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I think the Tigers were about as interested in Davis as the O's were in Cespedes. They did not even make Davis a lowball offer. They would have taken him if the O's dropped out and his price fell drastically, but they were just using him as leverage for Upton and Cespedes. Both the O's and Tigers real interests seemed pretty transparent. I agree, the O's bid against themselves.

The Orioles made an official offer to Cespedes. The highest offer reported so far.

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Cespedes doesn't want to play here, I don't think.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">feelin' like a fool

lovin' both of you

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">January 22, 2016</a></blockquote>

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He is evidently torn between two lovers.

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Cespedes doesn't want to play here, I don't think.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Agents of Yoenis Cespedes contacted the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Yankees?src=hash">#Yankees</a> to gauge interest yesterday, as he prefers NYC, according to <a href="https://twitter.com/NYDNHarper">@NYDNHarper</a>.</p>— Max Wildstein (@MaxWildstein) <a href="

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He'll go to D.C. But he dosen't want to.

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Latest News from NY Post

http://nypost.com/2016/01/22/cespedes-potential-mets-deal-would-be-unprecedented-risk/

It would be quite the gamble for Cespedes, especially given the reported five-year offer he has on the table from Washington. Really, it would be pretty much unprecedented in the annals of baseball business.

— Forget about Cespedes going to the Yankees. Forget. It.

If Roc Nation reached out to the Yankees on Thursday to discuss Cespedes, it was through an informal backchannel. The Yankees are not adding that sort of money to their payroll right now, nor are they selling low on Brett Gardner just to make room for Cespedes.

— Don’t rule out the “mystery team” on Cespedes. His free-agency voyage has been too illogical, too circuitous, to assume a clean ending.

There are the usual suspects: the White Sox, the Angels and the Cardinals. And one baseball official advised Wednesday night to keep an eye on the Orioles, who were interested in Cespedes before committing to Chris Davis. The Orioles still have financial flexibility, the source said.

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That's good to hear about "financial flexibility" when the payroll is already this high.

Roy had a serious post about the O's relative to the luxury tax a few days ago. I don't expect them to take the payroll up to $190MM, but I never thought the day would come where a post like that wasn't completely absurd.

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Weams you know something about the O's and Cespedes. I've been trying to get you to spit it out via other posts I have made but you won't.

He can neither confirm nor deny, you know how it works.

If for argument's sake the Orioles land Cespedes, I'm 100% behind trading for the starting pitcher, hopefully cost controlled. Might as well go for the short term full throttle.

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