Expensive $$$ Offseason-What would have done differently?

[Rene88]

Hindsight is 20-20:)

We spent a lot of money to the chagrin of some.

What did you like? What did you dislike? What would you have done differently?

Quick takes:

Starting pitching not addressed adequately. Gallardo is prob a downgrade from Chen.

Disappointed they resigned Reimold; I thought it was time to move on long ago but very minor.

Disappointed we let 2 lefty relievers go from 40-man and kept Matusz, again.

Disappointed we offered MW the QO.

Glad we signed DOD.

Glad we added more pop to protect CD.

Glad we kept Britton.

Glad Dariel Alvarez got a serious look in ST, despite his struggles.

Disappointed we didn't make a play for a Jordan Zimmerman, but understand he's from the Midwest.

Disappointed at some sloppy 40-man mismanagement, but probably nothing critical.

Disappointed OBP wasn't fulfilled (addressed but Fowler is a d-bag).

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[Aristotelian]

I think we overpaid for Davis. Should have started at $120M and waited for more bids to come in before upping it. Should have made a move earlier on Cespedes or Fowler in order to force Boras to move on Davis.

I thought QO to Wieters was the right move, and he should have declined it. In retrospect it didn't work out that way. I am more disappointed that Wieters declined it than that the Orioles offered it.

I would rather have spent the money from Davis, Gallardo, and O'Day on Price. I know, I know, Angelos would never have done it, but that is what I would want the Orioles to do.

[Rene88]

The hard part about Davis is that 90% realize this wasn't a DD move. Did DD ever have this $ to him? for say pitching? Doubtful.

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[Diehard_O's_Fan]

I am upset that Matt Wieters is still an Oriole. I don't blame the Orioles for offering him the qualifying offer. However, they should have assumed he was going to accept it. Since the Orioles spent so much money this off season, I hope they don't resign Matt after the season is over. Kim might be the worst move of the off season. It is early yet though and lets hope he can turn it around. The Orioles needed guys like Pedro and Trumbo. The Orioles offense was terrible at times last year and it wil now be better this season. Pedro and Mark should also take some pressure off of Jones and Davis.

[El Gordo]

Well it depends on whether it's real world or fantasy world. In the real world one has to jump through PA's hoops/ In the fantasy world of wanna be GM's, they have a chunk of money to do with as they see fit. Just how much did we actually spend including the deferred money? 50M?

[Frobby]

It's always hard to know what it would have taken to sign the guys who signed elsewhere. We can't assume they would have signed with the Orioles on the same terms they agreed with some other team. I do not think we spent our money very efficiently, but I'm done worrying about it.

[Can_of_corn]

Let O'Day walk, let Davis walk, throw a bunch of money at Heyward. Lots of stuff.

[TouchemAll]

It's over no crying over spilled milk bring on the real games that count.

[DrungoHazewood]

Not that I'm a huge fan of Price for 7 years, but I'd prefer that option over Wieters and Gallardo.

Of course that's not the tradeoff. Gallardo and Wieters combined cost something like 1/6th of Price.

[tntoriole]

I would rather have signed two pitchers such as Zimmerman and Kazmir, and not re signed CD or DoD, signed Trumbo, Zobrist.

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[Stotle]

Let O'Day walk, let Davis walk, throw a bunch of money at Heyward. Lots of stuff.

This is the starting point for me. Agreed.

[Tx Oriole]

Hindsight is 20-20:)

We spent a lot of money to the chagrin of some.

What did you like? What did you dislike? What would you have done differently?

Quick takes:

Starting pitching not addressed adequately. Gallardo is prob a downgrade from Chen.

Disappointed they resigned Reimold; I thought it was time to move on long ago but very minor.

Disappointed we let 2 lefty relievers go from 40-man and kept Matusz, again.

Disappointed we offered MW the QO.

Glad we signed DOD.

Glad we added more pop to protect CD.

Glad we kept Britton.

Glad Dariel Alvarez got a serious look in ST, despite his struggles.

Disappointed we didn't make a play for a Jordan Zimmerman, but understand he's from the Midwest.

Disappointed at some sloppy 40-man mismanagement, but probably nothing critical.

Disappointed OBP wasn't fulfilled (addressed but Fowler is a d-bag).

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I would not have signed CD. That was Angelos. Too bad he didnt use money to

improve the team. Just think if he had earmarked 150 million on the betterment

of the team and let CD walk. Chris will be be okay for a couple

three years then his contract will be an anchor. IMO

[Crazysilver03]

Would've signed Upton instead of Davis, and Price instead of Wieters/Gallardo. But then again I don't treat opt-outs as if they're the Ebola virus.

I am absolutely shocked you wouldn't sign Gordon.

[backwardsk]

I would rather have signed two pitchers such as Zimmerman and Kazmir, and not re signed CD or DoD, signed Trumbo, Zobrist.

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No concern over Kazmir's fastball? I think I could catch up to it.

Pay a 37-38 year old more than $30M over two years?

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-20160315-story,amp.html?client=safari#

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[tntoriole]

No concern over Kazmir's fastball? I think I could catch up to it.

Pay a 37-38 year old more than $30M over two years?

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-20160315-story,amp.html?client=safari#

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Sure, but I think we needed both to replace Chen AND a pitching upgrade. Of the AVAILABLE free agents with the budget, I would have picked those two compared to others, although maybe Zimmerman and Gallardo and used the extra for Gordon or Zobrist.

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