“Orioles big game shopping & most believe it's exclusively rotation”

[eddie83]

Who is left in FA

Verlander -X

Rodon 

Senga

Bassitt 

Eovaldi 

Manaea

Walker

Taillon

Heaney 

Kluber 

Syndergaard

Stripling

Wacha 

 

 

Some others as well along the lines of Lyles. 

Edited December 5, 2022 by eddie83

[Sports Guy]

 

[RVAOsFan]

Dominoes are falling 

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

 

Good. First domino to fall. I prefer for whatever happens to happen sooner than later. 

[Sports Guy]

2 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

Dominoes are falling 

2/86?  Wow. More AAV to avoid giving the guaranteed third year?

[RVAOsFan]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

Mets probably gave him the third year.

 

[Going Underground]

2 minutes ago, RVAOsFan said:

Dominoes are falling 

And money is falling out of the sky. $43 mil. will probably be more then the entire A's payroll  

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Going Underground said:

And money is falling out of the sky. $43 mil. will probably be more then the entire A's payroll  

Sport is in trouble isn’t it. 
 

Makes a ton of sense for Mets. 

[eddie83]

Now will Rodon go next or someone else?  I bet there is a huge difference in how teams view him. 

[LookinUp]

First was actually Baerga. Just saying.

[eddie83]

 

[eddie83]

Mets need to add David Price. That way we can beat them in WS like it was 2014 all over again.

[DrinkinWithFermi]

13 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

These are teams looking at him. Who knows where he goes. He isn’t a star. 
 

Thing that gets me is how high some people think of our current rotation. Will Kremer or Bradish ever be as good as Taillon?

I would not be terribly surprised if one or both of Kremer and Bradish posted a ~5.00 ERA next year, which is a large part of why I was so keen on meaningfully upgrading the rotation this offseason. Both have some red flags in their underlying metrics that hint at regression.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

I would not be terribly surprised if one or both of Kremer and Bradish posted a ~5.00 ERA next year, which is a large part of why I was so keen on meaningfully upgrading the rotation this offseason. Both have some red flags in their underlying metrics that hint at regression.

Exactly. I agree. 
 

In 22 the Orioles were 10th in AL in SP ERA. 4.35. League Avg was 4.01. 

[eddie83]

Well Orioles aside looks like a good week for baseball. Ton of action. Glad to see it.