O’s add Hendrickson

Christmas came a little late for us, the O’s have added Mark_Hendrickson.
Long story short…he’s a tall guy with_a_5.07_ERA who’s been with plenty of teams. The deal is a 1 year deal and Hendrickson appears to be filling the role of long relief/spot starter (Perhaps Matt Albers will be moving to the rotation next season).
This is [...]

Merry Christmas

I’ll be taking the next few days since it is almost Christmas. You guys have a great Christmas. Wrap your presents, get together with your friends that are back in town, go see your family, eat a lot of stuff that’s not healthy, roast some chestnuts over an open fire, find a sugar plum, convince [...]

Coal in your Stocking:Teixeria signs with Yankees

Well, All of you who pinned your hopes on the Orioles getting Mark Teixeria are going to have a blue Christmas.
Teixeria signed today with….wait for it…surprise the_Yankees!
The terms are 8 years and 180 million dollars. That’s 22.5 million are season for Mark Teixeria. Some of you are probably upset that the O’s missed out. I would [...]

O’s looking at other Free Agents other than Mark Teixeria

Putting the Teixeria topic aside because I’m sick of it, Peter Schmuck gives_us_some_more_realistic_names_that_the_O’s are talking to.
Position players
Aaron Miles
eh, whatever
We need pitching?
According to Schmuck the O’s are talking to…
Tim Redding, Kenshin Kawakami, Braden Looper, and…wait for it…Mark Hendrickson.
says Mark Hendrickson’s agent:
“Mark feels like he had a great start to the season last year,” Urbon said. “He [...]

Cabrera signs with the Nats

The Washington Nationals are the newest team to be suckered in by Daniel Cabrera. Cabrera signed a 1_year_deal_with_Washington. Nats fans will be entertained by 1st inning meltdowns, 10 walk outings, plenty of runs surrendered, and a fair amount of beaned batters. Its fine though because IF he ever gets it all together, he’s going to [...]

Tex ‘Unlikely’ now?

Nothing new on Teixeria front this morning, but I figured I’d throw this up before I run out in no exact order- buy a new tire (flats on rainy days in bad parts of town aren’t fun), start my Christmas shopping, and have lunch with a long lost pal.
So let’s start it up

Buster Olney says_that_unless_Tex [...]

Tex “enormously attracted” to Orioles?

I’m still slightly pessimistic about the prospect of the Orioles signing Mark Teixeria. Everytime that I’m convinced the O’s are out it, I see something like_this.
If you missed it, here’s a recap. ESPN’s Karl Ravech reported that  according to a source close to Mark Teixeria, that he’s close to a decision. That in that decision, the [...]

Cabrera non-tendered

Sometimes good things come to those who wait, but sometimes you wait 8 years and Daniel Cabrera still hasn’t got together.
So after 8 seasons of failing to liveg up to the hype, the Orioles have_non-tendered_Cabrera, making him a free agent. Cabrera went 8-10 this season, with a 5.25 ERA. He walked a lot of guys again (90), [...]

Burnett…Bur-NOT

Roch mentions that A.J._Burnett_ain’t_happening.
You already know the Orioles aren’t getting A.J. Burnett, who should command a five-year deal. That’s two more than the Orioles want to offer, as I’ve been saying.
The Yankees are supposedly offering 5 years and at least 80 million for the pleasure of AJ on their roster. At that price and length, [...]

More on Teixeria, the Excitement and Thrills continue!

Peter Schmuck weighs in on the latest_Tex_rumors:
But an latimes.com report that the Orioles are “apparently willing” to offer nine years for $180 million has been met with incredulity from O’s officials. Maybe they will get to that point, but I’m hearing they aren’t close to that yet.
We’re guessing that they are closer to seven years [...]