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I wish the Orioles had signed Max Scherzer

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On 1/24/2015 at 9:29 AM, srock said:

 

So we could be elated that the front office is putting its best foot forwards to win it all !!!

Or horrified at the franchise crippling contract given to a 30 year-old pitcher.

Either is immeasurably superior to this Blue Jays nonsense.

 

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Zut Alors !!!

 

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(ALMOST 3 YEARS LATER)

 

Scherzer just won his 2nd consecutive Cy Young Award, and the 3rd of his career.

It would have taken a boatload of money and a slew of years (at least $210 Million over 7 years to match what the Nationals wound up giving him) to have brought him to the Orioles in the 2014-2015 off-season when he was a free agent.

 

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