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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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And I believe him. He's just going to go as hard as he can. You KNOW he is more upset about his first half than anyone posting here. Bud's a good guy.

I don't know, some of us are pretty upset.

Now Wright, I can buy that he is more upset then I am.

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Someone who needs a backend staring pitcher to give them "innings" might be a good trade partner. Sort of like the situation the Orioles were in when we acquired Tommy Hunter in 2011. That team had a serious dearth of starting pitchers and needed someone -- anyone -- to just give them some innings so the bullpen's arms wouldn't fall off. For obvious reasons I hope that any trade they make with Norris will be better for the Orioles than it was for the Rangers in 2011. Even without Davis that would still have been a decent deal for the O's. At the time the organization was starting the likes of Chris Jakubaskas or whatever the heck that guy's name was and nobody could get out of the 4th inning. At the time I was just as happy to have Hunter as Davis. At least they got someone who could start a game or two. Had the team not discovered Chen and Gonzo, Hunter would probably still be in the rotation.

It would have to be a contending team that wants him though. Hunter was under team control for 4 more years. The question is does a contending team think that Bud can be an upgrade the rest of the way?

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ReclaimTheCrown Major Leaguer

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This is the right move - glad we pulled the trigger.

Good to see Bud say the right things, and I don't think he is just saying them. He's a good guy and has always seemed very heavily invested in the team - I'm sure he's not thrilled about it, but he's got to understand he's got no one but himself to blame. It's not like we didn't give him ample opportunity this year. I think he will do well out there for us.

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Currently, with Norris in the pen, we have no optionable relief pitchers and 3 optionable starters (Chen, Gonzalez, and Gausman). If we need to add a reliever and don't want to give up anyone, a starter or position player will have to be sent down.

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