Zaun to the Rays

[Roll Tide]

You can forget about Swindle and Meloan.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/08/rays-lose-two-pitchers-on-waivers.html

Makes you wonder why we didnt have interest in either. In my opinion we would have taken one of these guys if we werent getting someone else. We passed on these guys in order for Cleveland & Pitt to have the chance at caiing them right???

[ChaosLex]

So now they are out-and-out lying?

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[BaltimoreTerp]

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I'm just saying that this is a front office regime that seems to lean more towards giving out no information rather than lying about what they give.

It doesn't make much sense that they would come out and say they are getting a player back after the backlash from the Bradford deal, and instead get cash again.

[ChaosLex]

I'm just saying that this is a front office regime that seems to lean more towards giving out no information rather than lying about what they give.

It doesn't make much sense that they would come out and say they are getting a player back after the backlash from the Bradford deal, and instead get cash again.

Hopefully, you're right.

I must say, my expectations are pretty low for what we're getting back though. Not that I expected much to begin with, but it would've been nice to get a young arm (w/ upside) like Meloan.

[Satyr3206]

The FO definition of a couple of days must be vastly different than mine.

[Three Run Homer]

Makes you wonder why we didnt have interest in either. In my opinion we would have taken one of these guys if we werent getting someone else. We passed on these guys in order for Cleveland & Pitt to have the chance at caiing them right???

Good question. I definitely would have picked up Swindle and stuck him in our bullpen--he could have been our lefty specialist next year. And we're ahead of Cleveland in the waiver pecking order, I believe.

[Roll Tide]

Good question. I definitely would have picked up Swindle and stuck him in our bullpen--he could have been our lefty specialist next year. And we're ahead of Cleveland in the waiver pecking order, I believe.

Yeah .. it makes me wonder ..... Still no word on the mystical PTBNL:down:

[NCRaven]

Per Roch -

"Andy MacPhail, president of baseball operations, expects to settle on the PTBNL in the Gregg Zaun trade on Monday."

http://www.masnsports.com/index_blog_roch.html

[REDMAN]

Has anyone mentioned the name of Willie Aybar as the ptnl?Can play 3b,and has power and decent ob numbers.Also could be Andy Sonnanstine,no room for these two with player on injured list coming back.

[Fairfax Bird]

Has anyone mentioned the name of Willie Aybar as the ptnl?Can play 3b,and has power and decent ob numbers.

They aren't trading him as a PTBNL for a 38 year old catcher. Sorry.

[Roll Tide]

Per Roch -

"Andy MacPhail, president of baseball operations, expects to settle on the PTBNL in the Gregg Zaun trade on Monday."

http://www.masnsports.com/index_blog_roch.html

When I asked MacPhail whether the Orioles could receive a player recently designated for assignment, or a minor leaguer from the lower or upper levels of Tampa's farm system, he replied: "It could be pretty much anything".

I really dont believe this part. I think its safe to say the he has a better idea of the direction that he is going. He makes it sound like a dice role to a guy that use to have fun playing RPG's:D

[cmcgarvey]

John "Rhyne" Hughes

http://www.masnsports.com/index_blog_roch.html

[LookinUp]

Does anyone think we're signing a 1b this offseason? I think Aubrey, Hughes and Snyder will be our 1bs next year, with a possible sprinkling of Scott, Reimold and (unlikely) Huff.

[clapdiddy]

John "Rhyne" Hughes

http://www.masnsports.com/index_blog_roch.html

So...just as we suspected...some more AAA filler.