"We could trade pick number 74..."

[weams]

"...up until the draft. We've had discussions with several teams but it's doubtful that we will."

Dan Duquette.

[DirtyBird]

"We have a shortstop in Lynchburg, what's his name? Yeah, Ryan Mountcastle."

[Can_of_corn]

13 minutes ago, weams said:

"...up until the draft. We've had discussions with several teams but it's doubtful that we will."

Dan Duquette.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that no other team this year has had discussions with other teams about trading their draft pick.

[sportsfan8703]

We've attached this pick to Ubaldo and probably contacted every team. Something may happen. A team will bite. Just a matter of how much of Ubaldo's remaining salary will we have to eat. 

Ubaldo, #74, plus cash(4 million) to team? for a PTBNL. 

How much do teams think the dollar value of the #74 pick is?

[ReclaimTheCrown]

10 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that no other team this year has had discussions with other teams about trading their draft pick.

Really? Look I'm not a fan of trading picks either, and I know it's not the NFL or the NBA, but these are tradeable assets. I'd be surprised if those conversations don't happen, at least at a cursory level.

[Can_of_corn]

21 minutes ago, ReclaimTheCrown said:

Really? Look I'm not a fan of trading picks either, and I know it's not the NFL or the NBA, but these are tradeable assets. I'd be surprised if those conversations don't happen, at least at a cursory level.

What other teams have traded one?

[Aglets]

45 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What other teams have traded one?

The Marlins and Tigers apparently.

[ReclaimTheCrown]

53 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What other teams have traded one?

I stand corrected....thought it was none.  Thanks to Aglets for the pull, above.

I'm not saying it's necessarily likely that another team decides to move a draft pick; I'm just saying I'd be surprised if other teams haven't at least had discussions about doing so.  Figuring out ways to improve their club is a front office's job, and you'd think they'd consider all possible ways to do so, even if they decide it isn't ultimately in their best interests.  As I said, these are tradeable assets, and everything has a price. 

I guess I was being a little nitpicky with you, but I think your statement that we're the only team that would discuss (gasp) trading a draft pick seems like a little much.

All this, of course, is not to say that I hope we trade that pick....I hope we hang on to it and add another promising young player.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Aglets said:

The Marlins and Tigers apparently.

Right, to each other, in the same trade.

While that does quality neither team actually lost a draft pick.

But good catch.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, ReclaimTheCrown said:

Lol....a question to which you already know the answer...

I'm not saying it's necessarily likely that another team decides to move a draft pick; I'm just saying I'd be surprised if other teams haven't at least had discussions about doing so.  Figuring out ways to improve their club is a front office's job, and you'd think they'd consider all possible ways to do so, even if they decide it isn't ultimately in their best interests.  As I said, these are tradeable assets, and everything has a price. 

I guess I was being a little nitpicky with you, but I think your statement that we're the only team that would discuss (gasp) trading a draft pick seems like a little much.

All this, of course, is not to say that I hope we trade that pick....I hope we hang on to it and add another promising young player.

Sure, I was exaggerating a bit.  I'm sure at some level it is mentioned as a possibility.  But I don't think teams other than the O's view it as a worthwhile option.

[Frobby]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Sure, I was exaggerating a bit.  I'm sure at some level it is mentioned as a possibility.  But I don't think teams other than the O's view it as a worthwhile option.

How many teams get a competitive balance pick, and of those, how many were contenders?   (Not a rhetorical question; I don't know the answer.)

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

How many teams get a competitive balance pick, and of those, how many were contenders?   (Not a rhetorical question; I don't know the answer.)

Fourteen and that would depend on the definition of contender.  However, I'm not sure how not being a contender would stop a team from making a trade that is in their best interest.

[weams]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

How many teams get a competitive balance pick, and of those, how many were contenders?   (Not a rhetorical question; I don't know the answer.)

The Orioles have been one of the least viable franchises to pull off a run like the last five seasons. I know the Cardinals have gotten some picks because of their market. They've not sold them though. 

[Frobby]

This might be of interest:  https://www.google.com/amp/www.beyondtheboxscore.com/platform/amp/2016/8/13/12457662/the-value-of-competitive-balance-round-a-draft-picks

[weams]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

This might be of interest:  https://www.google.com/amp/www.beyondtheboxscore.com/platform/amp/2016/8/13/12457662/the-value-of-competitive-balance-round-a-draft-picks

74. Orioles: $779,500

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/223686792/2017-mlb-draft-bonus-pools-pick-values/