Over a week ago the O's were reportedly "aggressive" in the free agent market...

[ScottieBaseball]

...and other than a few rumors mostly about A) guys who were in an O's uniform in 2010 (Izturis, Wigginton, & Uehara) or B) second/third-tier free agents (Hardy, Bartlett, etc.) or C) loose speculation about targets that might appease some fans (V. Martinez and Konerko)...

Where's the aggression? Where are the results? Who have the Orioles signed? I hate to be so cynical, but my expectations for this off-season are a big, fat zero. "Zero", by the way, is the impact I expect whoever the O's trick into coming to Baltimore to have.

I wrote it 10 days ago, and I stand by it: I'll believe it when I see it.

[eddie83]

No big name players have signed yet. There is a process as MacPhail would say to all of this. As soon as one big name player signs things will start moving.

[Moose Milligan]

Ah, yep. Anyone who thinks otherwise has their head in the sand.

[Sports Guy]

How can anyone EXPECT big things to happen when it comes to this team?

Yes, its nice that we are hearing them connected to certain guys...but results are what matter.

[carolinaoriole]

I hope and believe that we will see some encouraging results as the offseason moves forward.

[commish]

There's been like 5 significant moves so far, if that. Overreaction, much?

They get skewered when they're in the FA speculation and hammered when they're not. Guess what, most of it's just unsubstantiated speculation.

How about we wait to see what actually happens first.

[TonySoprano]

...and other than a few rumors mostly about A) guys who were in an O's uniform in 2010 (Izturis, Wigginton, & Uehara) or B) second/third-tier free agents (Hardy, Bartlett, etc.) or C) loose speculation about targets that might appease some fans (V. Martinez and Konerko)...

Where's the aggression? Where are the results? Who have the Orioles signed? I hate to be so cynical, but my expectations for this off-season are a big, fat zero. "Zero", by the way, is the impact I expect whoever the O's trick into coming to Baltimore to have.

I wrote it 10 days ago, and I stand by it: I'll believe it when I see it.

"A" & "C" happen every year, particularly the latter, which ends up going nowhere. They' always end up with "B," which they have started a couple weeks early. To them, relatively speaking, that's being "more aggressive.":D

Any big names sign yet, Scottie?

[Enjoy Terror]

What has really happened for ANY team? Uggla, Rajai, Miranda...

I mean, I know the offseason is not ever really great for the O's but few teams have done much of anything yet.

[GotNitro]

Wasn't it pretty much reported that none of the FAs were going to sign until after the arbitration date?

[Peace21]

Its not like the guys the Os are linked to in rumors are signing contracts right and left. It takes two to tango and right now the market isn't even established. Yes I think the Orioles should set the marrket for once. But again not much is happening in the league anyhow.

[NATTYBO's]

...and other than a few rumors mostly about A) guys who were in an O's uniform in 2010 (Izturis, Wigginton, & Uehara) or B) second/third-tier free agents (Hardy, Bartlett, etc.) or C) loose speculation about targets that might appease some fans (V. Martinez and Konerko)...

Where's the aggression? Where are the results? Who have the Orioles signed? I hate to be so cynical, but my expectations for this off-season are a big, fat zero. "Zero", by the way, is the impact I expect whoever the O's trick into coming to Baltimore to have.

I wrote it 10 days ago, and I stand by it: I'll believe it when I see it.

I don't think too much is going to happen around baseball until we find out if these guys are offered arbitration

[JTrea81]

I don't think too much is going to happen around baseball until we find out if these guys are offered arbitration

Yep it seems GMs once again are slowing the offseason down because there's a 1-5% chance somebody won't be offered arbitration.

MLB should have moved the Winter Meetings into November and moved the dates up even more.

[Mark Carver]

Unless some team just comes out and flat out makes a ridiculous offer. Players probably not sign, especially if that player is a Type A player. They will wait until the arbitration deadline of November 30th...

[mweb]

Meanwhile there's probably message boards for 20 some odd teams with similar threads since most teams haven't done anything yet.

[mikezpen]

Winter Meetings Dec. 6-9. We'll see what happens then.The only consolation to the lack of news so far is that nobody else has made many huge moves either other than Uggla if that's considered huge.