Anyone got nine more years? ...

[Frobby]

7 hours ago, dmvsports410 said:

Meaning whoever becomes a decent player whether Adley, Yusiel, Grayson or whoever down the line the Orioles won't sign that player to an extension. I just don't have the confidence as a Orioles fan. 

I don’t know why not.    Roberts, Markakis, Jones, Hardy, Davis, O’Day, Trumbo.   And hopefully, Elias will be a bit smarter about extending guys earlier and picking the right guys to extend.    
 

By the way, I’d also be OK if we systematically traded good players about 2 years before FA, once our pipeline is full, the way Tampa has done successfully for many years. This requires a very good farm system and the confidence to evaluate whether your young prospects can do the job.   Those are not things the O’s have often had over the last 30 years.     Think about how we might have handled Trumbo if we’d had confidence that Mancini would turn out as he did, for example.    

[weams]

7 hours ago, dmvsports410 said:

Meaning whoever becomes a decent player whether Adley, Yusiel, Grayson or whoever down the line the Orioles won't sign that player to an extension. I just don't have the confidence as a Orioles fan. 

Yes. That is what I suspect. Unless it is one of those very early underpays. 

[Redskins Rick]

14 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Bonds.

Your point????

[Redskins Rick]

10 hours ago, Satyr3206 said:

How did a thread about the O's contending in the future turn into a MacPhail/Buck soap opera?

Normal OH SOP.....LOL

[weams]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

Your point????

Multiples. 

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

Multiples. 

Duh, I could only think MLB Bond, and Bobby.

Appreciate it

[weams]

33 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Duh, I could only think MLB Bond, and Bobby.

Appreciate it

Bonds. James Bonds.

[OFFNY]

2 hours ago, weams said:

 

Bonds ........ James Bonds.

 

o

 

Cal ........ Cal Munderfire.

 

o

[Frobby]

3 hours ago, weams said:

Multiples. 

Why does the Pierce Brosnan version get the biggest photo?   Sean Connery, man!

[Can_of_corn]

5 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

Your point????

I answered your question.

 

[Redskins Rick]

10 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I answered your question.

 

LOL, if my memory serves correct, you made a statement and you said Bonds.

I was not getting it, until Weams had to explain it to me, scroll above.

[weams]

37 minutes ago, dmvsports410 said:

https://www.mlb.com/nationals/news/nationals-2019-top-30-prospects-list-c304136246

"There's something to be said about the Nationals' track record of scouting, signing and developing international prospects."  They also have a dominican baseball academy. 

They also had a GM and director of International Development banned from baseball over it. 

[weams]

14 minutes ago, dmvsports410 said:

Looks like they are still in the playoffs though. 

Absolutely. No one ever said that cheating was not a great strategy. 

[eddie83]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

I don’t know why not.    Roberts, Markakis, Jones, Hardy, Davis, O’Day, Trumbo.   And hopefully, Elias will be a bit smarter about extending guys earlier and picking the right guys to extend.    
 

By the way, I’d also be OK if we systematically traded good players about 2 years before FA, once our pipeline is full, the way Tampa has done successfully for many years. This requires a very good farm system and the confidence to evaluate whether your young prospects can do the job.   Those are not things the O’s have often had over the last 30 years.     Think about how we might have handled Trumbo if we’d had confidence that Mancini would turn out as he did, for example.    

Ownership is the key to all of this. Can’t sign players without owners approval. 

I hope the sons learn from their fathers mistakes. So far, so good. 

[weams]

28 minutes ago, dmvsports410 said:

Truth hurts I guess. 

Yep.