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O’s continue to sign mid pitching with Charlie Morton.

That was Yolmer.

Wonder if the Sox give him a 2 year deal or something. 2/11 or something of that nature.

He also put together the 2007 bullpen which was an incredibly painful thing to watch.

They added one guy who will play all around the field. I don't think that is disrupting stuff that much. The other two are platooning in RF where we have absolutely no one (since the team hates Colas).

Out of everything wrong with last year's team, it's hard for me to complain about Korey Lee.

Judging by the fact that Rojas would have had the best WAR on the team last year for hitters, it appears he can't be replaced internally. Also, once again - that is not what he acquired in the Crochet deal so obviously he does not "value" that.

I think Rojas plays enough positions around the diamond that the other guys will get plenty of playing time. If they want to start Amaya at SS for a month then that's fine.

Would it also be THAT shocking if Baldwin is in Charlotte or something? It's not like he set the world on fire when he was here.

Yeah, that's totally what he got in the Crochet deal.

Buying yourself some time so you don't bring Colson up immediately?

I don't think that has anything to do with it. A good player would gladly take the Sox money if they handed out an actual big contract.

That is my hope. Then let Rojas split time between 3rd/2nd/OF with Ramos/Sosa getting most of the playtime, but Rojas playing 3/4 or so times a week around the diamond.

I'm guessing Amaya.

He wasn't very good last year. I know you want to spin everything as a negative for Chris Getz, but this isn't some Kopech situation. It was crap for crap.

And they got the corpse of Aaron Bummer.

Remember when the O’s got rid of Eloy before the season was even over? I’m sure this happens quite often. Not everything has to be some colossal failure. It was an Aaron Bummer trade.

He was the 229th pick. Most of those picks have glaring issues. Come on.

Who here is arguing they wouldn't want the Dodgers front office (more importantly, resources)?

Well, tough day for Bama and SCAR.

Trading Yordan Alvarez was the worst thing they did from a non Bauer thing.

Oh no I pointed something out in regards to their current front office that wasn't even a dig. What a stupid thing to do.

Kershaw debuted 6 years before the current regime showed up.

Yeah I think that's the play. Basically guarantees they can have a ton of success but you can still slow play. In that situation you'd see Schultz in back half of the year and Smith MAYBE make a couple starts for Charlotte.

I am not too worried about him trading up for an O-lineman. They will be picking 9th at worst, 4th at best. I don't see the need to do it. My fear is he goes pass rusher first (which would be fine), but then uses the Panthers pick on like a corner or something.