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Rosenthal: O's more willing to deal Baez and Sherrill

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Dr. FLK Hangout Grand Counsel

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I don't see Kam Mickolio, Bob McCrory and Jim Miller as alternatives. Even Ray would have to show me he's really back.

There is a difference between an "alternative" and a "good alternative". For instance...when I was getting dressed this morning, my wife's skirt was an "alternative" to pants, but it's not an "alternative" that I found particularly attractive.

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Unless you are team in a pennant run with a hole at the closer position' date=' trading for a closer is typically a stupid move. You are mostly trading for the name that comes with the label of "closer". That is why smart teams (Oak) place pitchers in the role, let them get some success and then trade them while their stock is high.

This is why we should be looking to trade both Baez and Sherrill if they can continue to stay hot the next couple weeks.

I would be confident that between D. Hernandez, Ray, Johnson.. we could backfill our set-up and cloers guys.[/quote']

Sorry but I am not ready to trade either one of them.

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There is a difference between an "alternative" and a "good alternative". For instance...when I was getting dressed this morning, my wife's skirt was an "alternative" to pants, but it's not an "alternative" that I found particularly attractive.
Hope the wife doesn't read the OH, otherwise RIP friend.:laughlol:
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I don't see Hernandez as a closer now. He does have the kind of stuff for the back of the bullpen, granted. But he has little or no experience in that role; he's been a starter.Plus, his control is a bit questionable right now.

Almost all good closers started off as something else, usually minor league starters. A lot of them were starters right up until the game where they became the major league closer.

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But what does the short-run matter when we are focused on the long-run? If we can trade Baez ( who is gone at season's end) and/or Sherrill ( who is a solid loogy but has been playing an imposter role as a closer) and get talent back to help this team the next few years' date=' then does it really matter if we take a few more lumps while these younger bullpen arms get experience at the big league level?[/quote']

Well, FWIW, AM disagrees with you. After he showed up here and took a few months to scope things out, he announced that the O's were a MIN of a couple years away from being decent. He also announced that his plan was to grow young pitching. He also announced that one of his first priorities was to fix the BP, which he promptly did. When you're developing young SP's, you want to ensure that they have a fair shot to win the game.

You and a few others might not care if the team gets it brains beat out in the 7th, 8th and 9th innings, but AM does (thank God), and so do the players, and so do most fans. To act like it doesn't matter is making the mistake of pretending this is a stock portfolio. It's not. It's a baseball franchise, and the rebuilding of the franchise is at a place where the team needs to get better, year by year.

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