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Former Oriole Mike Bordick Not Opposed To Trading Manny Machado, Zach Britton

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I have to agree with Bordick on sending Gausman down and putting Ubaldo in the rotation. It would be a clear white flag, yes, so there's some issues there, but retooling Gausman's delivery while he's still young and still under team control is probably the best thing they can do with him. 

You have to do something with Gausman. You know every team out there wants a crack at fixing him. The O's can't let another team unlock his potential, and they can't just let him "figure it out" up here, either. 

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36 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We'd be selling really low on Britton and Machado.  

Completely disagree re Machado.  No one thinks this two months is a sign of regression.  I think we would get a huge haul for him.

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I really don't think Machado's value will be hurt much at all by his start to the season. Everybody knows what he can do. Anyway, we should expect a haul for him that is equal to the worth of the player we've seen in 2015-2016. If no one offers that, you don't trade him. But I suspect that if we made it known Machado was available, the phone would start ringing very quickly. 

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16 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We'd be selling really low on Britton and Machado.  

Machado is a game changer, and would still fetch a princely sum in prospects. Even if he plays exactly the same for the rest of the year as he has up until now, he would still be worth 4 WAR, or about $30 million. 

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14 hours ago, JourneyFan said:

I wish Bordick were more forthcoming like this when calling games.

Blunt Bordick is what we need during this rough stretch.  Maybe he should start sipping on whatever Gary's drinking to loosen up.  

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On 6/13/2017 at 2:14 PM, Larry18 said:

I thought Gausman was out of options.

I was amazed that someone as involved with the O's as Bodick is didn't know that Gausman is out of options and can't be sent down without being exposed to waivers.    It kind of shot his credibility for me.

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