Orioles acquire LHP Rich Hill from Cubs

[Anonymous]

Excellent, logical post ----- until you got to the minors.

AAA rotation -- Tillman, Liz, Bergesen, D Hernandez, Berken

AAA Pen - Albers, Hennessey, Waters, Mickolio, Miller, Burres,

AA rotation -- Patton, Arrieta, Erbe, Spoone(when healthy)

Of course injuries can change all that.

I think the O's good with 13 pitcher to keep both Pauley and Penn.

If they have to DFA Moore or Penn, then Moore is the one to send through waivers.

I don't know if those will be the exact names in AAA. But more to the point, night and day what our AAA staff looks like in '08 vs. '09. Wow!

[wildcard]

I don't know if those will be the exact names in AAA. But more to the point, night and day what our AAA staff looks like in '08 vs. '09. Wow!

Hoey is in the AAA pen also if he pitches well in ST. I would not be surprised to see Burres refuse the assignment and go to another organization.

[NCRaven]

Hoey is in the AAA pen also if he pitches well in ST. I would not be surprised to see Burres refuse the assignment and go to another organization.

Discussed in another thread, he doesn't have enough service time to refuse the demotion. But, he could still be claimed by another team - possible, if not likely.