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I’m just waking up from a nap and seeing this news.  I see there’s a long thread reacting to the trade, but what grade do you give it?  See the poll, and you can give it a letter grade if you like too

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Just now, interloper said:

Really? Not sure about this idea. Though he did seem to have sound enough reflexes at 2B, so maybe it would work. 

Yeah, I heard they are going to have him learn 3B. No idea how his arm is, but it can probably play there?

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18 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

I hate it despite what the trade sim says. I would’ve been ok with Stowers and a lower 30 ish guy. 

The trade sim is just stupid.  Anyone citing that as an authority should be sentenced to looking at spreadsheets for all eternity and never actually watching a baseball game.  

That said, I don’t hate the trade because Rogers is an upgrade to our no. 5 spot and Norby and Stowers aren’t as good as other, younger guys who are major league ready in our system.   
 

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Its pretty simple.  There are 2 kinds of trades

1. Trades that help you win in the regular season

2. Trades that help you win in the post season

I see this more as type 1.  With that said, you need consistent solid starting pitching to even get to the post season, especially without taxing the pen too much.  The O's starting pitching has been lit up outside of Burnes and Rodriguez over the past 6 weeks.  I think we needed a trade like this to settle this waves and right the ship so we can get some "momentum" going into the post season.  Yes the trade was a bit steep, but Norby and Stowers were getting old in prospect terms.

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4 hours ago, Frobby said:

The trade sim is just stupid.  Anyone citing that as an authority should be sentenced to looking at spreadsheets for all eternity and never actually watching a baseball game.  

That said, I don’t hate the trade because Rogers is an upgrade to our no. 5 spot and Norby and Stowers aren’t as good as other, younger guys who are major league ready in our system.   
 

You think a fifth starter is worth Norby? I don’t …as I mentioned Stowers and some fluff. Both is quite a bit excessive 

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1 minute ago, Roll Tide said:

You think a fifth starter is worth Norby? I don’t …as I mentioned Stowers and some fluff. Both is quite a bit excessive 

I guess you have a higher opinion of Norby than I do.  

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1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:

You think a fifth starter is worth Norby? I don’t …as I mentioned Stowers and some fluff. Both is quite a bit excessive 

To the Orioles at this moment and in 2025, yea the starter is more valuable. 
 

I also thought Norby was going to be an above average second baseman.  But we had options at 2b and really needed pitching.  

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