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  1. 1. Should the Orioles give Adam Jones a qualifying offer?

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2 minutes ago, jcarm said:

If you want a draft pick so bad, you probably do not have to risk giving $18 million to AJ to do it. You can just do like the Orioles have done in past, but in reverse. Offer to take a contract from some other team that they want to dump and require a compensation pick back. I would much rather do this than give AJ a QO (which he would take very quickly) and get nothing but AJ in return.

Not many teams other than the O's have shown a willingness to sell the picks.

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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Not many teams other than the O's have shown a willingness to sell the picks.

Other teams have shown a willingness to trade the picks. Maybe other teams would be willing to do it more if they were not competing against the Orioles to do so (because the Orioles were willing to sell for a lower price than other teams were). Never the less, the Orioles stand more of a chance of getting a pick by following my strategy than giving a QO to AJ.

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Just now, jcarm said:

Other teams have shown a willingness to trade the picks. Maybe other teams would be willing to do it more if they were not competing against the Orioles to do so (because the Orioles were willing to sell for a lower price than other teams were). Never the less, the Orioles stand more of a chance of getting a pick by following my strategy than giving a QO to AJ.

I'd love to do it.  I just think other teams value the picks more highly than the O's have.

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I'd love to do it.  I just think other teams value the picks more highly than the O's have.

So they might have to pay more. I do not honestly think they will since they sacrificed quality of prospects in the Gausman trade to get rid of O'Day (who may have some value next year). This makes it even more clear to me that the Orioles will not offer a QO to Adam Jones.

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