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bpilktree Hangout Grand Counsel

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None of their young pitchers we have seen so far in this Boston series are even half decent. WTH is going on with our Minor League system/Instructors?

Yeah that Wilson guy needs to go i mean come on he went almost 7 innings and gave up 3 whole runs. That is just awful they need to let him go right away.

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SpinJr Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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My, my. How quickly some have forgotten 1998-2011. I'm not saying DD is the only reason this team has been winning these past few years but he's played a big part.

Short memories around here.

Stop talking sense sir!

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weams Hangout Grand Counsel

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Disappointed. I was hoping this thread would turn into a few pages of everyone agreeing about how bad Duquette is and repeating how little his success means.

A strong take to the hole for someone with 16 posts.

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Losing Arrieta and Ed Rodriguez are the really costly mistakes that's hard to overcome.

Signing Gallardo (+ losing the pick), signing Jiminez, Fowler debacle, Seong-min Kim debacle, overpaying for Davis--these things just makes me shake my head.

Yes, i wouldn't mind giving Brady a chance. But please keep Cal away.

I don't think you should lump the Rodriguez deal in with the Arrieta trade. They're two very different deals, IMO. We still don't know if EdRod is the real deal or not, and we got a superstar reliever for a key stretch of a division-winning season for him. Arrieta is one of the two best pitchers in baseball right now, so, yeah, that trade looks really bad no matter how you look at it. EdRod didn't look anywhere near that level last night - good, with potential, but I didn't see best-in-the-league stuff.

I also have no interest in seeing Cal running the team. I don't even consider DD to be on the hot seat right now. One 7-of-9 stretch and suddenly he's an idiot? Weren't the O's in first place a week ago?

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I don't think you should lump the Rodriguez deal in with the Arrieta trade. They're two very different deals, IMO. We still don't know if EdRod is the real deal or not, and we got a superstar reliever for a key stretch of a division-winning season for him. Arrieta is one of the two best pitchers in baseball right now, so, yeah, that trade looks really bad no matter how you look at it. EdRod didn't look anywhere near that level last night - good, with potential, but I didn't see best-in-the-league stuff.

I also have no interest in seeing Cal running the team. I don't even consider DD to be on the hot seat right now. One 7-of-9 stretch and suddenly he's an idiot? Weren't the O's in first place a week ago?

The fan base here, was all in favor of Arrieta leaving, they had seen enough of his inconsistencies.

Very similar to how the fan base is calling for Ubaldo to be gone from here.

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Orioles0615 Hangout Grand Counsel

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My, my. How quickly some have forgotten 1998-2011. I'm not saying DD is the only reason this team has been winning these past few years but he's played a big part.

Short memories around here.

Well they won't sign an ace type pitcher in free agency. And they certainly haven't been developing pitching. So between now and the end of 2018 they could easily still sit around as a .500 team since they won't go get the guy to put them over the top. If they don't sign Manny, he will walk after 2018, Buck could want to retire by then since his contract is up and we could go right back to the 1998-2011 style of teams. So I can see how some feel there is some cause of concern about the future.

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Disappointed. I was hoping this thread would turn into a few pages of everyone agreeing about how bad Duquette is and repeating how little his success means.

Me too damnit. I was hoping it could go at least 4 or 5 pages before someone started speaking some sense.

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The fan base here, was all in favor of Arrieta leaving, they had seen enough of his inconsistencies.

Very similar to how the fan base is calling for Ubaldo to be gone from here.

Pretty identical, only Jake was still young and cheap. So more of a crime.

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A crime, because it was probably pitching coach that messed him up.

Since, he isn't a pitching coach anymore, not sure that is something that I want to hang on DD's mantle.

What if it was Jake's own internal coach that was dazed?

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