Connally: Orioles offered Dunn 4-year $40+ million

[lint06]

It's like herpes. It sucks, you have it for life. There are flare-ups. It itches and burns and never gets better.

Hahahahaha.

[RVAbird]

Yes. That was a horsebleep offer for Dunn. If you really want the guy, go get him. Don't make some half-hearted effort and say "well...we tried".

I would have liked Dunn on this team, but I'm not losing sleep over it. The thing that is frustrating is that we seem to be low-balling guys.

No one is saying "well...we tried." What front office comments have you heard saying that we were aggressive and are disappointed to have missed out on Dunn like we were VMart.

It didn't seem that Dunn was a prime target. MacPhail probably assessed that, all things considered, he was willing to take a risk on Dunn for something like 4 years and 44 million. He made the offer but was fine with him going elsewhere. That's even more than I would have offered Dunn.

Instead of a 4 year deal at 11ish Million per, he signed a 4 year deal at 14 million per. Someone beat our offer. Big deal.

[Capn Vivi]

It's like herpes. It sucks, you have it for life. There are flare-ups. It itches and burns and never gets better.

Yes, but is being an O's fan like the carpet or the drapes version of it? :scratchchinhmm:

We may never know.

[OsEatAlEast]

Yes. That was a horsebleep offer for Dunn. If you really want the guy, go get him. Don't make some half-hearted effort and say "well...we tried".

I would have liked Dunn on this team, but I'm not losing sleep over it. The thing that is frustrating is that we seem to be low-balling guys.

Ha ha! They've been doing that since Juan Gonzalez became a free agent for the first time. Of course I remember when the O's couldn't even sign a guy like Kirk McCaskill in the Roland Hemond days.

[eddie83]

Ha ha! They've been doing that since Juan Gonzalez became a free agent for the first time. Of course I remember when the O's couldn't even sign a guy like Kirk McKaskil in the Roland Hemond days.

I wouldn't blame Hemond, the owner Jacobs used the Orioles to make money.

[OsEatAlEast]

I wouldn't blame Hemond, the owner Jacobs used the Orioles to make money.

Yeah I know for some reason Eli Jacobs name escaped me for a brief moment.

[Roll Tide]

http://twitter.com/#!/danconnollysun

Just enough not to get him. Which says they really didn't want him:mad:

[El Gordo]

If I were the O's my primary target would be a RH power hitting 1B with a good glove, that wouldn't require more than two years. Dunn is only one of these things, a power hitter. He isn't RH, he isn't a 1B, and his glove sucks.

[PA Bird Fan]

It's like herpes. It sucks, you have it for life. There are flare-ups. It itches and burns and never gets better.

I laughed out loud at this. Maybe the team name should be the Baltimore Blisters.

[baltfan]

Dude, I get that you wanted Adam Dunn and all, but you sound like a 6 year old who got the old version of Call of Duty for Christmas.

6 year olds are playing Call of Duty??

[tntoriole]

Yes. That was a horsebleep offer for Dunn. If you really want the guy, go get him. Don't make some half-hearted effort and say "well...we tried".

I would have liked Dunn on this team, but I'm not losing sleep over it. The thing that is frustrating is that we seem to be low-balling guys.

Seem to be?....hmmm....only offers Macphail makes are those he knows are low ball...and then usually whines about how he would have increased it if they had only called him back.

[JTrea81]

http://twitter.com/AndyMacFail/status/10487274756120577

[brotherlo38]

To offer Dunn less than V-Mart is laughable.

[Roll Tide]

http://twitter.com/AndyMacFail/status/10487274756120577

Is that your twitter account Trea? It truly is hysterical:laughlol:

[Osfan13]

Update II: The Orioles made a formal offer to free-agent first baseman Adam Dunn that included a fourth year, but fell short of a $14 million annual salary. Please don't ask how short because I don't have that information at the moment.

-Per Roch

Our offer was approximate to what he recieved with the Nationals. The problem is that after his 2 year contract, he legitimately deserved more than that. I wonder if Konerko's deal is similar, or if any of our offers are similar... does this mean we should hold our breath for LaRoche or Lee?

At this rate, there will be more clubs with a need than players to fill it. Every 1st baseman's value just went up alittle (especially if this Konerko remains with White Sox rumor is true).