Deadline Deal Orioles Mega-Thread

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Kim will be an All-Star next year and Cleavinger will be a shut down reliever.  Book it.  Duquette trading with McPhail is just not fair.

Kim is a free agent after this year.  He was gone, gone, gone.  No way he would re sign with us after being buried on the bench.  So if he does well next year, great for him, and it won't reflect poorly on this deal.

[bpilktree]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Pointless move.

 

If it keeps me from having to watch Ubaldo start another game in Oriole uniform it will be the best trade ever.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Terrible trading Kim.  I'll be rooting for him to get consistent ABs and prove us wrong.  Not only did he endure the ST slump, but he worked his way to getting consistent ABs last year and posted our highest OBP by far.  And how do we reward him?  By trading for essentially the same player in Seth Smith, who has posted a lower OBP at the top of the lineup than Kim did last year.  Sure, Mancini deserves the playing time, no one will argue that, but Kim's performance last year deserved to have more playing time, even over Smith.  

Since I've used the #freekim hashtag before, at least he is finally free.  

[Diehard_O's_Fan]

For those of you who thinks Dan is lazy, you can go ahead and eat crow. Buckle up baby! It is going to be a wild ride. Go Dan Go!

[MDK02]

Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

Not if you want to keep a $160 million team from losing 90+ games. 

Hopefully they get trophies for that. 

[Roll Tide]

4 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

 

Nobody? I think we just add a pitcher to give Bundy and Tillman more rest between starts.

Santander is a rule 5 and is in his rehab assignments and will need to be recalled

[ArtVanDelay]

2 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

First non stop from DFW--PHL is 6 am.

I insist that my flight stops.  Preferably at an airport!

[Lucky_13]

7 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Kim will be an All-Star next year and Cleavinger will be a shut down reliever.  Book it.  Duquette trading with McPhail is just not fair.

Really? Kim hits for no power, has no speed, is a horrible defender, but has an okay batting eye when he can catch up to the fastball. Sounds like all star material. 

 

[sportsfan8703]

Just now, MDK02 said:

Hopefully they get trophies for that. 

It's smart business on PA's $160 investment. If this keeps ratings or attendance from completely going in the toilet. 

[ArtVanDelay]

2 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Not if you want to keep a $160 million team from losing 90+ games. 

We should be trying to lose as many games as possible.

[spiritof66]

1 minute ago, bpilktree said:

Who leaves from the rotation or pen

 

Ubaldo should be the heavy favorite to be pulled from the rotation, but I think it's a three-man race, four if Bundy really can't go. Tillman made a strong case for his candidacy tonight. Finally, we have a role that our SPs are capable of competing for: getting dropped from the rotation.

This trade reminds me that I had hoped to see a Cleavinger- Clevenger battery some day, but I think Steve doomed that. 

[MDK02]

1 minute ago, Diehard_O's_Fan said:

For those of you who thinks Dan is lazy, you can go ahead and eat crow. Buckle up baby! It is going to be a wild ride. Go Dan Go!

Yeah... he really made everyone eat crow with this trade. What a move he pulled off...

[Going Underground]

Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

I insist that my flight stops.  Preferably at an airport!

Don't want a plane on a runway when landing. Like it that it stops. 

[Roll Tide]

Dan Connolly @danconnolly2016·6m

 

 

Duq on Hellickson: "solid, dependable, vet ML starter who knows how to win in the AL, whose skill should provide some quality innings."

[sportsfan8703]

Just now, ArtVanDelay said:

We should be trying to lose as many games as possible.

I agree. But I don't have a $160 investment on the field with 1/3 of the season left. There's a lot of money out there to try and make.