Thats right a dozen days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training and we get to say "its official." It appears that the O's are on the verge of trading for the Cub's pitcher Rich Hill. The Baltimore Sun is reporting that we could hear an announcement as early as today. I hope he doesn't bring along a 100 year old curse with hime. But I think now is as good of a time as any to recap the offseason moves:
Felix Pie (through a trade for Garrett Olson)
Gregg Zaun (Free Agent singing)
Koji Uehara (Free Agent singing)
Chris Gomes (Minor League deal)
Mark Hendrickson (Free Agent singing)
Ryan Freel (through a trade for Ramon Hernandez)
Cesar Izturis (Free Agent singing)
Nick Markakis (Signed a 6-year contract extension)
To tell you my honest opinion, that is a good offseason. Lock down your franchise player, give some stability at the shortstop position, ad a few arms to the rotation, and make the outfeild one of the most athletic, young, explosive and defensive in the league. Add a cather to mentor Matt Wieters, who has been named the top prospect in all of baseball. Yea, maybe not this year, or maybe, but by 2010, look for the Orioles to pull out of the dark basement of the AL East and hopefully give some big money teams a run for their money. Sorta.
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