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2 hours ago, FanSince88 said:

He has a 6 ERA in Seattle!  Mariners finally cut their losses last week and demoted him to the pen.  

We are darn lucky we were able to get him off our hands in exchange for a moderately-useful piece in Smith.

Era only 6 he would be our 3rd best pitcher this year.

 

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4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Who said that, exactly?    Sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of the trade.   

I was surprised that the Orioles got anything useful in return for Gallardo.  Seth Smith can at least contribute.  I didn't like the Gallardo signing at all, his second half numbers in 2015 were a red flag that he wasn't right. 

Mariners might want to stop making trades with the Orioles. 

 

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I thought Gallardo would do better with us and esp. Seattle. I wouldn't have minded if we kept him but I was ecstatic we got an outfielder. Almost any OFer. Like others I was surprised we got as useful a piece for him as we did.

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20 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

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Speaking of former Oriole pitchers that were traded away ........
 

 

Cubs Catcher Miguel Montero Calls Out Jake Arrieta for Nationals' 7 Stolen Bases

(By Jesse Rogers)

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/cubs-miguel-montero-calls-jake-arrieta-nats-stolen/story?id=48317987

 

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Baserunners are 31 or 32 vs Montero this year.

Is that all with Arrieta pitching?

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Even though we ended up not being on the hook for much money, the fact that we gave up a mid 1st round draft pick for him when anyone who was paying attention knew that he was done makes this one of the worst FA signings in recent memory.

I can't believe the Mariners gave us Seth Smith for him.

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1 hour ago, glenn__davis said:

Even though we ended up not being on the hook for much money, the fact that we gave up a mid 1st round draft pick for him when anyone who was paying attention knew that he was done makes this one of the worst FA signings in recent memory.

I can't believe the Mariners gave us Seth Smith for him.

It sure would be nice to have an arm like Forrest Whitley in the Orioles system right now, wouldn't it?

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2 hours ago, glenn__davis said:

Even though we ended up not being on the hook for much money, the fact that we gave up a mid 1st round draft pick for him when anyone who was paying attention knew that he was done makes this one of the worst FA signings in recent memory.

I can't believe the Mariners gave us Seth Smith for him.

LOL - they were just making up for the Miley/Miranda deal.

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