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4 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It's a not a no win situation, the best course of action is to hold onto Britton unless some team wows you during the winter with a trade offer. 

If Britton's is healthy and pitching like he did pre-2017, teams will pay a bounty for him at the trade deadline.  I would rather pay Britton $10M next season even if he drops off than on a Wade Miley type.  

It's a gamble, but you can't non-tender Britton and let him slip away.  Besides Britton was getting underpaid in 2014 to 2016.  

I'm not saying non-tender him - as clearly that's not a realistic option unless he fails a physical.  What they almost certainly won't do is sign him after the 2018 season.  He'll cost more than $10 million in 2018, and the O's aren't in a position to spend what it'll take to sign him to a long term contract after that - assuming he does well in 2018.  And they shouldn't sign a Wade Miley type (particularly Wade Miley) for anywhere near 10 mil in any circumstances.  

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4 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

But, Britton didn't have a sub par year, while it wasn't the lights out as he had been, he hadnt digressed that bad, and he was hurt.

In his prior three full seasons as a reliever, Britton had a 1.38 ERA and 0.91 WHIP.     In 2017, he had a 2.89 ERA and a 1.527 WHIP.     That was certainly way under par for Britton, and his WHIP was way subpar for any reliever (average AL reliever WHIP was 1.303 in 2017).

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2 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

I don’t know if I can call this team a playoff contender without upgrades.  I’m a fan of trading veteran pieces but I wouldn’t call it blowing up the team, just doing what the Yankees had been doing for the past few years before 2017. Trading veterans and giving the youth movement a chance to succeed.

The O's are NOT a playoff contender.  The starting pitching absolutely sucks.  The lineup - offensively and defensively - is average.  The relievers are maybe slightly above average, and that's being generous as other teams have bolstered their pens.   And the pen is likely to be damaged by the inability of the starters to eat up innings.   

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Just now, Ruzious said:

The O's are NOT a playoff contender.  The starting pitching absolutely sucks.  The lineup - offensively and defensively - is average.  The relievers are maybe slightly above average, and that's being generous as other teams have bolstered their pens.   And the pen is likely to be damaged by the inability of the starters to eat up innings.   

So screw, just tear up the tickets, shut down the show, and forget about playing 2018 season.

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3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

In his prior three full seasons as a reliever, Britton had a 1.38 ERA and 0.91 WHIP.     In 2017, he had a 2.89 ERA and a 1.527 WHIP.     That was certainly way under par for Britton, and his WHIP was way subpar for any reliever (average AL reliever WHIP was 1.303 in 2017).

And the WHIP shows he got flat out lucky with the ERA.  That's an awful number for a closer.  

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3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

So screw, just tear up the tickets, shut down the show, and forget about playing 2018 season.

I'd say, be a smart fan.  Enjoy the wins and the development of the young players, enjoy the atmosphere, but don't expect a good record.  Minor league games are fun.  

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1 hour ago, Ruzious said:

The O's are NOT a playoff contender.  The starting pitching absolutely sucks.  

To be fair, as of this moment, midway through November, the starting pitching behind Bundy and Gausman sucks.  But, today is not opening day.  So while the O's may not be a contender at this moment, they could be on opening day if Duquette makes some positive moves between now and then.  At least for a wild card.

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4 hours ago, Aristotelian said:

Granting that trading Britton for something is probably the best option, who closes if he is gone? I don't know if I can do a full season of Brach.

Call me crazy but I'd give Mike Wright a shot at it. His stuff played way up in short outings last year. He also has an intensity to him that might work as a closer and I'm pretty sure he's out of options this season. 

Or sign a guy like Jake McGee. 

If they get a SP for Britton I think it makes the team better than if they keep him

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