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Stupid contract. Rauch would have been the better target and probably cost less...At least they didn't sign Balfour..that's the only good thing I can say about this.

Do you think this a desperation knee jerk reaction from the front office from the Simon news? Or do you think its the O's being the O's?

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Do you think this a desperation knee jerk reaction from the front office from the Simon news? Or do you think its the O's being the O's?

This is the O's being the O's. They made some sort of offer BEFORE the Simon incident. Going up an extra million or two wasn't going to deter them from getting him, apparently.

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Do you think this a desperation knee jerk reaction from the front office from the Simon news? Or do you think its the O's being the O's?

They have been after Gregg this whole offseason, as well as last year....Has nothing to do with Simon.

Its just a poor contract given out to an ok reliever.

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I sure hope you heard wrong!!

Why? What is the difference in impact on this team's payroll of an extra $1 (since he was rumored at 2/$10 anyway) million? None. Impact on ability to sign another player? None. Impact on ability to sign draft picks? None. None of our other acquisitions, while all pretty solid, had big dollar impacts on the budget. Plenty of money for any draft picks, including overslots. Plenty for international free agents if we ever plan to sign any. Heck, there's still enough to sign Beltre if they wanted to, but they won't.

Everyone admits that this team has to overpay to attract free agents, then complains when they do, even if it's only $1-2 (extra) over 2 years. The extra money really is a non-issue and barely a reason to nitpick the move. And, they could still sign other relief options to MiL contracts with invitations to camp, as well.

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I really like this signing. And those saying "I like it as long as he doesn't close", just trust Buck. This is a signing to get a solid bullpen arm in the bullpen. Buck used the bullpen at the end of last season about as perfect as you can use a bullpen. He will use Gregg in a situation that helps the team, whichever that is. If it's as a closer then Buck thinks that he is the best 9th inning guy on the team. If Buck thins otherwise then he won't close.

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I would be completely OK with this deal if it was a 2/6 or even a 2/7 type deal. A 2/11 deal is just WAY too much money. All that being said, I would have rather had Rauch on a 2/6 or 2/7 deal, although I don't know if he'd be interested in coming here.

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Why? What is the difference in impact on this team's payroll of an extra $1 (since he was rumored at 2/$10 anyway) million? None. Impact on ability to sign another player? None. Impact on ability to sign draft picks? None. None of our other acquisitions, while all pretty solid, had big dollar impacts on the budget. Plenty of money for any draft picks, including overslots. Plenty for international free agents if we ever plan to sign any. Heck, there's still enough to sign Beltre if they wanted to, but they won't.

Everyone admits that this team has to overpay to attract free agents, then complains when they do, even if it's only $1-2 (extra) over 2 years. The extra money really is a non-issue and barely a reason to nitpick the move. And, they could still sign other relief options to MiL contracts with invitations to camp, as well.

I just think that paying that much for an average reliever is a bit much.

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