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8 minutes ago, Philip said:

Oh absolutely! I just hope Mike agrees.

If we squeak in as the 16th seed and get the first boot, I think he’ll be annoyed.
I just hope he’s not so averse to annoyment that he ensures we don’t get to that point.

JMHO..... I really don't think Mike will purposefully tank this season, just for the #1 pick. He (and ALL of us) hope for a #1 #2 #3 pick of course. But I don't think Elias will sabotage our roster for it. If we're winning and in place for the Playoffs I think he'll do the best he can with what he has.

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2 minutes ago, scOtt said:

JMHO..... I really don't think Mike will purposefully tank this season, just for the #1 pick. He (and ALL of us) hope for a #1 #2 #3 pick of course. But I don't think Elias will sabotage our roster for it. If we're winning and in place for the Playoffs I think he'll do the best he can with what he has.

That’s my hope as well, but I’m not as confident as you are. He’s adamant about building through the draft.

Making the playoffs, in this season, under these circumstances, would-probably-hardly be enough to sway him from his goal.
Just how I read him.

 

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Just now, Philip said:

That’s my hope as well, but I’m not as confident as you are. He’s adamant about building through the draft.

Making the playoffs, in this season, under these circumstances, would-probably-hardly be enough to sway him from his goal.
Just how I read him.

 

We'll see I guess. ? I think he's not going to be making deadline deals and such, a PUSH for the Playoffs. I think any deadline deals he might make will be for prospects, if he can get any good ones. Not just to "trade Cobb" just to deliberately lose games. How I read him...

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22 minutes ago, scOtt said:

We'll see I guess. ? I think he's not going to be making deadline deals and such, a PUSH for the Playoffs. I think any deadline deals he might make will be for prospects, if he can get any good ones. Not just to "trade Cobb" just to deliberately lose games. How I read him...

Oh, I don’t think, at least I certainly hope, that Mike won’t trade anyone to lose games.but he won’t trade anyone for NOW help. No E-Rod for Miller deals. But I don’t think he will hold off on a deal even if it costs the current team some WAR. I certainly expect some Cobb for Prospects deals if possible.

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5 hours ago, SteveA said:

We were scheduled to play the Nats in Baltimore today originally.  It was a 50th Anniversary of the 1970 O's Day and the giveaway was a Brooks jersey.  My Nats fan friend and I were going to go so instead...

We can hear the stadium announcer from here.

Back home from enemy territory with a victory!

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3 hours ago, Philip said:

Oh, I don’t think, at least I certainly hope, that Mike won’t trade anyone to lose games.but he won’t trade anyone for NOW help. No E-Rod for Miller deals. But I don’t think he will hold off on a deal even if it costs the current team some WAR. I certainly expect some Cobb for Prospects deals if possible.

He already proved that trading Bleier.

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10 hours ago, Philip said:

Oh, I don’t think, at least I certainly hope, that Mike won’t trade anyone to lose games.but he won’t trade anyone for NOW help. No E-Rod for Miller deals. But I don’t think he will hold off on a deal even if it costs the current team some WAR. I certainly expect some Cobb for Prospects deals if possible.

Miller was fantastic.

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