Should we stay close to our computers today?

[MDtransplant757]

7 minutes ago, foxfield said:

I knew that of course and at this point any news is welcomed...even if not uplifting.

I'd rather have uplifting news or no news than bad news

[Frobby]

Here’s what I know: the free agents don’t care about Fanfest.   They’ll sign when they get an offer they like.    And I expect DD would love to have something to talk about at Fanfest but he’s not going to increase offers just for that.    So, I’d peg the odds of a significant move in the next 48 hours at 10-15%.

[wildbillhiccup]

You have to think they're dreading the upcoming Q/A sessions if they don't make some type of signing. About to lose the face of their franchise...only two legit SPs on the roster...even the little kids are going to grill them. 

[glenn__davis]

30 minutes ago, weams said:

What I really think is that there will be some signings or trades over the next 72 hours. But I've been wrong before. Stay tuned though.

Hang on for the ride!

Lol

[Moose Milligan]

9 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Here’s what I know: the free agents don’t care about Fanfest.   They’ll sign when they get an offer they like.    And I expect DD would love to have something to talk about at Fanfest but he’s not going to increase offers just for that.    So, I’d peg the odds of a significant move in the next 48 hours at 10-15%.

I agree with this take.

Haven't seen too many leaks about who we could be targeting, that makes me think that whoever we're targeting won't be that "significant."

[esmd]

What Frobby said.

[Ohfan67]

I don't think DD is afraid of some tough questions at fan fest. He seems to get them every year and this year he can point to the overall slow market as justification. Most years the Orioles are a standard deviation or two below average in terms of activity. This year they are right around the mean in terms of activity. 

[LookitsPuck]

Oh boy! Is it going to be Miguel Tejada?

[fearthenoodle]

The biggest reason to increase the odds of something happening is because pitchers and catchers report in less than 20 days. Fanfest isn't a factor, but every day we get closer to ST the odds go up slightly.

[LookitsPuck]

18 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I agree with this take.

Haven't seen too many leaks about who we could be targeting, that makes me think that whoever we're targeting won't be that "significant."

I'm going to guess it's Jarrod Dyson.

[MDtransplant757]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Oh boy! Is it going to be Miguel Tejada?

Sidney Ponson and Dave McNally's zombified corpse. There, SP problem solved

[MDtransplant757]

Just now, LookitsPuck said:

I'm going to guess it's Jarrod Dyson.

So better Joey Rickard? Pardon me if i'm hiding my excitement. 

[clapdiddy]

Would signing a Vargas or Dyson or any of these other middling free agents really influence fan turnout?

[Yardball85]

3 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

I'm going to guess it's Jarrod Dyson.

I'm going to guess it's...... nobody.

[Ohfan67]

But seriously, it seems like a team might be able to sign multiple players to reasonable years this year if they were aggressive right now. It's a slow market and players and agents must be really uncomfortable right now. It might be a really good time to go on a little spending spree. Of course I don't think the Orioles are going to do that, but it might be a good year to get good players for shorter contracts for less money than projected by almost everyone at the end of the season.