O's start the off-season with a last place team?

[wildcard]

I look at the O's roster without the free agents and it seems like the worst team in the AL East to start the off-season. Is that your take?

http://m.orioles.mlb.com/roster

[Stotle]

Maybe, or right there with Tampa. But I imagine the division is pretty well clustered and Baltimore has an opportunity to make impactful additions if they so choose.

[Can_of_corn]

I look at the O's roster without the free agents and it seems like the worst team in the AL East to start the off-season. Is that your take?

http://m.orioles.mlb.com/roster

Take a .500 team remove Davis, Wieters, Chen, and O'Day and that is what happens.

You only get so much back by dumping Parra.

[Stotle]

Take a .500 team remove Davis, Wieters, Chen, and O'Day and that is what happens.

You only get so much back by dumping Parra.

Hahaha.

[Frobby]

I haven't really studied what the other teams in the division are losing via free agency, but it seems likely that we are losing the most. So yes, in theory if we did not re-sign or replace any of our free agents, we'd likely be a last place team. I don't think that hypothetical has much to do with what will happen in the real world, though.

[wildcard]

There is nowhere to go but up.

[mdbdotcom]

Just a little short on offense.

[weams]

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The Orioles are not Encrusted with Sandoval and Ramirez either.

[Frobby]

The Orioles are not Encrusted with Sandoval and Ramirez either.

I think the Red Sox are in a pretty good position for next year despite the three horrible contracts they gave out last winter (Sandoval, Ramirez and Porcello). They have a really talented young core that is only going to get better, and they still have some money available to spend. They're done with Victorino and Napoli, who cost $26 mm last year. I think they'll be over .500 in 2016 if they have any kind of decent offseason, and they could contend if things go right.

[weams]

I think the Red Sox are in a pretty good position for next year despite the three horrible contracts they gave out last winter (Sandoval, Ramirez and Porcello). They have a really talented young core that is only going to get better, and they still have some money available to spend. They're done with Victorino and Napoli, who cost $26 mm last year. I think they'll be over .500 in 2016 if they have any kind of decent offseason, and they could contend if things go right.

I agree. I think Dombroski will make some trades with his young players to re-establish with major league talent immediately.

[O's84]

There is nowhere to go but up.

Don't say that.

[wildcard]

Don't say that.

Hey, they have 38m to spend after spending 2m on Worley.

[El Gordo]

Hey, they have 38m to spend after spending 2m on Worley.

41 after they non tender Matusz.

[tntoriole]

41 after they non tender Matusz.

I am getting a sinking feeling that this ain't happening.

[El Gordo]

I am getting a sinking feeling that this ain't happening.

I can't see why it wouldn't. They'll try to trade him first.