Zrebiec: At impasse with LaRoche; turning attention to Lee

[section36]

Get it done, Andy.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/12/currently_at_impasse_with_laro.html

[Scrat1]

Huzzah! Great news, even if it just gives LaRoche a little bit of a reality check.

[clapdiddy]

Make it happen, AM! Give me Lee for 2 years (or even 1 for that matter)!!!

[Saintbird]

At this point just give me anyone but Cantu.

[Kevin Lomax]

I'm starting to get schwetty palms here. I'd like to see this get locked up with anyone but Cantu.

[wildcard]

I hope Andy can convince Lee to play for the O's. Lee have been the best option all along.

[lint06]

Either of these fellas would be good with me. I'd prefer Laroche but Lee would be a fine second choice.

[Arthur_Bryant]

I'm starting to get schwetty palms here. I'd like to see this get locked up with anyone but Cantu.

Oh my. This is an opening for a Youtube clip that I am going to refrain from embedding.

Even though you teed it up there.

And thank goodness they have seen the light on Lee.

[maybe2050]

I hope Andy can convince Lee to play for the O's. Lee have been the best option all long.

Yeah , I can't think of a better plan, than having to deal with the same issue 1 year from now. Big mistake. I won't even work myself up into a frenzy, Lee isn't coming here either. Let's just pray Cantu has a big year. Somebody please get Vlad on speed dial. All because Laroche wants 3 years. I see the plan now. "Hey Petie, I can get us a firstbaseman, and it's only gonna have to be for one year", "Bonus Please" . I think I'm gonna puke

[MrOrange82]

Yeah , I can't think of a better plan, than having to deal with the same issue 1 year from now. Big mistake. I won't even work myself up into a frenzy, Lee isn't coming here either. Let's just pray Cantu has a big year. Somebody please get Vlad on speed dial.

Having to deal with the same issue a year from now would be a good thing.

[Arthur_Bryant]

Having to deal with the same issue a year from now would be a good thing.

But being locked into mediocrity is much more reassuring.

EDIT: Anyway I am pretty sure that this is just a dynamite charge to break the deadlock with LaRoche.

[Frobby]

How about offering Lee a 1-year deal with a 2nd year player option that vests with a pretty low number of at bats? That way he doesn't have to stay here after 2011 if he doesn't want to, but he can opt to come back if he chooses. That should be attractive to him.

I'd rather have Lee than LaRoche, so maybe we'll luck into making the right choice here due to LaRoche's waffling.

[Nigel Tufnel]

Yeah , I can't think of a better plan, than having to deal with the same issue 1 year from now. Big mistake. I won't even work myself up into a frenzy, Lee isn't coming here either. Let's just pray Cantu has a big year. Somebody please get Vlad on speed dial. All because Laroche wants 3 years. I see the plan now. "Hey Petie, I can get us a firstbaseman, and it's only gonna have to be for one year", "Bonus Please" . I think I'm gonna puke

Aren't you pro-Fielder? You realize that a 1-year contract for a 1B increases the chances that the O's sign Fielder next year, right?

Admittedly, the chances increase from 0.0001% to about 2%, but they still increase.

[Spy Fox]

Yeah , I can't think of a better plan, than having to deal with the same issue 1 year from now. Big mistake. I won't even work myself up into a frenzy, Lee isn't coming here either. Let's just pray Cantu has a big year. Somebody please get Vlad on speed dial.

I don't understand this argument if it applies to a position like 1b where we have no minor league options.

Is our faith in the front office so low that we think they can't handle the stress of making a decision next year? Isn't that what the FO is supposed to do, deal with roster issues? Why would we choose an inferior player based on the idea that our FO will have one less thing to do in the future?

[maybe2050]

Aren't you pro-Fielder? You realize that a 1-year contract for a 1B increases the chances that the O's sign Fielder next year, right?

Admittedly, the chances increase from 0.0001% to about 2%, but they still increase.

Dude, they won't pay $8 million for a player, and they're gonna pay $20+ million a year? "Get Real"