interloper Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 (edited) While not a slam dunk, I think you can certainly make a case. It also seems like the Orioles needed to make the most moves. I'm only listing the players acquired here so it's admittedly only one half of the picture. What deadline deals below do you like? Orioles SP Eflin, SP Rogers, RP Dominguez, RP Soto, OF/DH Jimenez, OF Slater, IF Soto, SP prospect Reilly Yankees IF/OF Chisolm, RP Leiter Jr., RP De Los Santos Red Sox SP Paxton, C Jansen, RP Sims, RP Garcia, SP prospect Priester Royals SP Lorezen, RP Harvey, RP Erceg, IF DeJong Twins RP Richards Guardians SP Cobb, OF Thomas Mariners OF Arozarena, 1B/DH Turner, RP Garcia, OF Thomas, C Salcedo, RP Chargois Astros SP Kikuchi, RP Ferguson Rangers C Kelly, RP Chafin, RP prospect Pennington Dodgers SP Flaherty, OF Kiermaier, IF/OF Rosario, IF Edman, RP Kopech, SP? prospect Gonzalez (17 year-old) Phillies OF Hays, RP Estevez, RP Banks Braves OF Soler, RP Jackson Mets SP Blackburn, RP Maton, RP Stanek, OF Winker, RP Zuber, RP Brazoban, SP? prospect Carreno (18 year-old) Padres SP Perez, RP Scott, IF/OF Lockridge, RP Hoeing, RP Adam Diamondbacks RP Puk, RP Floro, 1B Bell Cardinals SP Fedde, OF Pham, RP Armstrong Brewers SP Civale, SP Montas, RP Mears Pirates OF De La Cruz, IF/OF Kiner-Falefa, RP Beeks, RP Walker, IF/OF prospect Cook, IF prospect Yorke Edited July 31 by interloper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LookitsPuck Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I think they plugged the most holes, but went quantity over quality...and to be honest, I think it was the best plan without sacrificing the future since guys like Skubal and Crochet were going to have to be otherworldly overpays because the Tigers/Sox didn't have to trade them and Crochet hamstrung the White Sox with his extension demands and innings limit issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcard Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Chisholm is going to be a pain in the butt to play against on the Yankees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waroriole Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Royals did very well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hallas Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I think the Dodgers had a clearly better deadline than we did. After that... I feel like a lot of teams were pretty similar; I wouldn't really be able to pick between the Mariners, Orioles, Yankees, Royals, or Red Sox haul to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 I think you’d have to look at what these teams gave up in exchange to really judge it. I’m sure some objective pundits will weigh in over the next several days. MLB.com ranked us no. 5 after the Cardinals, Dodgers, Mariners and Mets. Lots of different opinions out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan8703 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Does Holliday count as added? Elias certainly made moves to plug any need. Even platoon type moves. Sure we probably could use another TOR SP, or another high leverage RP, but every team in baseball would say that other than the Giants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interloper Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 Poor Twins fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say O! Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 If the lens is purely 2024, other teams may have done same/better than Os. But when viewed from multiyear lens, I think Os clearly were top dogs. Acquisitions were not purely rentals and preserved top prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btdart20 Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 Who got better for 2024? LAD got the best SP. NYY get the most dynamic hitter. I like what PHI did for the context of their team. Curious to see how SEA plays out because Arozarena and Turner can be really good hitters. Probably the widest standard deviation of outcomes. (Eloy on a macro level.) We checked a lot of boxes with a strong SP in Eflin. I'd say we're podium contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frobby Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Do the Orioles even exist? Did they make any moves at the deadline? You wouldn’t know from this article: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-mlb-trade-deadline-winners-and-losers/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clapdiddy Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 18 hours ago, wildcard said: Chisholm is going to be a pain in the butt to play against on the Yankees. I dunno...he's a .247 lifetime hitter with a .310 OBP. Maybe the "Yankees sauce" rubs off on him...but I just don't know at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevadaO Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 18 hours ago, interloper said: Poor Twins fans. Right? What are they doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webbrick2010 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 17 hours ago, btdart20 said: Who got better for 2024? LAD got the best SP. NYY get the most dynamic hitter. I like what PHI did for the context of their team. Curious to see how SEA plays out because Arozarena and Turner can be really good hitters. Probably the widest standard deviation of outcomes. (Eloy on a macro level.) We checked a lot of boxes with a strong SP in Eflin. I'd say we're podium contenders. NYY get the most dynamic hitter. and fielder and baserunner. The O's should have outbid the Yankees because 1} We don't have a CF'er for the future and 2) keep him from the Yankees putting them over the top for winning the division. He can also plug in anywhere in the IF. Extremely valuable player that the Yankees got on the cheap, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drjohnnyfever1 Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 19 hours ago, Frobby said: I think you’d have to look at what these teams gave up in exchange to really judge it. I’m sure some objective pundits will weigh in over the next several days. MLB.com ranked us no. 5 after the Cardinals, Dodgers, Mariners and Mets. Lots of different opinions out there. I don't usually watch whatever the betting show is after the post-game show on MASN, but I happened to leave it on a little longer yesterday while straightening the office. The two guys there were not really impressed with our work at the deadline. And they also commented about other odds guys being equally unimpressed and some being down on the O's as a result. I get the betting conversations are a little different, but it is interesting to hear their takes. I think we did well, but the guys we got need to perform closer to the best they've done in the past rather than the meh they sort of are for this to work out. I'm hopeful, however; we got what we needed position wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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