De Aza Arbitration Hearing Winner (Orioles Win)(H. Russell Smouse 8-0)

[Beef Supreme]

Who wins?

[Mayor McCheese]

Orioles.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Wonder if the lazy card comes up. I mean slightly lazy.

[Beef Supreme]

PS: voters can choose multiple answers on this poll.

[TheOrangeBirds]

De Aza.

[clapdiddy]

I'm going against the grain and saying De Aza. The guys at MLBTR are pretty close in their assessments and they predicted that De Aza would wind up getting MORE than what he's asking for in salary. Personally, I'm thinking there must be some bad blood between De Aza's agent and management for this one not to be settled.

[Frobby]

I voted De Aza. The Orioles' record is formidable but I really think De Aza is holding a winning hand.

[weams]

Are we sure he is not traded?

[clapdiddy]

Are we sure he is not traded?

Could be...we need a roster spot once Cabrera's signed, right?

[weams]

Could be...we need a roster spot once Cabrera's signed, right?

And he plays outfield too! According to Jim Duquette.

[Frobby]

Are we sure he is not traded?

No. However, I dispute the notion that the Orioles will trade a guy just because he takes them to arbitration. And I dispute that Guthrie was traded to Colorado in particular as some form of punishment. He was traded to Colorado because we got two solid major leaguers who were under team control for two years each, and that was a good package in exchange for a guy who was under control for one season. As to Jim Johnson, we traded him because he was going to make too much money, whether we went to arbitration or settled.

[Crazysilver03]

Are we sure he is not traded?

Do you have a logical reason as to why he would be traded?

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[Mayor McCheese]

Do you have a logical reason as to why he would be traded?

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1 + 2 = 4

[Crazysilver03]

He could get traded but the roster spot needed for Cabrera likely comes from Jimmy Paredes.

Seems like it. Paredes chances of making the roster seem almost zero.

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[weams]

Do you have a logical reason as to why he would be traded?

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Maybe we tendered him because we had not gotten Snider yet? Maybe Lough stays and he goes. Maybe he was the only leadoff guy we could think of before signing Everth?