The 2024 Trade Deadline

[OnlyOneOriole]

2 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I’m thinking this is the main reason Elias traded for Eloy. If Eloy stays healthy (a big if) he can produce at the plate. 

Do you seriously think that Eloy comes within 1/100th of replacing AS talent wise?

 

I mean really?  Wouldn't it just be a lot better to just sign AS? 

[DrinkinWithFermi]

1 minute ago, NashLumber said:

For Norfolk? Surely not a piece that fits in Baltimore. 

Is he optionable?

[Just Regular]

Soto at $5M this year, and one more Arb year if his 55 career saves don't make him too expensive to tender.

[OriolesMagic83]

Mad Dog tearing O's apart on MLB Tonight for not getting top end reliever. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

 

Might be a good under the radar move, but I would prefer someone more proven for a playoff run.

[Bemorewins]

Just now, Rbiggs2525 said:

And Elias passed the test.

Soto has a 1.58 WHIP this season. He does get strikeouts though.

[MDK02]

Another Phillies cast off RP. Beautiful. 

[G54377]

So our bullpen help is the Phillies expendable guys. 

[sportsfan8703]

4 minutes ago, DrinkinWithFermi said:

If we're going to spend $16.5 million 2025 dollars on a bad player like Jimenez, why couldn't we just spend that money on a good player instead?

What does 1 year 16.5 million buy you on the FA market?

[Big Mac]

1 minute ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

Do you seriously think that Eloy comes within 1/100th of replacing AS talent wise?

 

I mean really?  Wouldn't it just be a lot better to just sign AS? 

I mean Santander is definitely the better player but Eloy does have a higher career OPS than him, so this is an extreme exaggeration. 

[webbrick2010]

So while the Padres are getting Tanner Scott and the Dodgers Jack Flaherty, and the Diamondbacks Puk, etc

the O's are busy again rummaging through the dumpster for reclamation projects to block the few prospects they haven't given away in bad trades

Maybe we make the playoffs, no chance we win anything

Wait until 2025/26/27....

 

[oriolediehard]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

Big if true!

He saved 30 games in 2022.

[sportsfan8703]

There’s no such thing as a bad 1 year contract. 

[Just Regular]

This morning I wondered how Elias might mix Old Guys and Young Guys with people wondering who the clubhouse leaders are.

I think SIGBOT and/or Brandon Hyde may have tentatively concluded the kids are not ready.

If Corbin Burnes has never barked at Gunnar or Adley, he might tonight.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Just now, OriolesMagic83 said:

Mad Dog tearing O's apart on MLB Tonight for not getting top end reliever. 

I’m not happy either, but I would have been more upset if Elias caved for Tanner Scott’s asking price. The time to bolster the bullpen was before the season trading in season is always more expensive.