
Jim Thome
#1
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:18 PM
Hope we didn't give up much...
Stannis Baratheon: "For the night is dark and full of terrors."
#2
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:28 PM
“We have a shot at a wild card right now. But it is not a probability that we're going to win a wild card.” -2022 Trade Deadline
"It's liftoff from here" - after selling on 2022
"We're on a slight upward arc" - Winter Meetings 2022
"I think it's really hard to sit there and chart a course and say, 'We're likely to win the division.'" - Winter Meetings 2022
Mike Elias
#3
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:31 PM
#4
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:31 PM
Source: #Orioles RHP Kyle Simon, fourth rounder in 2011, traded to #Phillies, presumably as part of Thome deal.
I hope that is all. It is still too much. This team should not be a buyer.
Well I hear Linda Ronstadt is looking for a guitar player.
#5
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:34 PM
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
#Phillies also getting minor-league catcher Gabriel Lino along with Simon. New #Phillies farm director Joe Jordan drafted Simon for #Orioles
#6
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:36 PM
Ken Rosenthal :
Source: #Orioles RHP Kyle Simon, fourth rounder in 2011, traded to #Phillies, presumably as part of Thome deal.
I hope that is all. It is still too much. This team should not be a buyer.
Why not? This team needs to take advantage of the position in the standings that they are in and do everything they can to stay there.
The Thome deal is very similar to when the Orioles acquired another veteran bat in 1997 - Harold Baines.
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#7
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:37 PM
FUCK
Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal
#Phillies also getting minor-league catcher Gabriel Lino along with Simon. New #Phillies farm director Joe Jordan drafted Simon for #Orioles
Lino is replaceable.
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#9
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:37 PM
Why not? This team needs to take advantage of the position in the standings that they are in and do everything they can to stay there.
The Thome deal is very similar to when the Orioles acquired another veteran bat in 1997 - Harold Baines.
No it's not. That 1997 team was full of Vets at the end of their run. This team is on the way up and shouldn't be trading guys like Simon & Lino for someone worth MAYBE 1/2 a win over the rest of the season.
#10
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:39 PM
Trea, just don't.Lino is replaceable.
Awful trade.
“We have a shot at a wild card right now. But it is not a probability that we're going to win a wild card.” -2022 Trade Deadline
"It's liftoff from here" - after selling on 2022
"We're on a slight upward arc" - Winter Meetings 2022
"I think it's really hard to sit there and chart a course and say, 'We're likely to win the division.'" - Winter Meetings 2022
Mike Elias
#11
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:40 PM
Lino is replaceable.
The question you should be asking is "is Thome going to help you out more at DH than a combo of Betemit/Johnson/Reynolds?"
Personally, I don't think so.
#12
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:41 PM
Trea, just don't.
Awful trade.
We'll see how Thome does before we call it that. This is all about getting this team to the playoffs for the first time in 14 years.
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#13
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:42 PM
The question you should be asking is "is Thome going to help you out more at DH than a combo of Betemit/Johnson/Reynolds?"
Personally, I don't think so.
Could be a precursor to another deal. As you mentioned Orioles will have Reynolds, Betemit, Davis, Johnson and Thome to play 1B/DH.
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#14
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:45 PM
They go out and get players better than what they currently have to try to win a championship.
You have to give up value to get value.
Thome isn't Jim Thome of 2005, but he's still better than what the Orioles currently have at DH.
Great to see DD and the O's organization being aggressive for once.
I like it.
#15
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:45 PM
There's just no reason to give up 2 good minor leaguers with upside for a half year rental of Thome. It isn't a position of need.
If this was for 2000 Jim Thome, fine. But this is 2012 Jim Thome.
#16
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:47 PM
Guess what...this is what contending teams do.
They go out and get players better than what they currently have to try to win a championship.
You have to give up value to get value.
Thome isn't Jim Thome of 2005, but he's still better than what the Orioles currently have at DH.
Great to see DD and the O's organization being aggressive for once.
I like it.
Guess what...this isn't a contending team.
Well I hear Linda Ronstadt is looking for a guitar player.
#17
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:47 PM
Of course, now that he's been traded from the O's, I have no doubt he will.

Stannis Baratheon: "For the night is dark and full of terrors."
#18
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:48 PM
Guess what...this isn't a contending team.
Last time I checked they had the 2nd wildcard berth...
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#19
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:48 PM
#20
Posted 30 June 2012 - 05:49 PM
I honestly do not think so.
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