Why the Orioles’ Shane Baz trade keeps making more sense
Giving up prospects always hurts, but the Orioles weren’t trading for the future, they were trading for now. Jacob Calvin Meyer joins Inside Access and breaks down why Shane Baz fits the timeline and what this rotation still lacks.
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9 comments
It keeps making more sense because we are all getting drunker on eggnog. Baz could be an ace. So could Rogers, for half a season. Elias is gambling, not thinking. He sees ceiling and ignores floors. He's not planning for years beyond. He's a guy who knows he will be fired if he doesn't put a winning club on the field in 26. He screwed up so badly in 25, that he is now doing dopey things to improve the club at any cost. He just needs one good year to save his job.
50% chance the value of the 4 guys we traded away will never have higher value than right now
People forget all the guys we acquired at last year's deadline. Makes this deal easier
We will get an ace but I can't see 2 more pitchers.
I look at it that this haul could've gotten any starter on the trade market
So I will be comparing Baz to Gore, Cabrera,Pavetta, Peralta etc.
What these guys seem to forget is lots of acquisitions happen during the season and spring training. You'd like to fill every hole by Feb 15 but roster usually changes a lot by Aug 1
I like Bradish, (insert starter we get in free agency/trade), Rogers, Wizard of Baz, Kremer as our 5 in that order. Wells, Suarez provide depth along with some triple A arms in a pinch
This rotation is already better than the one that won 101 games back in '23.
Trading for Peralta IFFFF he will agree to an extension would be the move for me.
Do just like the Red Sox did with Crochet. We'd probably have to trade some of our extra major league ready players and some prospects, but it would still be worth it.
Peralta may be interested in taking the big contract now since there is a good chance things change next off-season with the ending of the collective bargaining agreement.
Go get him and lock him up!
Offer them any of Mounty, Cowser, O'Neill, some cash and prospects too to put together a package to make it happen!