AL East Thread

[chappee11]

I thought he'd get more bank than that - especially after what Fried got...

Agreed! Burnes is younger and more accomplished than Fried and got less money(and years). Burnes has been top 10 for Cy Young five years in a row while Fried has never placed in the top 10. It makes Burnes look like a bit of a bargain. Nice move for AZ.

 

[Pure Steel]

Agreed! Burnes is younger and more accomplished than Fried and got less money(and years). Burnes has been top 10 for Cy Young five years in a row while Fried has never placed in the top 10. It makes Burnes look like a bit of a bargain. Nice move for AZ.

Great signing……so long Baltimore

 

[chillerdab]

Burnes approached the Dbacks looking for a deal bc he lives and trains in phoenix and has an infant son.

Clearly the sox have improved and though the yankees offense has gotten worse the pitching staff has gotten better.

Either way, at this point the O’s either get vast improvement from the other stars or they’re a third place team.

 

[bksballer89]

Burnes approached the Dbacks looking for a deal bc he lives and trains in phoenix and has an infant son.

Clearly the sox have improved and though the yankees offense has gotten worse the pitching staff has gotten better.

Either way, at this point the O’s either get vast improvement from the other stars or they’re a third place team.

Real talk

 

[chillerdab]

Either Elias cant spend money and lied to the fans, or he wont.

Some of the prevailing sentiment seems to be that he has a need to be the smartest guy in the room, and he thinks he can win without making big money deals.

Clearly this means that either the pipeline is set up in a way in which replacements for established stars are always in development, or the window for the O’s is now officially tied to whenever henderson reaches free agency.

Sucks either way.

 

[Shanemansj13]

NL West could get 3 playoff teams. All projections and injuries matter but LA, SD and ARI all playoff caliber teams

Orioles are going to regress, it seems

 

[chappee11]

Burnes approached the Dbacks looking for a deal bc he lives and trains in phoenix and has an infant son.

Clearly the sox have improved and though the yankees offense has gotten worse the pitching staff has gotten better.

Either way, at this point the O’s either get vast improvement from the other stars or they’re a third place team.

State income taxes were also a factor, apparently, as TOR and SF were also in the running and have much higher tax rates than AZ does.

I’m not sure what the O’s are doing. I thought the new ownership was going to spend aggressively. This team has a great cheap/young core and needs some reinforcements to be among the best teams in the league. I haven’t even seen them rumored to be involved with the better free agents, though. I’m surprised.

 

[bksballer89]

State income taxes were also a factor, apparently, as TOR and SF were also in the running and have much higher tax rates than AZ does.

I’m not sure what the O’s are doing. I thought the new ownership was going to spend aggressively. This team has a great cheap/young core and needs some reinforcements to be among the best teams in the league. I haven’t even seen them rumored to be involved with the better free agents, though. I’m surprised.

To be fair to Baltimore, I saw something that they offered more than Arizona along.

 

[chappee11]

To be fair to Baltimore, I saw something that they offered more than Arizona along.

You saw something that said the Orioles topped 6/$210m for Burnes?? I have a verrrry hard time believing that. They’ve never spent anything even close to that on a player before.