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Our minors is below average, our starting pitching is poor, who knows if we keep Machado with his price. I don't see why we should lock up Zach even though I'd love to see him as a career Oriole. Trade him for a nice package this offseason. He has been awesome since deadline passed and looks like good ole' Zach. He'd help a lot more by trading him than by keeping him with how well we develop RP's.

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Another massive screwup by Duquette.  He should have traded him last winter for a haul, but no.  Then he should have taken the deadline deal no matter what it was, because now an unhealthy or just messed up Britton is going to not only lose games for us this year but will bring zero on any kind of trade market.  

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1 hour ago, Cumberbundy said:

Not the same guy, his ball is moving more now but he looks like a wild high school kid throwing without any location. Trade value shot in the offseason. 

I know this will not be popular but hopefully they can trade him before they have to tender him a contract.

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On 8/6/2017 at 1:41 PM, carolinaoriole said:

The Orioles need to trade Britton this off season. He will bring a couple of top prospects in return. Especially now that he appears to be healthy. Hopefully that holds true the rest of the season.

I don't think he'll bring a lot. Remember he's a great reliever but he's not been dominant this year and he's expensive. We basically gave Jim Johnson away.

Britton makes $11.4 million this year. Probably more next year. I think his trade value is way higher mid-season to a contender that doesn't have a closer. Otherwise, a team has to consider he's costing $12 million. In 2016, he was only a 2.5 WAR player. So that's worth about $15 million. So I think a smart team would only give us $2.5 million worth of in a trade.

I bet teams like Astros/Dodgers right now are thrilled they didn't trade for Britton. That may change in a month or two but we'll see.

Speaking of Britton, his amazing 60 game streak comes to an end - a streak that Buck considers to be the record since Gagne was linked to steroids - and MASN didn't even interview him on air? Terrible.

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40 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

Another massive screwup by Duquette.  He should have traded him last winter for a haul, but no.  Then he should have taken the deadline deal no matter what it was, because now an unhealthy or just messed up Britton is going to not only lose games for us this year but will bring zero on any kind of trade market.  

Britton should have been traded after the 2015 season if the Orioles were thinking about building a sustainable long-term organization.  They're not though, they believe in windows and Buck Showalter leads that particular parade IMO.  I doubt if DD gives a crap about windows, but it makes for a convent narrative if you need someone to blame in a hurry.  

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5 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Britton should have been traded after the 2015 season if the Orioles were thinking about building a sustainable long-term organization.  They're not though, they believe in windows and Buck Showalter leads that particular parade IMO.  I doubt if DD gives a crap about windows, but it makes for a convent narrative if you need someone to blame in a hurry.  

Either way, he is the GM, he gets the credit, he gets the blame.  Fair has nothing to do with it.  If we go through another 5-10 year bottom dwelling, most of it will be due to the many poor decisions he has made over the last two years in particular. 

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4 minutes ago, birdwatcher55 said:

No need to panic with Britton. Offseason rest and he could bounce back in '18. Rebuild his value and move him at deadline if we are out of it.

He could, or he could not.

Are you willing to play $14 mil to find out?

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1 hour ago, tntoriole said:

Another massive screwup by Duquette.  He should have traded him last winter for a haul, but no.  Then he should have taken the deadline deal no matter what it was, because now an unhealthy or just messed up Britton is going to not only lose games for us this year but will bring zero on any kind of trade market.  

He had to ask for permission to deal him this year when were struggling. You honestly think Dan could have dealt him in the offseason? 

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