Dan plays the waiting game again

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Wouldn't be surprised but I like the deal Manny and extend Schoop. It would prove they gave learned a lesson about extending your guts sooner if nothing else.

I wouldn't call a Schoop extension early.

[Roll Tide]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I wouldn't call a Schoop extension early.

Well is better than the offseason before free agency Any really 2 seasons before free agency.... buying out 2 years is pretty good. I wonder what it would take 6/80?

[MDtransplant757]

Great start to the offseason

[Aristotelian]

8 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Great start to the offseason

Wow, that is quite a slap in the face. 

[Roll Tide]

8 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Great start to the offseason

I didn't want this guy ....but this is why they should rebuild. They simply aren't going for anything, and they don't have the team to attract the better players. We will get the leftovers or we will trade from our prospect pool to give us a low percentage chance at a wild card, and then all of our free agents leave putting us in bad shape for the future.

on the flipside, the could back the truck up and sign Cobb, and one Lynn, CC etc and then watch our free agent leave ....then we will be strapped by more bad contracts.

i just don't understand why the ownership can't see the obvious....I understand Peter at his age ....but The Angelos boys aren't stupid. 

Ive stated before and will again....I hope the Angelos family is forced to sell when Mr Angelos departs. Perhaps the Underarmour guy can team with Ripken to buy the team.

[Roll Tide]

9 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Great start to the offseason

Just saw that Fiers has one more season of arbitration control...so any team would have two years of control over him. The Orioles offer a low ball for sure and the Tigers are trending up while you can see the Orioles impending doom.

[OriolesMagic83]

Time to lowball Cobb and Garcia, prepare statements about how no players want our Confederate money,  start dumpster diving and making positive statements about players signed.  "Joe Smith was one of team X's best prospects in 2014 and had an ERA under 3 in AAA", etc.

[MDK02]

12 hours ago, MDtransplant757 said:

Great start to the offseason

Ouch. While I wasn't a huge fan of going after him in the first place, that still has a bad look to it.

 

[twinedenter]

18 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

I wouldn't call a Schoop extension early.

I agree. Schoop getting an extension is VERY close to "too late". Once he gets arbitration, its over. Another example of how this organization works. It calls itself a small/mid market when it suits itself.

[LookitsPuck]

On 12/7/2017 at 12:22 PM, PAOriolesFan said:

Eddie is right. Angelos has never wanted to pony up the amount of money for FA pitching. I can't blame him some of the time, but to simply blame Dan for the inactivity is short sighted. The payroll is bloated in part because of the Davis contract, which as it's been mentioned was a deal that Angelos himself negotiated.

Eh.

One season under Duquette with an above average pitching staff. Depleted farm system. If you can’t buy the arms, grow them. Don’t give them away and/or mismanage them. 

[sportsfan8703]

On 12/8/2017 at 7:59 AM, Roll Tide said:

Just saw that Fiers has one more season of arbitration control...so any team would have two years of control over him. The Orioles offer a low ball for sure and the Tigers are trending up while you can see the Orioles impending doom.

Great post about him having a year of arb after this year. Terrible post about us being worse than the tigers. How many of the genious GM’s here thought that Jordan Zimmermann was a steal?