Mesa Brothers Declared Free Agents By MLB

[Greg Pappas]

4 minutes ago, theocean said:

VVM is the best international prospect right now - but exactly. He's not billed to be some superstar baseball player. Puig-like would be a best case scenario. There is a high likelihood that Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins, and Yusniel Diaz will have better careers.

You could be right that those three have better careers, but I don't agree about the "high likelihood" part. 

[ReclaimTheCrown]

Very simple after the Gausman trade....VVM or bust. Offer him all the money if that’s what it takes.

[BohKnowsBmore]

57 minutes ago, theocean said:

VVM is the best international prospect right now - but exactly. He's not billed to be some superstar baseball player. Puig-like would be a best case scenario. There is a high likelihood that Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins, and Yusniel Diaz will have better careers.

Maybe, maybe not.  I am quite fine with a scenario where we have 4 or 5 legit OF guys (includes McKenna, maybe) for 3 spots, 3 or 4 of which can play CF.

[sevastras]

4 hours ago, Larry18 said:

It is my understanding that teams can exceed their allotment as long as they aren't in the penalty phase of the international signing rules.

Not any more. The money you have or traded for is the absolute max you can spend. 

[spiritof66]

2 hours ago, mdbdotcom said:

If Duquette is let go, we probably will not have a GM in place during the negotiating period after the showcase. Will that matter?

Good point. Who would head this up if we're between GMs? 

We'll always have Brady . . . unfortunately.

[Moose Milligan]

2 hours ago, theocean said:

VVM is the best international prospect right now - but exactly. He's not billed to be some superstar baseball player. Puig-like would be a best case scenario. There is a high likelihood that Austin Hays, Cedric Mullins, and Yusniel Diaz will have better careers.

What's this based on?

[mdbdotcom]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

What's this based on?

Magic 8 Ball

[Moose Milligan]

2 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Magic 8 Ball

Well, maybe the Orioles should use the Magic 8 Ball when making decisions.  Couldn't hurt.

[Tx Oriole]

2 hours ago, ReclaimTheCrown said:

Very simple after the Gausman trade....VVM or bust. Offer him all the money if that’s what it takes.

Now I'm afraid those in charge will screw things up. I just don't trust anyone in the organization not to mess things up. How can a dysfunctional  organization do anything right? 

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, Greg Pappas said:

You could be right that those three have better careers, but I don't agree about the "high likelihood" part. 

Yeah.   Maybe one of them (don’t ask me which one) will turn out better than Mesa.

[Frobby]

2 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

Maybe, maybe not.  I am quite fine with a scenario where we have 4 or 5 legit OF guys (includes McKenna, maybe) for 3 spots, 3 or 4 of which can play CF.

Agreed.    Strength in numbers and let the best man win.   It wasn’t a bad thing when we had Finley, Anderson and Devereaux all coming up at once.   

[BohKnowsBmore]

Where would our system rank with both Mesa brothers and a #1 pick injected?

[Rene88]

If they fail to sign the big prize, they are going to look like the biggest jokes in baseball. I gotta think DD isn’t that inept and he gets this done. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Rene88 said:

If they fail to sign the big prize, they are going to look like the biggest jokes in baseball. I gotta think DD isn’t that inept and he gets this done. 

On the bright side, they already do.

[ScGO's]

I hope our perceived dysfunction in the front office doesn't scare the brothers off.