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crawjo Major Leaguer Rising Star

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If the Orioles want to compete next year, I think they should make a serious offer to RA Dickey. He won't require a longterm commitment, and if he's not retiring, he's still shown himself to be an average to slightly above average starter who can eat innings. No real health concerns since he is a knuckleballer. We should be all over him. 

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2 minutes ago, crawjo said:

If the Orioles want to compete next year, I think they should make a serious offer to RA Dickey. He won't require a longterm commitment, and if he's not retiring, he's still shown himself to be an average to slightly above average starter who can eat innings. No real health concerns since he is a knuckleballer. We should be all over him. 

I'd love to have Dickey on the O's. He puts up quality starts, which is what this team needs. It'd be a lot of fun to watch a knuckleballer every fifth day. And he seems like a genuinely great person.

But, seems like he's likely retiring. And he'd only apparently consider pitching for the Braves, Reds, or Cardinals - likely since they're close to his Nashville home.

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4 hours ago, Frobby said:

I wouldn’t call the improvement in the starting pitching in 2014 “moderate.”    The starters’ ERA improved from 4.57 to 3.61.    That’s a huge leap.    By contrast, last years’ starters had a 5.70 ERA.  We’d have to make as big a leap as we made in 2014 just to get back to “a bit below average” as opposed to “epicly bad.”

I agree...although "a bit below average" might get us a second wild card spot as opposed to running away with the division as in 2014. 

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4 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

Maybe this should be called Oriole Hangout SOM, since clearly everybody has their opinion about the players on this team, and those that should be added to the roster.

Is that a bad thing? I'm not encouraging fan hyperbole, but shouldn't a fan base be engaged, informed, and have an idea of where they would like to see their team go in the future?

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1 hour ago, Luke-OH said:

Is that a bad thing? I'm not encouraging fan hyperbole, but shouldn't a fan base be engaged, informed, and have an idea of where they would like to see their team go in the future?

I prefer to remain oblivious, helps me to cope. :leaving:

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12 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

Is that a bad thing? I'm not encouraging fan hyperbole, but shouldn't a fan base be engaged, informed, and have an idea of where they would like to see their team go in the future?

You must admit we run the wide range of opinions here, some have me scratching my head as to what team they actually like. :)

 

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http://eutawstreetreport.com/orioles-fire-dan-duquette/

I came across this older article. My apologies if its been posted here before, and I am sure it probably was.

It got me to some heavy thinking.

Ive been pro-Buck for quite a while, he has done so much good for this town, but the writer makes some key points about TTP and other Oriole pitching issues.

It also has me rethinking if Brady is really the right person to replace DD.

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13 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

http://eutawstreetreport.com/orioles-fire-dan-duquette/

I came across this older article. My apologies if its been posted here before, and I am sure it probably was.

It got me to some heavy thinking.

Ive been pro-Buck for quite a while, he has done so much good for this town, but the writer makes some key points about TTP and other Oriole pitching issues.

It also has me rethinking if Brady is really the right person to replace DD.

I've asked this question several times (at least) and never seen much of an answer, but I'll trot it out again:  What has Brady Anderson done that would suggest he could be a successful general manager (or whatever you want to call it) of an MLB team? 

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2 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I've asked this question several times (at least) and never seen much of an answer, but I'll trot it out again:  What has Brady Anderson done that would suggest he could be a successful general manager (or whatever you want to call it) of an MLB team? 

He’s big on fitness?

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3 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

I've asked this question several times (at least) and never seen much of an answer, but I'll trot it out again:  What has Brady Anderson done that would suggest he could be a successful general manager (or whatever you want to call it) of an MLB team? 

I believe he was being groomed by the organization to take on this role.

Until the O'Day and Trumbo contracts, generally, you heard nothing but praise about Brady and he work for the org.

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