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[weams]

Is Cuba our Dominican Republic?

[mdbdotcom]

Is Cuba our Dominican Republic?

I wonder what you are talking about. This probably means something, but I have no idea what.

[Frobby]

I wonder what you are talking about. This probably means something, but I have no idea what.

Cespedes, I assume. No comp pick attached.

[mdbdotcom]

Cespedes, I assume. No comp pick attached.

Okay. Somebody wake me up when the O's extend an offer.

[weams]

Cespedes, I assume. No comp pick attached.

Yes, and the fact that we seem to be collecting a few Cubans.

[Frobby]

Okay. Somebody wake me up when the O's extend an offer.

I could see them making an offer. They have a lot of payroll flexibility this winter. Assuming that Davis, Wieters and Chen all walk, at least some of that money will need to be spent elsewhere. It's a different situation from last winter when we had a ton of guys eligible for arbitration raises and had to leave a lot of room in the budget for that.

[clapdiddy]

I would not mind seeing Cespedes in LF for the O's next year. He'd be a big target of mine.

[weams]

I would not mind seeing Cespedes in LF for the O's next year. He'd be a big target of mine.

That is a flawed enough guy that I think he would work well for us.

[bobmc]

Is Cuba our Dominican Republic?

I yearn for Yoenis - yo amo

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ynscspds">@ynscspds</a> This is you yesterday when someone in <a href="https://twitter.com/The7LineArmy">@The7LineArmy</a> waved a Cuban flag in center field. Me encanta! (?) <a href="http://t.co/AK4Akiaz0r">pic.twitter.com/AK4Akiaz0r</a></p>— Brian S. Sokoloff (@BrianSokoloff) <a href="

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[Bird Dog]

I would not mind seeing Cespedes in LF for the O's next year. He'd be a big target of mine.

I think he'd look great in LF next year with Parra in RF and Davis at 1B.

[olehippi]

I agree that Cespedes would look good in LF for the Orioles, BUT........

I'm curious why he has been such a tradable commodity - 3 teams in the last two years. The Tigers traded one of their top pitchers, Rick Porcello, for him, then dumped him to the Mets for a couple Single A pitchers. It just seems there's possibly some underlying reason why he is traded. Is he a head case of some kind; have a bad attitude; not a team player?

[TonySoprano]

Last night...

[ChuckS]

I agree that Cespedes would look good in LF for the Orioles, BUT........

I'm curious why he has been such a tradable commodity - 3 teams in the last two years. The Tigers traded one of their top pitchers, Rick Porcello, for him, then dumped him to the Mets for a couple Single A pitchers. It just seems there's possibly some underlying reason why he is traded. Is he a head case of some kind; have a bad attitude; not a team player?

.751 OPS in 2014. .737 in 2013.

He's not that good. And he will be 30 next year. Not a guy I want to giving 100 + mil. Upton and Heyward are way better options in spite of the draft pick they will cost.

[MDtransplant757]

.751 OPS in 2014. .737 in 2013.

He's not that good. And he will be 30 next year. Not a guy I want to giving 100 + mil. Upton and Heyward are way better options in spite of the draft pick they will cost.

I'd still take him.

[weams]

.751 OPS in 2014. .737 in 2013.

He's not that good. And he will be 30 next year. Not a guy I want to giving 100 + mil. Upton and Heyward are way better options in spite of the draft pick they will cost.

Sorry. I disagree.