Roberts / 4 year deal

[BazookaJoe5]

We have alot of pitching, they just aren't ready yet. If Arrieta can take his high level of play in the minors and continue it all the way to the big leagues, and Matusz is as good as predicted, we will be in good shape pitching wise soon, not this year though. That's not even mentioning the other young arms we have in the minors.

Hopefully they pan out, since Flanagan's guys like Penn, Olson, and Liz sure didn't...

Why want to hate the move Cho? Would you not prefer to re-sign the guy over trading him for a bunch of scrubs?

[killgod]

1. His age. I don't see him improving.

2. I think we'd get more than just scrubs in exchange for Brian Roberts

3. My wife has banged him a few times and wants to me to bang him too

Yeah I can see why you are angry.


But I agree, I'd want him moved too if I was an O's fan.

[BazookaJoe5]

It's not like they didn't try to trade him, and evidently what teams were offering wasn't enough to get MacPhail to move him...if we could have moved him for the same type of deal we got for Bedard, I would have been for it, but that type of deal wasn't out there...I wouldn't have wanted another Tejada type return, with one so-so player (Scott) and a bunch of guys that are throw-ins who may or may not ever amount to anything.

I too am excited to see what Hill does. I really think MacPhail has done a tremendous job all around this offseason.