Orioles after Adrian Gonzalez?

[PrivateO]

Hang on for the ride! :laughlol:

Man, this offseason could be entertaining after all...

Here we go again....

It's pretty much the same time as last year too...

[Moose Milligan]

Hang on for the ride! :laughlol:

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[Hank Scorpio]

Hang on for the ride! :laughlol:

Man, this offseason could be entertaining after all...

Keep your hopes in check.

You promised.

[JackO]

Just to add fuel to the fire:

Like i said in another thread, I think we may have someone posting online with insider information. (Check the thread for details)

But take this into consideration:

This possible insider has now made two correct predictions:

First a left handed closer for around $7 million -- Gonzalez.

Now, Atkins...

So why do I bring this up in an A-Gon thread?

This possible insider did say we would trade for a bat.

And he said this earlier today in an Adriene Gonzalez to the Red Sox thread:

Why not offer Adam Jones straight up for A-Gonzalez

Padres wanted Ellsbury and another top pitcher from Boston,plus someone else, Jones won't cut it.

[O'sFan31]

You've got to think these are our untouchables: Jones, Markakis, Wieters, Matusz, Britton, Bell and possibly Arrieta

So that leaves a package of Snyder, Tillman, Scott, Pie and maybe Waring

would the Padres do it?

[theobird]

Just to add fuel to the fire:

Like i said in another thread, I think we may have someone posting online with insider information. (Check the thread for details)

But take this into consideration:

This possible insider has now made two correct predictions:

First a left handed closer for around $7 million -- Gonzalez.

Now, Atkins...

So why do I bring this up in an A-Gon thread?

This possible insider did say we would trade for a bat.

And he said this earlier today in an Adriene Gonzalez to the Red Sox thread:

I hear you. I really think that Jones is going to S.D in a Gonzalez trade. Jones + one of the young pitchers. I said, David Hernandez. Hernandez does not equal Buckholz, but Ellsbury does not equal Jones. And Jones is a hometown boy. I love that deal. I would do it in a second.

[Lucky Jim]

I hear you. I really think that Jones is going to S.D in a Gonzalez trade. Jones + one of the young pitchers. I said, David Hernandez. Hernandez does not equal Buckholz, but Ellsbury does not equal Jones. And Jones is a hometown boy. I love that deal. I would do it in a second.

It only makes sense if we can extend Gonzalez. And that, to me, is doubtful.

[Hank Scorpio]

I'd be shocked if San Diego agreed to a deal without Matusz in it.

[allstar1579]

I'd be shocked if San Diego agreed to a deal without Matusz in it.

I was just thinking they probably asked for Jones and Matusz.

[ChaosLex]

I was just thinking they probably asked for Jones and Matusz.

And that ended the conversation.

[JackO]

I recall a poster during the season saying that he ran into Adam Jones at a bar, and Jones made a crack about the Orioles really having to pony up cash if they want to keep him long term.

I am not sure that he is a guy who wants to stick around forever.

Would you trade Jones, Bell and a top 4 pitching prospect to SD for A-Gon, assuming the O's could lock him up for 6 years?

[Arthur_Bryant]

I recall a poster during the season saying that he ran into Adam Jones at a bar, and Jones made a crack about the Orioles really having to pony up cash if they want to keep him long term.

I am not sure that he is a guy who wants to stick around forever.

Would you trade Jones, Bell and a top 4 pitching prospect to SD for A-Gon, assuming the O's could lock him up for 6 years?

The same could very well be said of Gonzalez. And even if Jones decides to live up to a wisecrack that he may have once made in a bar, the O's still have him for four more years.

Jones and Bell and a top pitching prospect for Gonzalez would be too much. They shouldn't even consider that without another long-term possibvle solution at 3B.

[Elon Os Fan]

Tillman Hernandez and Pie. Would that work?

[SoBo]

Tillman Hernandez and Pie. Would that work?

Add Snyder or Bell and maybe.

[Hank Scorpio]

And that ended the conversation.

As it should...