The Best Signings And Trades in Orioles History
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jul 14, 2009 7:43 AM EDT
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THESE ARE IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER!!!!!!
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1. Orioles trade Milt Pappas for Frank Robinson. This deal pretty much was the reason we won '66 and '70. if we don't make that trade who knows how many titles the O's wolud have?
2. Orioles trade Erik Bedard for Adam Jones, Chris Tillman and George Sherrill. Really the best part of this trade is not only the fact we got Tillman and Jones, but the fact that we could get Erik back on our team!
3. Orioles trade Miguel Tejada for Lu(uuuuuuuu)ke Scoot, Matt Albers and Dennis Sarfate. This trade could also go in the worse trades categories. The last season we had Miggy he not hustling and just plain playing bad. So we get rid of him and we get Luke Scott, Sarfate and Albers. And let me tell you when ever we get new arms in our bullpen I'll take it. Let's not forget about Luke Scott, he's the Orioles major power threat right now.
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The F. Robby trade is best
Time will tell on the Adam Jones trade, it could come close.
Here’s another good one: Rick Dempsey, Tippy Martinez, Rudy May, Scott MacGregor and Dave Pagan for Doyle Alexander, Jimmy Freemon, Elrod Hendricks, Ken Holtzman, and Grant Jackson.
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
by Stacey on Jul 14, 2009 8:57 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
wait who got who??
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." - Earl Weaver
"The only thing Earl knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jul 14, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orioles got Rick Dempsey and Company
Yankees got the other guys.
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
by Stacey on Jul 14, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's one
December 4, 1968: Curt Blefary to the Astros for Mike Cuellar. Blefary, the 1965 Rookie of the Year, played one season in Houston (.253/.347/.393, 12 HR, 67 RBI). He was out of the league after 1972. Cuellar won 23, 24, and 20 games in his first three years as an Oriole and had 143 wins in a Baltimore uniform.
I also love some of the lesser trades that no one ever thinks of, like Chris Fussell to the Royals for Jeff Conine. I can’t believe KC was dumb enough to let Conine go twice. Getting Chris Hoiles in a package from the Tigers for washed-up Fred Lynn was a nice move, too.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Jul 14, 2009 9:46 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
thanks for the suggestions!
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." - Earl Weaver
"The only thing Earl knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jul 14, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Frank Robinson is obviously number one
The second might be a big deal someday.
The third wouldn’t be in the top 20 of all time.
by yurizanow on Jul 14, 2009 10:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
In fact
The third one isn’t even better than the initial signing of Miguel Tejada, which was a great move despite the fact that everybody hates him for some reason.
by yurizanow on Jul 14, 2009 10:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Steroids and lying about your age tend to do that.
The timing of the Tejada trade couldn’t have been better, really.
" I'm happy to announce that we've made Adam Jones our 4th and 5th starting pitcher as well as bench coach and team chaplain" - peter_angelos 8:04 AM May 14th from digsby
"Matt Wieters Adopted Mark Texiera's Parents Because He Felt They Needed A Son To Be Proud Of."
by getxstoked on Jul 14, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They day before the Mitchell Report dropped?
Drayton McLane must have been the only person in MLB who didn’t know Miggi was on that list.
"We're not the other teams' farm system." - Andy MacPhail
by duck on Jul 15, 2009 6:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He was disliked well before that
Although I think those are stupid reasons since lots of other players get a free pass for similar offenses.
by yurizanow on Jul 16, 2009 12:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You forgot about Troy Patton in the third one.
"Take on Me" - a-ha
by exitfare on Jul 14, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
true..
"The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers." - Earl Weaver
"The only thing Earl knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it." - Jim Palmer
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Jul 14, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but the fact that we could get Erik back on our team!
That’s not going to happen.
by Johnny_S on Jul 14, 2009 11:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Other Great Oriole Moves
Don Buford, Bruce Howard, and Roger Nelson for Luis Aparicio, John Matias and Russ Snyder.
Ken Singleton and Mike Torrez for Bill Kirkpatrick, Rich Coggins and Dave McNally, which was probably the biggest fleecing the Orioles have ever pulled off.
Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling for Mike Boddicker (which should’ve been a fleecing, except they traded Curt Schilling for Glenn Davis).
Signing Mickey Tettleton after the A’s released him (trading him later was among the worst moves they ever made).
Signing Raphael Palmeiro (the first time) and Roberto Alomar
Jim Gentile for Willy Miranda, Bill Lajoie, and $50,000.
Bobby Bonilla and Jimmy Williams for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa.
Possibly more to come.
by yurizanow on Jul 14, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Good call on the Expos trade!
Montreal’s GM should have been arrested. McNally was D-U-N.
