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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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Awful list. So sick of picking through the bargain bin.

Show me the team that only acquires high-profile players. Also, remember in the 00s when the Orioles rarely paid attention to the six year minor league free agents and never acquired the right guys from the waiver wire and then had a long line of Fernando Cabreras and Freddy Bynums thrust into pretty prominent gigs?

Clearly you're not winning if these guys are the foundation of your team. But get a Benny Ayala here, a Rich Amaral there, a Nate McLouth from over there, stick them in an appropriate niche and keep them there and suddenly you have some decent secondary guys giving you above-replacement production for pennies.

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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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Sorry if I want to address major needs before taking flyers.

You have a staff in the front office of multiple smart people so they can multi-task. If they're not evaluating part-timers and reserves and guys bound for Norfolk at the same time they're figuring out the major acquisitions they're done. It's not an either-or thing, they'd better darn well be doing both at the same time.

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You have a staff in the front office of multiple smart people so they can multi-task. If they're not evaluating part-timers and reserves and guys bound for Norfolk at the same time they're figuring out the major acquisitions they're done. It's not an either-or thing, they'd better darn well be doing both at the same time.

Yep, can't disagree with that assessment at all. However, we are coming off of a year in which every addition we made was of that type. I guess I'm just afraid of that happening again this year. We tend to count more on a boom or bust player finding it then aquiring production that doesn't require a career comeback.

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Yep, can't disagree with that assessment at all. However, we are coming off of a year in which every addition we made was of that type. I guess I'm just afraid of that happening again this year. We tend to count more on a boom or bust player finding it then aquiring production that doesn't require a career comeback.
The kind of player you want won't be signed right away. A lot of teams will be negotiating for them. Mean time look for these bargain types to get depth.
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It was the castoffs and also-rans, players no one else wanted like Steve Pearce, Darren O'Day, and Miguel Gonzalez that allowed the 2014 Orioles to play beyond their budget. Now that those players are getting up in salary and age, we have to find the new versions. The Orioles will never contend again if we stop fishing for these guys.

Chris Davis, Brad Brach.

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It was the castoffs and also-rans, players no one else wanted like Steve Pearce, Darren O'Day, and Miguel Gonzalez that allowed the 2014 Orioles to play beyond their budget. Now that those players are getting up in salary and age, we have to find the new versions. The Orioles will never contend again if we stop fishing for these guys.

I did not want to not credit this.

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It was the castoffs and also-rans, players no one else wanted like Steve Pearce, Darren O'Day, and Miguel Gonzalez that allowed the 2014 Orioles to play beyond their budget. Now that those players are getting up in salary and age, we have to find the new versions. The Orioles will never contend again if we stop fishing for these guys.

It will always bother me that the Orioles couldn't make room for Pat Neshek in 2012.

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Houston - OF LJ Hoes

Colorado - C/1B/DH Rosario

Colorado - RP Kahnle

Colorado - RP Brothers

Tampa - OF Nava

Arizona - RHP Webster

Oakland - SP Griffin

Oakland - LRP Abad

Seattle - LSP Hultzen

I would be highly surprised if the Os dont snag at least one of these guys.

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Say NO to Hoes.

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