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Parra to the Orioles (Done Deal)

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By TonySoprano
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Who Would You Trade For?  

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  1. 1. Who Would You Trade For?

    • Gerardo Parra - 2 month rental
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    • Ben Revere
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    • Someone Else (Please name them in the comments)
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    • Nobody. Not much worth it on the market.
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Aristotelian Hangout Grand Counsel

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I care. That extra tick or two can matter when you live off the change up. A 92 MPH fastball is more likely to sneak by guys than an 89-90 MPH.

Plenty of guys have been successful pitching 89-90. Davies numbers suggest he may be one of those guys. I'd like to see what we have before trading him for a rental of a 1-2 WAR guy. In 2 months, he would produce maybe 5 runs over a replacement player, maybe 2 runs over the guys we have now? You are going to give up a potential SP for that?

Now for a rental of Upton, I could do that.

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eddie83 Hangout Grand Counsel

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It's an absolute joke if Duquette think Parra is a difference maker. Maybe if he had another year on his contract. But trading any valuable piece for a Parra or Revere piece doesn't move the needle whatsoever for this club. I'd rather them do nothing.

If he keeps playing the way he is playing Parra can be a difference maker, the question is will he keep playing this well?

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theobird All-Star

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Please Dan, do not trade our prospects for any middling rental corner OFer. We already have a slew of them on this team. If the player we deal for is not a difference maker, then it will just be more poor management. The teams that can even afford an impact rental are the teams with strong minor league systems. We don't have a strong or deep minor league system.

I know that you all know that I am not a DD fan. But if this guy trades away any more prospects for a middling rental player, I can't wait to hear the faithful defend him again.

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crawjo Major Leaguer Rising Star

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I like Gerardo Parra, but honestly I think it makes more sense for us to be sellers. Is this team as constructed likely to make a deep run in the playoffs? No. I would be trying to move Davis and Chen.

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Norfolk orioles Hangout Grand Counsel

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Parra's last 15 games he is hitting over .450.

Last 30, over .420

SSS? Sure it is.

But it's also not completely insignificant.

He also has a 15 game hitting streak going. As a team that desperately needs both a leadoff hitter and a base stealer, I'd be for going for parra.

Gotta take some chances. Travis snider and reimold just flat out are not going to get it done.

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LookitsPuck Hangout Grand Counsel

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Paredes 35 game stretch: .340/.368/.556 - .924 OPS

We all know how he's been recently.

You acquire a guy like Parra with very little track record (Career OPS+ of 99, career slashline of .279/.330/.407 - .737 OPS)....do you feel good giving away Davies for 2 months with the very real possibility that he falls completely on his face?

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I think Revere can be controlled through 2017, please correct me if I am wrong. I can live with giving up some talent for a lead off hitter that is 27 years and under team control. I will not be upset with the right deal for Ben Revere.

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