Buster Olney: 'No Chance' Orioles Re-Sign Manny Machado

[PressBoxOnline]

ESPN's Buster Olney doesn't think the Orioles will re-sign Manny Machado before he becomes a free agent after the 2018 season, and he says the team should be talking about whether to trade him before this year's trade deadline.

https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/05/24/buster-olney-no-chance-orioles-re-sign-manny-machado

[LookitsPuck]

Well, duh.

Wish the O's took the Evan Longoria approach. But they rarely sign their young players to long term extensions early enough. Adam Jones really is the only standout. 

[FlipTheBird]

4 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Well, duh.

Wish the O's took the Evan Longoria approach. But they rarely sign their young players to long term extensions early enough. Adam Jones really is the only standout. 

But would Machado have wanted to do that? It takes two to tango, after all.

So long as the O's are in the hunt this July, I think it'd be somewhat foolish to move Machado before the offseason. But it's definitely something they should entertain between 2017/2018.

[lovetoaster]

Thanks for being a Debbie Downer, Buster.

Well, at least I have the game to listen to at work. That will cheer me up....crap.  

 

[lovetoaster]

4 minutes ago, FlipTheBird said:

But would Machado have wanted to do that? It takes two to tango, after all.

Agreed. I would have loved to take the Longoria approach with Manny, but I had the feeling that might not be an option. Who knows, I'm not in the warehouse, but i'd be surprised if we at least had not put out some feelers about it through the years. 

[TINSTAAPP]

Speaks to the ownership that they won't even try to lock up a player like Machado long-term. Even Jeffrey freaking Loria ponied up over $300 million to lock up Stanton. 

[LookitsPuck]

20 minutes ago, FlipTheBird said:

But would Machado have wanted to do that? It takes two to tango, after all.

So long as the O's are in the hunt this July, I think it'd be somewhat foolish to move Machado before the offseason. But it's definitely something they should entertain between 2017/2018.

That's certainly a good question. But it's also something the O's don't do otherwise. So we end up in situations where we overpay against ourselves (Davis?), just let guys walk after their value has been used up or have to salary dump them (Jim Johnson).

[paulcoates]

This is the worst kept secret in baseball if you ask me.  It is pretty obvious since they are spending a lot of their resources on other contracts, like, say, Chris Davis.

[weams]

I was relatively certain that this would be Manny;s last year as an O. 

[eddie83]

17 minutes ago, weams said:

I was relatively certain that this would be Manny;s last year as an O. 

So you thought they would stink this year and deal him at the deadline?

[eddie83]

33 minutes ago, paulcoates said:

This is the worst kept secret in baseball if you ask me.  It is pretty obvious since they are spending a lot of their resources on other contracts, like, say, Chris Davis.

Can't use the Davis deal as an excuse not to keep Manny. 

[FlipTheBird]

36 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

That's certainly a good question. But it's also something the O's don't do otherwise. So we end up in situations where we overpay against ourselves (Davis?), just let guys walk after their value has been used up or have to salary dump them (Jim Johnson).

If they've ever had a candidate for it (since it's too late now for Manny), it's Schoop. Buck loves him, he's young, he's still developing...

[eddie83]

You can't talk about dealing for a pitcher and dealing Britton and Manny at the same time. Have to pick a side. 

[TINSTAAPP]

35 minutes ago, paulcoates said:

This is the worst kept secret in baseball if you ask me.  It is pretty obvious since they are spending a lot of their resources on other contracts, like, say, Chris Davis.

That kind of thinking is flawed. I'd rather spend $320 million on one great player than five mediocre to average players (Davis, Hardy, Trumbo, O'Day, Ubaldo). I bet Manny will have a higher WAR than all of those guys combined over the duration of their contracts. 

[eddie83]

5 minutes ago, TINSTAAPP said:

That kind of thinking is flawed. I'd rather spend $320 million on one great player than five mediocre to average players (Davis, Hardy, Trumbo, O'Day, Ubaldo). I bet Manny will have a higher WAR than all of those guys combined over the duration of their contracts. 

One reason I wasn't that mad about the Davis deal.

I don't want to hear that nonsense. If you need the money to keep Manny don't pay Chris.