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NoVaO Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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I think most people remember when he said in his blog the O's and Wieters were close. His info. didn't prove to be true. His most recent update...

Matt Wieters, fifth overall, Orioles: There was a major breakdown in communication on this pick, and apparently, any discussions that took place prior to the arrival of Andy MacPhail in Baltimore were discarded. The two sides haven't gotten close together since then. The same goes for their fourth-round pick, Jake Arrieta, who had a deal in place with Baltimore for late first-round money. Now, he likely will return to TCU and try to improve on his disappointing junior year.

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=2975188&name=law_keith

I know it isn't what people want to here. I can't really get a feel for whats going to happen. There is always so much negativity when there are deadlines like this and more often than not, deals get done. We'll see...I just know McPhail better not f*** this up. We had just three picks in the first five rounds. We spent most of our later round picks on signable guys with little upside. To have Tim Bascom as our only pick in the first five rounds would be an absolute failure.

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Whose head? The parameters were obviously discussed before the draft. Boras himself says so, and included Angelos. The week before the draft, Boras and Duquette were seen talking throughout a baseball game.

The only thing that's changed since then is MacPhail. I doubt his head is going to roll.

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Whose head? The parameters were obviously discussed before the draft. Boras himself says so, and included Angelos. The week before the draft, Boras and Duquette were seen talking throughout a baseball game.

The only thing that's changed since then is MacPhail. I doubt his head is going to roll.

Not him....Duq.

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I think he means the power that MacPhail has. Thrift did have a lot of power under Angelos, though I think MacPhail has even more. Thrift still had to check with Angelos for that Rolen deal that involved Bedard and Gibbons back in the Winter Meetings of 2002, while I think MacPhail wouldn't have to if something similar in scope was on the table this offseason. The key is Thrift wasn't exactly young and was somewhat senile so even though he was a great baseball mind, the game had passed him by. MacPhail is younger so hopefully he has a little bit more of that baseball mind than Thrift did...

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