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Peter Angelos - Man of Principles


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11 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

I just want ownership to sign a GM (DD or other) and let ALL baseball decisions go through the GM within a stated budget (not just payroll but overall expenditure, including scouting, player development, IFA bonuses, posting fees, etc.).  

Then he (and we as fans) could truly assess how well a GM runs a team.  Right now it's totally a mystery from the outside exactly what DD could or couldn't do. If he wanted to offer Arrieta more than any other team, could he? If he wanted to go for top IFA instead of trading slots, could he?  If he wanted to trade Gausman, could he? I don't know for sure, and neither does any of the fans unfortunately. 

 

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We're the rumors about Angelos' deal with Castro true? 

He seems very principled in ways others are not.  So I will completely buy this hypothesis because it's one I have had myself.  If something looks amiss,  like the Orioles spending habits, then there is probably a reason.

Most people would call it being cheap and I don't buy it.  We know what cheap teams looks like (Marlins, pirates, TB) and the Orioles are still an anomaly from their actions.

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16 hours ago, Frobby said:

Pretty speculative.    We don’t really know why PA opposes the posting system.

We have however heard that under Angelos ownership the Orioles will not participate in any posting process. We have also heard that it is not because of the financial constraints to the team. We can fill in some blanks.

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