With the recent spending by the Dodgers and last year the Mets and Padres, it got me thinking. What’s worse for baseball? Owners who spend much more or owners who don’t spend even though they’re in the window like the Orioles and Mariners?
With the recent spending by the Dodgers and last year the Mets and Padres, it got me thinking. What’s worse for baseball? Owners who spend much more or owners who don’t spend even though they’re in the window like the Orioles and Mariners?
Also an O’s fan here, and I definitely sympathize. However, up until last year’s unexpected success I don’t think it was worth to pour money into the team. I am disappointed in this offseason so far, definitely seems like this is the time to spend, but I honestly haven’t followed the FA market too well to even say if there is anyone worth getting.
In the past, I think Angelos did spend a lot and got bad results because they spent poorly. I finally feel like they have a GM who can spend wisely, but now they won’t. Somehow, the Angelos son running the team now is worse than his dad LOL.
Regardless, it’s great to see another O’s fan on Lemmy, we’re all in this together.
You’re right about not dumping dollars into the team when they were tanking. It would just have been an extreme waste. And with Chris Davis being the highest paid player on the team last year, I’m really so very glad that we didn’t go after Correa or any of the other big contracts. Save those damn dollars for Adley, Gunnar, Jackson is coming up soon; keep some money for those dudes. I think it’s smart. But we gotta gotta gotta fill those holes in the pitching. Till The Mountain comes back we’re gonna need somebody like Kimbrel. I dig that move and hope he hangs in there and gives em hell.
According to the Locked On Orioles podcast there may be a couple rumors going on surrounding Dylan Cease of the White Sox, which sounds good to me, but the thing is: I really hope they don’t fuck up the farm system… I’d rather see money spent than see a few of those dudes get traded. Some, I realize, are there only for trade pieces. But, not Jackson or Mayo, and so far I’m feeling that way about the centerfielder, although his name eludes my mind at the moment (Enrique? Something like that…?)
I’ve got good feelings about the leadership (Angelos aside, kinda) and I think they’ve done a hell of a job, shit we just won a hundred games! The next few years are gonna be absolutely phenomenal baseball. And I’m high on the O’s again!
I was definitely beginning to think I was only one here. Cheers!
Fuckin Go O’s!
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