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39 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I think the odds are that the O's take a Rule 5 player because they select first which means they get the better player available.

I would like to see the O's sign one FA.  SSJose Iglesias.  I think it is important to improve the infield defense to help develop pitchers.   He is 28 and I could see the O's signing him for 2 or 3 years at 5 -6m per year.

Would he be a better option at short than Villar? Serious question. 

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58 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Would he be a better option at short than Villar? Serious question. 

I hope someone else weighs in on this.

My opinion is that Igeslas is one of the best defensive SS around.  He is not much of a hitter.  And he gets hurt at times.

Villar came up as a SS.  He can play there but he would be a high error SS.   Defensively he played about  as good as he has played anywhere when he played at 2B for the O's last season. 

So yes I think Iglesias is an upgrade over Villar at SS

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1 hour ago, wildcard said:

I think the odds are that the O's take a Rule 5 player because they select first which means they get the better player available.

I would like to see the O's sign one FA.  SSJose Iglesias.  I think it is important to improve the infield defense to help develop pitchers.   He is 28 and I could see the O's signing him for 2 or 3 years at 5 -6m per year.

I think he’d be a good signing but I don’t see it happening. There are other teams that would want him more and I don’t see the O’s going hard after absolutely anyone this offseason. If we see free agents signed, I think it’s in late February and March. 

 

I read a post on mlbtr a little while ago about Pedro Florimon being an above average defender at SS. I never watched him play, even when he was with the O’s organization. If he truly is a good defender I see the O’s going after a guy like that over Iglesias.

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5 hours ago, Pheasants said:

Without Duquette, I think there is a good chance we don't go for a rule 5 player--after all we have a ton of young talent to evaluate right now.  As far as free agents are concerned, why go for a big name for the next two years?  And the type DD signed won't be much above the guys we have.  Time to find out what we've got.

I think we almost certainly will select at least one Rule 5 player, recognizing we have the first pick. Whether we bend over backwards to keep that player is another story.  

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5 hours ago, oriole said:

I think he’d be a good signing but I don’t see it happening. There are other teams that would want him more and I don’t see the O’s going hard after absolutely anyone this offseason. If we see free agents signed, I think it’s in late February and March. 

 

I read a post on mlbtr a little while ago about Pedro Florimon being an above average defender at SS. I never watched him play, even when he was with the O’s organization. If he truly is a good defender I see the O’s going after a guy like that over Iglesias.

Florimon has very good range but commits a lot of errors.  Not as important he doesn't hit.  He is not much better than Beckham defensively.  Iglesias has the range and he doesn't make many errors.

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7 hours ago, wildcard said:

I think the odds are that the O's take a Rule 5 player because they select first which means they get the better player available.

I would like to see the O's sign one FA.  SSJose Iglesias.  I think it is important to improve the infield defense to help develop pitchers.   He is 28 and I could see the O's signing him for 2 or 3 years at 5 -6m per year.

But no FA ss. Na. 

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