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I think AJ has figured out that the more he keeps telling Angelos how to spend his money the quicker he will get traded.

Lets see.. we have sources saying there's tension between Buck and Dan. Our star player is telling the media that our owner needs to spend the money.

Oh lawwwwdddy... this is not going to end well.

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I think AJ has figured out that the more he keeps telling Angelos how to spend his money the quicker he will get traded.

Lets see.. we have sources saying there's tension between Buck and Dan. Our star player is telling the media that our owner needs to spend the money.

Oh lawwwwdddy... this is not going to end well.

Judging by Oriole history in the Camden Yards Era, no. But I'm willing to see how this plays out. Duquette in my opinion should be the one on the warmest seat. But AJ couldn't be more right and if the team doesn't want to improve for next year, trading him is not a bad rebuilding option.

Personally I don't want to see that. I think by re-signing Davis, getting a better starting pitcher, and making a few other tweaks, the team has just as good a shot as most at making the playoffs next year. They were in the thick of things this year, for a long while. Moving forward from that, it comes down to the development of the farm players.

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Judging by Oriole history in the Camden Yards Era, no. But I'm willing to see how this plays out. Duquette in my opinion should be the one on the warmest seat. But AJ couldn't be more right and if the team doesn't want to improve for next year, trading him is not a bad rebuilding option.

Personally I don't want to see that. I think by re-signing Davis, getting a better starting pitcher, and making a few other tweaks, the team has just as good a shot as most at making the playoffs next year. They were in the thick of things this year, for a long while. Moving forward from that, it comes down to the development of the farm players.

Why? The starting pitching tanked. Don't Buck and Wallace get any heat for that? Players who did well last season peed the bed this season. Why couldn't Buck motivate them to play as well as they had? It's as if the winning culture Buck was praised for disappeared like magic. Does Buck only get credit and no blame? Did Duquette tell Buck to keep running Norris out there every fifth day while Gausman sat in the pen?

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Why? The starting pitching tanked. Don't Buck and Wallace get any heat for that? Players who did well last season peed the bed this season. Why couldn't Buck motivate them to play as well as they had? It's as if the winning culture Buck was praised for disappeared like magic. Does Buck only get credit and no blame? Did Duquette tell Buck to keep running Norris out there every fifth day while Gausman sat in the pen?

We had a reminder in another thread - the culture wasn't gone in the Nats series when Papelbon head-hunted Machado. The team beat Toronto 8-1 when they let off the gas and scored 3 runs in the first inning today.

I don't give Buck and Wallace heat for that. He gets some blame, yeah. I'd like to know which person, Buck or Dan, is responsible for the constant calling up-and-down of players. Sometimes for no apparent reason.

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Judging by Oriole history in the Camden Yards Era, no. But I'm willing to see how this plays out. Duquette in my opinion should be the one on the warmest seat. But AJ couldn't be more right and if the team doesn't want to improve for next year, trading him is not a bad rebuilding option.

Personally I don't want to see that. I think by re-signing Davis, getting a better starting pitcher, and making a few other tweaks, the team has just as good a shot as most at making the playoffs next year. They were in the thick of things this year, for a long while. Moving forward from that, it comes down to the development of the farm players.

The Orioles are not going to offer a $100MM+ long term contract. Its not going to happen. Ever.

What's going to happen is we are going to sign 3 platoon bats that combined to hit over 40 HRs last season... that's how we are going to replace 40+ HR's in the lineup.

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Judging by Oriole history in the Camden Yards Era' date=' no. But I'm willing to see how this plays out.[/b] Duquette in my opinion should be the one on the warmest seat. But AJ couldn't be more right and if the team doesn't want to improve for next year, trading him is not a bad rebuilding option.

Personally I don't want to see that. I think by re-signing Davis, getting a better starting pitcher, and making a few other tweaks, the team has just as good a shot as most at making the playoffs next year. They were in the thick of things this year, for a long while. Moving forward from that, it comes down to the development of the farm players.

This is one of the weirdest situations I've ever seen as an Orioles fan. Period.

I remember Miguel Tejada saying something similar a few years back and that didn't go over well as the Orioles simply weren't going to spend anything to improve at that time. However, this is coming off a relatively hotter period of winning and contention and this could either be the greatest offseason ever, or a total PR catastrophe if things stay status quo.

AJ is doing ALL he can to spur the ownership into action. But until we get to the actual offseason, we won't know anything for sure.

MSK

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At the very least they have to sign Davis, a good starter, and a good leadoff hitter (OF).

Leadoff

Manny

Davis

Jones

Schoop

? DH

? OF

Joseph

Hardy

Tillman, FA, Jimenez, Gaus, org filler

I trust we have enough for a good pen.

Even then, I'm not loving that roster.

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