Orioles fire Dave Trembley

how would getting Adrian Gonzalez or some other big name bat help this team? They’re going nowhere this year they’d basically be giving up a lot to get Gonzalez for a short time and they’ll still finish last in the East. They should be selling off their vets like Scott and Wiggy and getting more depth prospect wise and continue to develop these guys. Yes, they’ll continue to suck, but they’re gonna suck anyway, so they might as well play guys with an eye on the future.

I’m an O’s fan and I am hoping our GM Andy McPhail isn’t just blowing smoke up our rears when he says that the O’s are going to ‘grow the arms and buy the bats’. We’ve dabbled in the FA market the past 2 years by pursuing Texieria and Holliday. You can debate the sincerity of those efforts but we put together offers for both and were outbid by more attractive destinations.

This offseason has 3 players I find of particular interest hitting the open market, Carl Crawford, Jason Werth, and my particular favorite Adam Dunn. If the McPhail doesn’t manage to attract at least one of these guys to Baltimore then I will have to question Mr. McPhail’s plan.