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Would you consider trading for one? Cueto for one year at 10M? Have to give one of Gausman/Bundy plus, but he might put us over the top.

I like Cueto. His 240+ IP last season does concern me. I don't think I pull the trigger if it costs me one of Gausman/Bundy/Harvey.

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If the O's could add one player what should it be? A Cruz type Moo bat?. A TOR or a Back of the pen RP a la Miller? Or something else?A bonafide lead off bat? For my money it would be the TOR. We could actually add that if we were willing to give up what it takes for Cueto or Hamels.

1) Nelson Cruz

2) Andrew Miller

3) Jake Arietta

in that order ( if only we could have hung onto what we once had - probably a WS team this year.

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Would you consider trading for one? Cueto for one year at 10M? Have to give one of Gausman/Bundy plus, but he might put us over the top.

No way. Rarely will any one move "put you over the top." Look how well Oakland's acquisition of Lester and Samardzija turned out. I suspect they wouldn't mind having Addison Russell back. Same goes for our trade of Rodriguez for Miller. The reality is these moves only marginally improve the odds of a team's chance at a championship. It's just one player who has to perform in a small time frame at a high level, subject to all the usual variables. Sometimes it helps, other times it does not, but it's essentially a lottery ticket. Low cost lottery tickets are nice, but giving up the sort of guys - Harvey, Bundy, Gausman - required to bring back a Cueto or a Hamels is just insanity.

The best approach to a title (aside endless funds a la NY) is to field a competitive team year after year. Sometimes things will break your way. Other times they won't. But to go "all in" by trading away low cost, high upside assets is ensuring a short competitive window.

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I like Cueto. His 240+ IP last season does concern me. I don't think I pull the trigger if it costs me one of Gausman/Bundy/Harvey.

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But it costs two of them plus. See Bedard, Erik. Well, maybe not quite that much.

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Except it doesnt. So terrible "fix." is there a correlation, yes, but it isn't overly strong. And if anything, it is getting weaker now. But don't let facts keep you from trying to sound smart.

Yes by all means... show me the facts.

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If the O's could add one player what should it be? A Cruz type Moo bat?. A TOR or a Back of the pen RP a la Miller? Or something else?A bonafide lead off bat? For my money it would be the TOR. We could actually add that if we were willing to give up what it takes for Cueto or Hamels.

You would want Hamels? You think he would do well in ALEast?

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If the O's could add one player what should it be? A Cruz type Moo bat?. A TOR or a Back of the pen RP a la Miller? Or something else?A bonafide lead off bat? For my money it would be the TOR. We could actually add that if we were willing to give up what it takes for Cueto or Hamels.

The answer is simple.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=More+Cowbell+NBC&FORM=RESTAB#view=detail&mid=AA01BEAF63AE5D9AA1B2AA01BEAF63AE5D9AA1B2

More Cowbell!

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