Dan says "tear it completely down"

[weams]

 

[waroriole]

5 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

I see Tampa Bay has ZERO starting pitchers listed on their depth chart.

I can’t think of any reason they shouldn’t be retracted. 

[waroriole]

Just now, weams said:

 

Where’s he going?

[NashLumber]

Just now, weams said:

 

Switching over to 105.7 to get his thoughts on this soon. Is he on or Terry Ford after Wall to Wall Baseball with Tom and Dave?

[jabba72]

2 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Where’s he going?

Pretty obvious it wont be to another team. 

[Il BuonO]

6 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Where’s he going?

Anywhere he likes. He doesn’t have to play baseball to enjoy the money the Orioles owe him.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

56 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

? Buck won’t be here. I think that’s a foregone conclusion. 

 

Buck Britton? Ron Johnson?

Cal? Lew Ford?:)

Rick Dempsey 

My under the radar candidate is Bordick.

[Rene88]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Rick Dempsey 

My under the radar candidate is Bordick.

If it means I don’t have to hear Bordick on TV anymore....I am game! Lol

[ScGO's]

51 minutes ago, andrewochs615 said:

 

Dude, Syd Thrift vs Dan D is like horse and buggy vs. stealth jet.  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Rene88 said:

If it means I don’t have to hear Bordick on TV anymore....I am game! Lol

Bring Ben McDonald to replace him on MASN.

[Rene88]

3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Bring Ben McDonald to replace him on MASN.

He’s sooooo good! Yesss!

[Nite]

Decided to finally check out the O's tonight post trades. Thought I was in the Major League movie as I muttered "who the hell is that guy" over and over. This process is going to remind me of work. Learning many new names just to never see them again in a month. 

[Oriolidae85]

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

Dan was on the game broadcast tonight and said they decided to do what the Cubs, Astros, and Phillies have done and tear it completely down.  Ask why Gausman with years left on this contract he said if the player is not going to be there when the tear in good again its time to trade them.  

Sounds like losing 100 games for at least 3 more years.   

Its makes me wonder why the O's would pay Buck 3.5m per year to lose 100 games.  They can find cheaper managers to do that.

 

Took notes on the DVR during the beginning of the interview, Here is the beginning:

Thorne to Duquette: ..("technical difficulties" - with some back and forth joking about availability to talk)…Dan are you with us? ....deadline going by...a lot of transactions...how do you feel about what is happening?

Duquette: ...well. obviously it is tough to trade the good players - the core players. Schoop and Gausman… Darren O’day did a great job over the course of his career. But, I like it when it’s rebuilding your house. Sometimes it’s a lot easier to tear down your house and build it up from the ground up -  build a good foundation....rather than renovating things one room at a time. That’s basically what we decided to do, when we decided to rebuild, to build strong..in the direction of younger ball players and try and get the team back as quickly as we can to be competitive.

Palmer and Thorne asked good pointed questions...will add more, if not provided tomorrow. Seems to me that Gausman is not in the competitive window (per the remainder of discussion) and it's better now to clean house. There is a reason why the Yankee's have vamped up their international pool ($3M almost $4M)...so let us see how this plays out!

[Hank Scorpio]

42 minutes ago, weams said:

 

Ugh I guess it is almost NFL season again. 

If you’re gonna lose, make sure the underlying organization is full of ascending talent. It’s not like they were setting the world aflame, nor were they going to in 2019. 

[Hank Scorpio]

10 minutes ago, Rene88 said:

If it means I don’t have to hear Bordick on TV anymore....I am game! Lol

We’ll never have to hear him refer to O’Day’s fastball as “The Jennie Finch” again. Thank Jeebus.