Deadline Deal Orioles Mega-Thread

[SteveA]

Just now, FlipTheBird said:

MLB.com ranks them as the Dodgers' No. 4, 17 and 27, respectively. Calhoun only one in Top 100 (69).

I wonder if people would be complaining if that was what we got for Britton?

And I wonder if someone of them would be the same people that are no compaining we didn't trade Britton?

[eddie83]

Just now, FlipTheBird said:

MLB.com ranks them as the Dodgers' No. 4, 17 and 27, respectively. Calhoun only one in Top 100 (69).

So now the question is that what they offered for Zach?

[Lucky_13]

1 minute ago, Grt 2BA FL Gator said:

Reaction from Rays site. They actually acknowledged Beckham's potential. I like this trade. 

https://www.draysbay.com/2017/7/31/16071860/mlb-trade-deadline-tampa-bay-rays-trade-tim-beckham-to-the-baltimore-orioles

I think Beckham is starting to break out offensively. Just odd the Rays were so eager to dump him

[FlipTheBird]

Just now, eddie83 said:

So none of the big boys right?

Correct. Calhoun is a fairly solid prospect in his own right, but nobody here would have been happy with him headlining a Britton deal.

[FlipTheBird]

Just now, eddie83 said:

So now the question is that what they offered for Zach?

We don't know. Maybe won't ever. They certainly seem to have stuck to their guns and kept Verdugo and Buehler completely off limits.

[SteveA]

Just now, Lucky_13 said:

I think Beckham is starting to break out offensively. Just odd the Rays were so eager to dump him

Hitting .160 in July, he's got a funny way of breaking out.

I know...you were talking about his season as a whole being an improvement over past years, which it is....

[Tony-OH]

16 minutes ago, McLovin said:

Fun facts about Tim Beckham:

He's been suspended twice for a drug of abuse.

He has been demoted for not hustling.

He lost his SS job when the Rays traded for Adeiny Hechavarria. Hechavarria is only backing up until Duffy is back. 

So the Rays backup-backup SS is our SS of the future?

He also has a career .964 FL pct at SS (awful), K's a ton, doesn't have great range, and we gave up one of our brightest young arms in the process.

[clapdiddy]

So I guess now this team reloads this offseason and tries to make a run at it in DD/Buck's final season.   This team will be in very sad shape in 2019.   

[eddie83]

Just now, FlipTheBird said:

We don't know. Maybe won't ever. They certainly seem to have stuck to their guns and kept Verdugo and Buehler completely off limits.

Ok. So would you have taken what Texas got for Zach?

[Tx Oriole]

3 minutes ago, Grt 2BA FL Gator said:

Reaction from Rays site. They actually acknowledged Beckham's potential. I like this trade. 

https://www.draysbay.com/2017/7/31/16071860/mlb-trade-deadline-tampa-bay-rays-trade-tim-beckham-to-the-baltimore-orioles

If it real and not some phoney report. 

[bpilktree]

Just now, SteveA said:

Hitting .160 in July, he's got a funny way of breaking out.

I know...you were talking about his season as a whole being an improvement over past years, which it is....

I think that was more of him feeling he got slighted loosing his job after a month he OPSed .850.  He finally looked like the talent was comming out and he gets replaced. 

[Grt 2BA FL Gator]

3 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I wonder if people would be complaining if that was what we got for Britton?

And I wonder if someone of them would be the same people that are no compaining we didn't trade Britton?

You know the answer to this. Psychology. 

[FlipTheBird]

Just now, eddie83 said:

Ok. So would you have taken what Texas got for Zach?

Not this time.

If Britton were in the final year of his contract, sure. Get him out of town. But if that's similar to what they were offering the O's, I'm not sure it wows me enough. Alexy and Davis are both longterm projects. Calhoun has a good bat but doesn't really have a position.

[Lucky_13]

1 minute ago, SteveA said:

Hitting .160 in July, he's got a funny way of breaking out.

I know...you were talking about his season as a whole being an improvement over past years, which it is....

Well as long as we're cherry picking batting average by month, he hit 272 in april, 263 in may, and 309 in june. 

[clapdiddy]

I am not a fan of the trade for Beckham.  He doesn't move the needle at all.   Is he really an upgrade to Tejada?   I guess I'm just not seeing it.