"The United States is the New York Yankees of countries...powerful and respected until the year 2000." - Homer J. Simpson
by Brotz13 on Jul 14, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Erik Bedard and Returning to the O's
I was thinking about it the other day, and if Erik Bedard returns to the O’s next year, the the rotation will look something like this:
Bedard
Bergesen
Tillman
Guthrie
Uehara/Hernandez
That’s a rotation right there if Bedard stays healthy, which admittedly is a large if. Still, the absence of the emergence of Arrieta and Matusz as part of the rotation to start the 2010 season, I’d be extremely happy with a rotation along those lines.
...Behold, a pale horse. The man that sat upon it was Wieters, and hell followed with him.
"BJ on the BE" - Kierkegaard
by Brett Jones on Jul 14, 2009 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Has he indicated an interest to return . . .
or is this more wishful thinking along the Mark Texeira hometown discount?
It seemed like he wanted out pretty badly.
by yurizanow on Jul 14, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember reading something
to the effect of him sayin that he really remembers his time with the O’s fondly. It sounded like a coded message that he’d like to return, but that all depends on who’s listening.
Matt Wieters can get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop in under one lick.
by daveh873 on Jul 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I thought that
McPhail didn’t dish out big money for pitchers (he develops the arms), right? I would assume Bedard is only going to come back for big money. Or am I just being negative because of d-bags like Texiera?
by Johnny_S on Jul 14, 2009 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep
breed the arms, buy the bats. All I was saying is that Bedard sounded like he’d like to come back. Not saying he will. Then again, they are all about protecting the young guys. Maybe they dont want a Tillman/Arrieta type going up against the Hallidays, Greinkes, Sabathias, and Becketts of the world, but also dont want Guts or Berg heading a staff when they are actually trying to track down a playoff berth. Who knows. We’ll see.
Matt Wieters can get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop in under one lick.
by daveh873 on Jul 14, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, we did grow Bedard
just saying.
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
by Stacey on Jul 14, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think the ship has sailed with Bedard
His injury history worries me too.
"Take on Me" - a-ha
by exitfare on Jul 14, 2009 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How could the Tejada trade be in the "worst" catagory?
Because we could use a hitting SS? Tejada got outted about roids the day after we traded him. Then he got older without having a birthday. Luke is crushing, Patton is another potential solid starter, plus Sarfate and Albers. Who exactly would put that in the “worst trades” catagory?
Also, dont forget Kam Mickolio In the Beard trade, who could possibly end up being a closer/set-up type. Not exactly organizational filler.
Matt Wieters can get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop in under one lick.
by daveh873 on Jul 14, 2009 1:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Factoring in what they are being paid
Scott alone sends the Tejada deal in the O’s favor.
by uneasy rider on Aug 1, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Second that, How old is he really?
"You don't EVEN KNOW who Nick Markakis is"- .....My 4 year old daughter to another kid.
"I'm a Country Boy"- ......Alan Jackson
by O's21girl on Jul 14, 2009 3:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
35 now
" I'm happy to announce that we've made Adam Jones our 4th and 5th starting pitcher as well as bench coach and team chaplain" - peter_angelos 8:04 AM May 14th from digsby
"Matt Wieters Adopted Mark Texiera's Parents Because He Felt They Needed A Son To Be Proud Of."
by getxstoked on Jul 14, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that in US years?
"You don't EVEN KNOW who Nick Markakis is"- .....My 4 year old daughter to another kid.
"I'm a Country Boy"- ......Alan Jackson
by O's21girl on Jul 14, 2009 5:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Reply is your friend. Really, it doesn't bite. Just sayin'.
"He's a gazelle." -Adam Jones on Nolan Reimold.
by LenaO on Jul 15, 2009 6:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
us years
meaning hes really in his late 60s
by twistedlogic on Jul 15, 2009 8:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
recent sentimental favorite...
getting scott moore, rocky cherry and jake renshaw for old man trachsel…not that any of those dudes have done anything, but the concept is mind boggling.
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Jul 14, 2009 10:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Organizational depth
is important too. And to have gotten that for Trash isn’t too shabby.
by uneasy rider on Aug 1, 2009 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
THE TRADE WE MISSED!!!!!
One of the biggest trades we missed was back when brady hit 50 homeruns, the yankees wanted Brady Anderson for Bernie Williams and yea i don’t blame the orioles for keeping him when it hit the 50+ homeruns but it would of been nice to have Bernie Williams.
by Oriolebird88 on Jul 15, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think Bernie would have a free agent shortly after the proposed trade. I don’t think he would have remained an Oriole for long.
"Your wife told you to play in New York.
Well, my wife told me you look like a dork." Boo Teixeira guys.
by birdman on Jul 15, 2009 2:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trade we missed
The deal that was being worked out the winter of ‘08 with the Cubbies that featured Rich Hill, Ronnie Cedeno, and Felix Pie for Roberts was a bullet dodged. If I remember correctly, it was the Cubs’ reluctance to throw in Rich Hill that kept the deal from going down.
by uneasy rider on Aug 1, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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