Dan Duquette talks about Yusniel Diaz

[tntoriole]

7 hours ago, Mr. Chewbacca Jr. said:

That free agency class if full of regrettable signings. Greinke is the best of the bunch and the Diamondbacks even wanted to move his contract. The others:

David Price (7/$217)

Jason Heyward (8/$184)

Yoenis Cespedes (3/$75) - Played well, just always hurt

Johnny Cueto (6/$130)

Justin Upton (6/$132)

Jordan Zimmerman (5/$110)

Chris Davis (7/$161)

Jeff Samardzija (5/$90)

Wei-Yin Chen (5/$80)

Ian Kennedy (5/$70)

And, of course, to hear Dan tell it now, in retrospect.....he never would have signed any of those lemons...lol. 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

And, of course, to hear Dan tell it now, in retrospect.....he never would have signed any of those lemons...lol. 

Other than Davis Cespedes is the only one I remember hearing any buzz on.

I don't think ownership would have signed off on any of the other contracts.

[tntoriole]

2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Other than Davis Cespedes is the only one I remember hearing any buzz on.

I don't think ownership would have signed off on any of the other contracts.

A lot of them had opt outs, which was not the Orioles’ bag.  And so Dan signed Fowler, oops, no he didn’t, signed Gallardo...yippee! 

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, tntoriole said:

A lot of them had opt outs, which was not the Orioles’ bag.  And so Dan signed Fowler, oops, no he didn’t, signed Gallardo...yippee! 

Beef got one.

[tntoriole]

19 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Beef got one.

I thought Wellington Castillo got a one year deal with a player option for second year. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, tntoriole said:

I thought Wellington Castillo got a one year deal with a player option for second year. 

And how is a player option functionally different than an opt out?

[tntoriole]

26 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

And how is a player option functionally different than an opt out?

Not much...

[Redskins Rick]

11 hours ago, tntoriole said:

A lot of them had opt outs, which was not the Orioles’ bag.  And so Dan signed Fowler, oops, no he didn’t, signed Gallardo...yippee! 

I wont kick Dan for Fowler that wasnt his muck up.

Angelos the lawyer does not like opt outs, if they perform poorly or get hurt, they dont give money back. Personally, I can see his reasoning.

With that said, everybody in baseball is using them these days, and finally even the Orioles have caved.

[Can_of_corn]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

I wont kick Dan for Fowler that wasnt his muck up.

Angelos the lawyer does not like opt outs, if they perform poorly or get hurt, they dont give money back. Personally, I can see his reasoning.

With that said, everybody in baseball is using them these days, and finally even the Orioles have caved.

He got played.

[Redskins Rick]

58 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He got played.

I lost a post, I thought I mad.

I think one of the few times, OH agreed on any subject, was the contempt of Fowler.