Machado to the Dodgers, 5-1 deal

[brooksfrankjim]

Trade Britton, Brach, Adam, Trumbo and listen on Schoop, Gausman, and Bundy.  The more we trade now the faster we get better.  Oh, and then sign Manny back in offseason.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, ScGO's said:

Agree.  However, I am very interested as to how this whole demanding to play SS plays out for him when he hits the market.  That could test his character a bit.

I think he's at third next year.

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17 minutes ago, theocean said:

Hays/Mullins/Diaz could be a legit exciting outfield.

Yes please, plus DJ Stewart in the 4th / corner OF and occasional DH role.

Hays needs to bounce back.  But that would be SUCH a better defensive outfield!

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5 minutes ago, brooksfrankjim said:

Trade Britton, Brach, Adam, Trumbo and listen on Schoop, Gausman, and Bundy.  The more we trade now the faster we get better.  Oh, and then sign Manny back in offseason.

Britton first.  He's got the most noise at the moment.

[CheeryO]

9 minutes ago, Cy Bundy said:

The only part that is truly painful is that Manny is officially gone. I absolutely loved watching him play for us. I’m a bit embarrassed to feel sentimental, but he was the most gifted player I have seen put on an Orioles uniform. He was the one guy who all others teams wished they had, an Oriole mentioned repeatedly at The Little League World Series when kids told the country who their favorite player was. We don’t get many of those and it may be a long time before we get another. 

He was a pleasure to watch. He brought life to Camden Yards that had been missing and is now gone. He will be missed by this life long O’s fan.

The only kind of organization that can keep a player like Manny is a successful one.  As long as the Orioles have one or two years of success for every 4 or 5 years of losing then they'll most likely be forced to trade their very best players.

[Dr. Unk]

31 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Gotta do some research on these guys, but it appears they got only one top-10 prospect for Machado and a whole lot of C+ guys. I don't want to be too down before researching these guys but man, I was hoping for Mays and Lux along with Diaz.

We are talking about the O's...

[DirtyBird]

The Dodgers have the 2nd best jerseys in MLB, behind the O's

[ScGO's]

Looking through our prospects lists, and i'm thinking Bannon and Kremer might start showing up somewhere after #16 or so.  Another way of looking at it is, we may have acquired 3 top 20 prospects in OUR system

[connja]

I'm not sure if you guys have looked at their numbers, but Kremer, Bannon and Pop are all having excellent seasons.   All 3 will fit nicely into our top 15.

Edited July 18, 2018 by connja
Pop as a reliever might not be top prospect but could move fast through the system.

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12 minutes ago, Chito said:

We should probably use this version:

 

Underrated movie

[connja]

Diaz could turn out to be our Torres like the Yanks got for Chapman.

[rudyrooster]

15 minutes ago, Ripken said:

Dodgers get him for 66+ games.  We got plenty back.  It was that, something less from elsewhere, or a pick.

Very sound reasoning.  A solid return for the Orioles.

 

[Dr. Unk]

Looking at the stats, I guess Valera is our future Flaherty

[Lucky_13]

Solid deal. Valera looks like a utility infielder so meh and probably to early to tell on Pop so he's a lotto ticket. But Diaz and Bannon both look like solid gets. I'm more wait and see on Kremer but he's having a solid season. Hopefully the Orioles don't ruin him. 

[orioles119]

1 minute ago, Dr. Unk said:

Looking at the stats, I guess Valera is our future Flaherty

Could he be a late bloomer like Melvin Mora?  Very similar minor league history to Mora before coming to Baltimore.

#WishfulThinking