Should we buy or sell?

[25 Nuggets]

Very simple.  Should this team be buyers or sellers come the trade deadline?  I want to see the poll numbers for us site members.

Heck we know somebody reads this board.

[backwardsk]

No.

[maybenxtyr]

There isn't any one player that can make this team a playoff contender.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

There isn't any one player that can make this team a playoff contender.

They could dig up old Hoss Radbourn and have him start 40 games in the second half.

[eddie83]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

They could dig up old Hoss Radbourn and have him start 40 games in the second half.

Would you want him to face the order the 3rd time through?

[Il BuonO]

The Orioles are 7.5 back in the East and 2.5 back in the WC (mathematically tied w  LAA & SEA) behind four teams.

It's hard to see a path forward to compete this season.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Would you want him to face the order the 3rd time through?

Of course not. 

But the starters we have now aren't making it to the third time through the order. 

You add Hoss you got room for two more relievers. 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

The Orioles are 7.5 back in the East and 2.5 back in the WC (mathematically tied w  LAA & SEA) behind four teams.

It's hard to see a path forward to compete this season.

That is because the only one that exists requires multiple meteor strikes.

[Il BuonO]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

That is because the only one that exists requires multiple meteor strikes.

Then, the answer to this poll should be fairly simple.

[El Gordo]

We're 2.5 G out of the wild card. Lets see where we are after the next 15 G. Right now nobody's ready to sell.

[mdbdotcom]

3 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

We're 2.5 G out of the wild card. Lets see where we are after the next 15 G. Right now nobody's ready to sell.

I hope we drop low enough that we don't end up trading legitimate prospects for an overpaid, over-the-hill starter for a "one more time" run. Jones, Hardy and O'Day are in decline. The window has closed. Time to start over.

[Drifter]

26 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

There isn't any one player that can make this team a playoff contender.

Agree. Too many issues, and none are easy fixes. I'd prefer we keep what value we have in the minors at this point. Sell to the teams that are close to the top, or in the same position as us (but have minor league players blocked by VERY good MLB players).

As for the playoffs: We wont win the division, and if any of the O's brass is shooting for the WC, get rid of them.

[Going Underground]

38 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They could dig up old Hoss Radbourn and have him start 40 games in the second half.

Someone on the board said Castillo would mess him up with his pitch calling. The Orioles won't sell.The second WC will be a team a few games above. 500.

[Barnaby Graves]

Buy with what?

[Can_of_corn]

Sigh...