don't like the Chris Davis for Ray Howard idea, I think the Bryd for Ohlman and Tyler Wilson idea has some appeal to me.

http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2014/12/05/orioles-can-add-two-birds-with-one-move/

[33rdst]

If Dan believes that Dariel Alvarez is the O's future rightfielder but he still needs some more time in the minors, Byrd may be an interesting stop gap for rightfield.

Byrd (37) is older but has been productive the past two years. Averaging 24 homes and 86 RBI. Defensively he has range and a decent arm. However he does make 5 errors a year. His contract is for 8M per year. He has one year left on his contract with a vesting option at 8m that looks like it will vest if he stays healthy in 2015. That is not necessarily a bad thing with so many O's becoming free agents after the 2015 season.

I saw this article which got me thinking. Although I don't like the Chris Davis for Ray Howard idea, I think the Bryd for Ohlman and Tyler Wilson idea has some appeal to me.

http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2014/12/05/orioles-can-add-two-birds-with-one-move/

This is an intriguing idea. The concern of course is did last years decline in ops+ signal the beginning of the end for him. I wouldn't want to give up much but he seems to be a good fall back option if some of the other deals fall through.

[Roll Tide]

No thanks!

[21xxxv]

Please kindly put me in for a NO vote to an average player who will be 38 in August.

[El Gordo]

I'd rather sign Aoki.

[25 Nuggets]

I'd rather have signed Hunter.

[waroriole]

No thanks. Not like the Phillies are easy to trade with.

[Go_Os]

Byrd has been very good for the past two years, and his contract is reasonable.

[DrungoHazewood]

I guess he'd be ok as a Delmon Young replacement (i.e. mostly facing lefties, somewhat better fielder so he doesn't just have to DH) if Delmon wasn't coming back. And if the Phils kicked in some salary relief. High risk of catastrophic collapse - he's Nelson Cruz, four years older, starting from lower baseline.

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>If the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> turn to the trade market to fill their need for a bat, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Phillies?src=hash">#Phillies</a> OF Marlon Byrd is a name on their radar screen, sources say</p>— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) <a href="

">December 9, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[waroriole]

I'm fine if they want to just give him to us, though I don't like that contract. Knowing PHI, though, they're probably asking for Manny.

[33rdst]

Jason Starks says Byrd on Orioles trade radar. I like him for one year. His 2016 contract vest with600 PAs in 2015. So that could be a problem. Philly would have to take some money back though.

[Camden_yardbird]

Amaro..."You want Byrd? Let's start at Harvey and see where it goes from there."

[sportsfan8703]

He would need 463 PA's to make the option vest. That would give the O's enough wiggle room to see what they're getting out of him. That's about 75% of what Pearce and Young had combined. So with Pearce still here they could trot him out there basically everyday and then re evaluate where they are at around the trade deadline. If he's struggling they could prevent the option from vesting by bringing up a player or trading for one. As much as I like Young, he's a butcher in the field. Getting Byrd would give us a ton of line up flexibility.

[Guest]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Sources: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Orioles?src=hash">#Orioles</a> met with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Phillies?src=hash">#Phillies</a> today to discuss Marlon Byrd.</p>— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) <a href="

">December 9, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>