Davis is 2015 version of Mussina

[Frobby]

I know I'm a broken record on this... but the teams needs to look at long term expense when it comes to Manny. MM will be more valuable and for a longer time than Davis. Start working in October to get Manny signed to an extention...then work on Davis or a replacement after you know when you have left to spend.

I agree with you 100%. DD is going to have a lot of flexibility to choose who to go after this offseason, but job # 1 is locking up Manny if we can. He's much more of a difference-maker than any other player on this team, and will be for the next decade, if we can keep him.

[DrungoHazewood]

I agree with you 100%. DD is going to have a lot of flexibility to choose who to go after this offseason, but job # 1 is locking up Manny if we can. He's much more of a difference-maker than any other player on this team, and will be for the next decade, if we can keep him.

I would go all in for Manny. Make all the other contracts in franchise history look silly. Give him 90% of Mike Trout's cash.

[El Gordo]

I would go all in for Manny. Make all the other contracts in franchise history look silly. Give him 90% of Mike Trout's cash.

So 6/130M? He may want to give up fewer FA years maybe 5/110M?

[DrungoHazewood]

So 6/130M? He may want to give up fewer FA years maybe 5/110M?

I'd be great with either, happier with longer.

[Dipper9]

I agree with you 100%. DD is going to have a lot of flexibility to choose who to go after this offseason, but job # 1 is locking up Manny if we can. He's much more of a difference-maker than any other player on this team, and will be for the next decade, if we can keep him.

My fear is that we do this and then claim we have no money to build a team around him. Manny already shows some cockiness and "boredom" sometimes, I'm not so sure I'd like a disgruntled Manny if he was on a losing team.

Remember, Cal was a franchise player for his career in Baltimore, but played on only 3 playoff teams. How much fun was that for us?

In my opinion, even though I poo pooed Davis' comments last offseason, I am tending to agree with him now. We need to show Manny that the Front Office and Management is committed to long term success in Baltimore BEFORE Manny would sign a long term extension to stay.

[Dipper9]

I agree with you 100%. DD is going to have a lot of flexibility to choose who to go after this offseason, but job # 1 is locking up Manny if we can. He's much more of a difference-maker than any other player on this team, and will be for the next decade, if we can keep him.

My fear is that we do this and then claim we have no money to build a team around him. Manny already shows some cockiness and "boredom" sometimes, I'm not so sure I'd like a disgruntled Manny if he was on a losing team.

Remember, Cal was a franchise player for his career in Baltimore, but played on only 3 playoff teams. How much fun was that for us?

In my opinion, even though I poo pooed Davis' comments last offseason, I am tending to agree with him now. We need to show Manny that the Front Office and Management is committed to long term success in Baltimore BEFORE Manny would sign a long term extension to stay.

[DrungoHazewood]

My fear is that we do this and then claim we have no money to build a team around him. Manny already shows some cockiness and "boredom" sometimes, I'm not so sure I'd like a disgruntled Manny if he was on a losing team.

Remember, Cal was a franchise player for his career in Baltimore, but played on only 3 playoff teams. How much fun was that for us?

In my opinion, even though I poo pooed Davis' comments last offseason, I am tending to agree with him now. We need to show Manny that the Front Office and Management is committed to long term success in Baltimore BEFORE Manny would sign a long term extension to stay.

Manny is 23. I'm not going to gig him for sometimes appearing cocky and/or bored to an outside observer with essentially no first-hand knowledge of his personality. Heck, what are we? Mostly 40-year-old guys who're so bored at work that we spend all day posting our obviously-better-than-Duquette's solutions to all the Orioles problems online.