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First of all, we should be pushing for Sheets.

Secondly, if you sign these guys for 1 year, that's ok...They are terrible but 1 year is fine.

AM is rushing this...For once, he is rushing instead of waiting...There will be pitchers like this available all offseason...guys you will be able to sign for 1 year...these guys are the guys that will be hit by the economy.

Looper wants more than 1 year...If AM gives it to him, he is a fool.

2 years wouldn't be that bad. He could profile as a back end starter if Tillman, Arrieta and Matusz are doing good in 2010.

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Looper is looking for multiple years I believe.

As I said earlier, if you were going to go this route, why not just keep DCab?

If he can get multiple years, good for him. Let someone else sign him. A 1 year deal wouldn't be bad for him. I'd also see if Pavano would be interested in a 1 yr deal with the idea that he could get a better long term deal if he has a good season. Sign one of the Japanese pitchers, and dangle Scott for a starter if Tex is signed.

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Who is left on the market that you would actually want to sign to serve as a cornerstone of the rotation?

I dont mind getting Looper and Redding.

Sheets and Kawakami should be the target...And if you are afraid to sign them, I would trade for a guy with one year left(like Marquis) or present 1 year offers to several guys...the first 2 to accept get the job.

Giving any of these guys more than 1 year is terrible.

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If he can get multiple years, good for him. Let someone else sign him. A 1 year deal wouldn't be bad for him. I'd also see if Pavano would be interested in a 1 yr deal with the idea that he could get a better long term deal if he has a good season. Sign one of the Japanese pitchers, and dangle Scott for a starter if Tex is signed.

I hope they go for someone like Brad Penny for the same reason. Sign him to a one year deal, have him establish himself and then next year some other club can long term him while we let the kids play.

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If you keep buying off the junk heap, in the end you keep wasting money that could have been put towards somebody like a Sheets.

Bingo.

Stop being afraid of Sheets and his injury history.

The only reason he is attainable is because he is a risk..otherwise he would dwarf the Burnett contract.

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Sheets and Kawakami should be the target...And if you are afraid to sign them, I would trade for a guy with one year left(like Marquis) or present 1 year offers to several guys...the first 2 to accept get the job.

Giving any of these guys more than 1 year is terrible.

Why should Kawakami, at 33 years old, be a target? I would like the Orioles to sign him but I am just playing devil's advocate.

How do you know we have offered more than a one-year contract to both Looper and Redding? We could be doing exactly what you want us to do.

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Sheets and Kawakami should be the target...And if you are afraid to sign them, I would trade for a guy with one year left(like Marquis) or present 1 year offers to several guys...the first 2 to accept get the job.

Giving any of these guys more than 1 year is terrible.

The article states that the Orioles are reluctant to go more than 1 year.

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Good post. We need pitchers. Lots of pitchers.

I agree as well.

I know we aren't talking about Cy Young potential here, but the young guns need more time. I think Looper is decent. Redding is a 4 or 5 spot guy, as is D-Cab, but off the top of my head, I think he has a bit more control, which as we know is needed in Camden.

-Don

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