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Yes, there are 4 days left but that's not a lot and teams aren't going to wait around for Mr Deliberate to make his mind up.

He has to be aggressive and get things done before teams go another direction.

4 days isn't that much time...It is enough time to get a lot of things done but its also not a lot of time to just wait and take your sweet ole time.

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Yes, there are 4 days left but that's not a lot and teams aren't going to wait around for Mr Deliberate to make his mind up.

He has to be aggressive and get things done before teams go another direction.

4 days isn't that much time...It is enough time to get a lot of things done but its also not a lot of time to just wait and take your sweet ole time.

I'd love to see some moves made ... yesterday. But come now, SG. Do you really think that AM is sitting around, just waiting and taking his ole sweet time? I believe that just as much as I believe he didn't start negotiating with Wieters until 5 minutes before the signing deadline last year.
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I'd love to see some moves made ... yesterday. But come now, SG. Do you really think that AM is sitting around, just waiting and taking his ole sweet time? I believe that just as much as I believe he didn't start negotiating with Wieters until 5 minutes before the signing deadline last year.

No but I do think he is being deliberate.

I do think he may be asking for too much right now and I know, for a fact, that other alternatives are out there.

He can't afford to be as deliberate as he was with Bedard.

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Yes, there are 4 days left but that's not a lot and teams aren't going to wait around for Mr Deliberate to make his mind up.

He has to be aggressive and get things done before teams go another direction.

4 days isn't that much time...It is enough time to get a lot of things done but its also not a lot of time to just wait and take your sweet ole time.

I agree and maybe he needs to stop over valuing players. I don't think there's may GM out there that want to wind up looking like Bavasi.Sherill value as lefty specialist isn't that high. In Huff's case they are going to have to carry next years salary. We're not going to get 4-5 player hauls for these guys. In Fact Guthrie may have the highest value of all. Of course it's hard to part with theonly starter that can go 6 innings but that's also the crux of his value.We should be able to get at least one stud AAA pitcher back that's ready to step in the rotation.

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Actually AM is probably taking his time since he holds the cards. The value could go up the longer he waits since the O's are not worried about making the playoffs now. He may get great value from those teams who panic right before the deadline. Selling early may not get the value that he wants and of course players like Sherrill will be under their control for years after the season is over. They are not 2 or 3 month rentals. If he doesn't get the value that he wants, he can wait until the off season. Patience can pay off and AM can't panic if he wants the most value.

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Actually AM is probably taking his time since he holds the cards. The value could go up the longer he waits since the O's are not worried about making the playoffs now. He may get great value from those teams who panic right before the deadline. Selling early may not get the value that he wants and of course players like Sherrill will be under their control for years after the season is over. They are not 2 or 3 month rentals. If he doesn't get the value that he wants, he can wait until the off season. Patience can pay off and AM can't panic if he wants the most value.

How would that strategy have worked if we waited until this deadline to deal Tejada and Bedard?

This idea that he can just wait and we all hold all the cards, etc is BS to me.

You make the good deals when they are there to be made.

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No but I do think he is being deliberate.

I do think he may be asking for too much right now and I know, for a fact, that other alternatives are out there.

He can't afford to be as deliberate as he was with Bedard.

Mr. Deliberate did pretty well with the Viola trade and that was on what date? Oh yeah July 31st.

Sherrill is the best LH relief arm on the market. Fuentes likely won't be dealt because the Rockies are starting to make a move. So MacPhail can take his time.

Bradford will be dealt IMO because he's one of the better RP options out there.

Relax SG, it's only 4 more days away...

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Yes, there are 4 days left but that's not a lot and teams aren't going to wait around for Mr Deliberate to make his mind up.

He has to be aggressive and get things done before teams go another direction.

4 days isn't that much time...It is enough time to get a lot of things done but its also not a lot of time to just wait and take your sweet ole time.

Well, Mr. Deliberate's deliberateness netted us perhaps one of the most lopsided trades in MLB history.

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How would that strategy have worked if we waited until this deadline to deal Tejada and Bedard?

This idea that he can just wait and we all hold all the cards, etc is BS to me.

You make the good deals when they are there to be made.

And if the good deal is not there to be made you what??? COMPLAIN THAT A DEAL HASN'T BEEN MADE!! It sounds like a no win proposition to me.

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How would that strategy have worked if we waited until this deadline to deal Tejada and Bedard?

This idea that he can just wait and we all hold all the cards, etc is BS to me.

You make the good deals when they are there to be made.

And maybe the best offer won't happen before the deadline. That is why he can afford to wait even if it happens in the off season.

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I've never really had a problem with AM's pace. Set a value and don't take anything less, especially if our guy still fits into what we are trying to do. I don't think you just take anything for a guy, unless it's a Payton that you're just trying to dump. Have we gotten offers for him? What offers have we gotten for the others? If NYM really did ask us for Ramon before they went to the Nats, that was a deal we should have done. Otherwise, I'll chose to believe that we aren't doing anything because the other teams aren't being aggressive. We don't have to trade Huff and Sherrill, so we certainly aren't going to take junk for them. If PHI is actually giving us Donald + 2 for Sherrill, I'm sure he'll take it.

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But he also had a great chip to deal and had a lot of time to get a deal done...That's not the case right now.

So you propose that he makes a deal just for the sake of making a deal because of the deadline? On players of value that will be here this offseason when there will be time to recieve the maximum amount of return? Does that make any sense?

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