What is your realistic best case scenario?

[clapdiddy]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

They should know what the market is.

They were supposedly caught off guard by prices last year.

And the year before that...and the year before that...and...

[backwardsk]

3 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Schoenfeld is great but that’s an awful trade offer and I wouldn’t touch that Hicks contract.

If that’s the expectation for Gray, I’d offer a two year with a higher AAV (2/54-56) and see if that interests him. 

[Orange]

IMO all we need to complete the roster is a top-flight RHRP and middle-of-the-rotation LHSP. (Gotta be a lefty, or why did you push the wall back?)

RHRP - Robert Stephenson... probably more expensive than you think. 3/30?

LHSP - No obvious pick. Montgomery and Eduardo Rodriguez likely cost too much. I'd love Luzardo but he's not going anywhere, even though the fish really need offense. Skubal prolly won't be traded either. Imanaga might be the best option... 3/48 or 4/60? Am I too low? I've heard he'll get around 15/yr. Short of that trade for Lucchesi or Patrick Sandoval (who I have last due to his horrendous WHIP).

I think we keep all of our top prospects. I think they can all work in over time with the inevitability that one or two will wash out as a AAAA or an injury situation. I think Holliday is the 2B, Ortiz is the SS, and Gunnar is at 3B, with Westburg at 2B/3B utility, Mayo at 1B, and a long-term OF of Cowser, Bradfield, and Kjerstad. Basallo works in at C, DH, and 1B. The only ones I don't have spots for are Norby (questionable defense) and Stowers (who may have already proven he's a AAAA). I don't see a problem having the prospects push out the Mullins, Hays, Mountcastle, Santander, Urias, and O'Hearn crew over time.

 

[foxfield]

I think that realistically the Orioles disappoint us here. Especially when there are posts that say we can easily acquire what we need. 
 

Of course that is true. The Orioles should have plenty of money and we know they have plenty of assets to trade. 
 

I will say that I trust Elias to improve the Orioles. I just honestly have no idea which way they will go. The most obvious way is what they have done most recently which is around the margins with smaller deals and acquisitions keeping all internal options open. 
 

My hope is that there is at least one surprise move signaling that Elias can and will place larger bets. I think he has the clearances necessary to do so but until he does…

[Aristotelian]

5 hours ago, backwardsk said:

If that’s the expectation for Gray, I’d offer a two year with a higher AAV (2/54-56) and see if that interests him. 

That's what I was thinking before seeing articles about him getting 4 years.