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

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

The title of this thread is so funny now "Big Game Shopping". We're trying to shoot mice with a BB gun. 

Reminds me of this Simpsons clip.

 

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, interloper said:

I will say, not exactly the, uh, athletic condition you'd hope for for $210 million.

Mickey Lolich and David Wells say hi.  

[Can_of_corn]

8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Mickey Lolich and David Wells say hi.  

I'm not interested in paying either one of them 210 million.

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not interested in paying either one of them 210 million.

By the way, did I miss a post saying that Rodon was seeking $210 mm?

FWIW, Wells was worth 23 rWAR at ages 30-36, while Lolich was worth 29 WAR at those ages despite missing his age 36 season.  

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

By the way, did I miss a post saying that Rodon was seeking $210 mm?

FWIW, Wells was worth 23 rWAR at ages 30-36, while Lolich was worth 29 WAR at those ages despite missing his age 36 season.  

6-7 year deals, worth 180-210 million.

[Frobby]

3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

6-7 year deals, worth 180-210 million.

I can imagine giving Rodon $30 mm/yr.  I can imagine (sort of) giving Rodon a 7 year deal.   I cannot imagine doing both those things together.  

[Just Regular]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

I still remember that in 1966 Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale pulled a “double holdout” that resulted in them getting the princely sums of $135 k and $105 k, respectively.   Koufax went on to win 27 games that season, or $5,000 per win.   

Their greed probably destroyed the Club's championship juju.

[interloper]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

I can imagine giving Rodon $30 mm/yr.  I can imagine (sort of) giving Rodon a 7 year deal.   I cannot imagine doing both those things together.  

It's what he's asking for, but I do kind of doubt he gets it. The more I think about him, the more I don't like the injury history. Couple it with a guy who looks to be somewhat out of shape. I dunno. I think within the window of contention, there will be better ways to spend $200 million. 

[Redskins Rick]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I can imagine giving Rodon $30 mm/yr.  I can imagine (sort of) giving Rodon a 7 year deal.   I cannot imagine doing both those things together.  

In this market with crazy monopoly money, he is liable to get it to.

It helps that he is a lefty.

 

[Roll Tide]

@Sports Guy……A3 Teamer!

 

[interloper]

On 11/24/2022 at 3:26 AM, Roll Tide said:

Take it with a Grain of Salt.

 

https://birdswatcher.com/2022/11/22/baltimore-orioles-jacob-degrom/

Honestly we deserve this for believing a sham MLB insider Twitter account lol. This is now approaching infamous OH thread level. 

Put "big game shopping" on the wall with "wine and dine".

[OriolesMagic83]

10 hours ago, Frobby said:

Mickey Lolich and David Wells say hi.  

A really good deal on a per pound basis.

[orioles119]

9 hours ago, interloper said:

Honestly we deserve this for believing a sham MLB insider Twitter account lol. This is now approaching infamous OH thread level. 

Put "big game shopping" on the wall with "wine and dine".

Don't forget the percolator!

[DrinkinWithFermi]

It would be really nice if we could get our Chris Archer/Zach Davies/Michael Pineda signing out of the way ASAP so we can stop wasting time talking about players that the Orioles will never sign because they are still decent-good.

[Moose Milligan]

13 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

@Sports Guy……A3 Teamer!

 

 

Has SG posted since this trade went down?  Someone please call and check on him, a 3 team trade might have given him a heart attack and/or a stroke.  

Anyway, looks like Rodon might be headed to the Yankees.  Seems to be the kerfuffle on Twitter.

This has been a really disappointing offseason so far.  And I'm not saying that because we haven't given an absurd contract to Rodon, but it's that other teams are fearlessly making moves, being aggressive and Kyle Gibson is our booby prize.