Pick one former Oriole at any stage of their career to add to the current team to make us serious WS contenders

[MikeAD]

Give me 1968 McNally.  Or another more modern style lefty like Erik Bedard from 2007. 

 

For giggles peak Chris Davis would be fun.  

[Aristotelian]

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm pretty sure the rest of the league would riot if they let the Orioles have two Adam Fraziers.

Honestly that would be a cool way to troll the Blue Jays. It might work. 

[LTO's]

Following the prompt.....late 90's Sammy Sosa.

 

If it's what they did on the Orioles, give me Mussina. 

[Matt Bennett]

2001 Sammy Sosa in RF. 203 OPS+

[Matt Bennett]

2 minutes ago, LTO's said:

Following the prompt.....late 90's Sammy Sosa.

 

If it's what they did on the Orioles, give me Mussina. 

Beat me to it

[MCO'sFan]

For pitchers, Palmer over Mussina and it is not even close. Can't go wrong with Frank Robinson either. As a fan, Boog Powell was my favorite as a young kid. 1970 MVP Boog would be a great upgrade too. 

Edited May 22, 2023 by MCO'sFan

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, MCO'sFan said:

Palmer over Mussina and it is not even close. 

Except it is..peak Moose is right there with peak Palmer.

[Ripken]

Palmer or Mussina is right.  When it comes to the Eddie or Frank MOO bat discussion... I'd certainly take 2013, 53 dinger Chris Davis, too.

[MCO'sFan]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Except it is..peak Moose is right there with peak Palmer.

Maybe, I never really thought of Mussina as a true ACE. Maybe it was because he was on a lot of bad teams. For me, it's not even close. I would still take peak Palmer over Peak Mussina.  

Edited May 22, 2023 by MCO'sFan

[clapdiddy]

This team needs either Palmer or Mussina.  

[tntoriole]

Palmer, Frank .. easy picks

 

out of the box?  Peak Zack Britton..

Cano, Bautista, Zack .. money 

[Yossarian]

The idea of another switch hitter in the middle of the order makes Murray intriguing.  But you have to go with Palmet - that's the biggest need. 

[NCRaven]

Palmer gives you 20 complete games.  Pitching every 5 days, instead of 4, probably gives you 230-240 innings, saving the bullpen.  But, 1966 Frank completely changed the Orioles.  If given one of each (pitcher/position), I'd go Palmer / Robinson over any other combination.

And, Frank would also make the pitching better...simply by demanding that they play better. 

Edited May 22, 2023 by NCRaven

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, NCRaven said:

Palmer gives you 20 complete games.  Pitching every 5 days, instead of 4, probably gives you 230-240 innings, saving the bullpen.  But, 1966 Frank completely changed the Orioles.  If given one of each (pitcher/position), I'd go Palmer / Robinson over any other combination.

And, Frank would also make the pitching better...simply by demanding that they play better. 

And McGinnity gives you 38 complete games, over 400 innings.  His WHIP was under 1, and he gave up  .2 HR/9!

[NCRaven]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

And McGinnity gives you 38 complete games, over 400 innings.  His WHIP was under 1, and he gave up  .2 HR/9!

Did he pitch every other day?  The game has really changed over the last 100 years.  Especially pitching.