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Transaction Oracle — A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen Sunday, November 12, 2006Orioles - Acquired WrightBaltimore Orioles - Acquired P Jaret Wright and cash from the New York Yankees for P Chris Britton.
Once again, the Orioles fail to understand where they are in the competition cycle. Jaret Wright quietly had a decent year for the Yankees, but acquiring him for a year with some cash in return for 5 years of their 2nd-best reliever is what a solid team that needs just one more arm does when it gets them to the playoffs.
I find the comparisons between the Marlins and the Orioles interesting. The last good Orioles team was the 1997 team - the Marlins had their first good year that year and won the World Series. The Marlins did the right thing for the wrong reasons and tore down the team, rebuilt the team, got it to the point it was a good team, won another World Series, tore down the team, rebuilt the team, and will probably have a good team yet again before the next time the Orioles are even .500, a feat they haven’t accomplished since that 1997 season.
After 10 years, the Orioles have still learned nothing. The team does none of the things that good teams do. While the farm system has developed a few players in recent years, something they couldn’t do in the late 90s, the farm system still didn’t give the Orioles much depth and looks pretty dry again. The depth the Orioles did develop, like John Maine and now Chris Britton, were both traded away for older players that are most likely inferior.
For the 10th season in a row, the Orioles will finish below .500, not have the slightest clue why other than OH MY GOD SOME OF OUR PLAYERS WERE ACTUALLY INJURED HOW COULD WE HAVE SUCH HORRIFIC LUCK? The team will also be confused as to why people aren’t showing up at Camden Yards and the ones that do are quite often fans of the opposing team. I don’t even know if or why I still root for this team - the Orioles aren’t a team, they’re laundry.
Dan Szymborski
Posted: November 12, 2006 at 02:46 PM | 17 comment(s)
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1. bibigon Posted: November 13, 2006 at 04:53 AM (#2236203)The GM meetings can't come soon enough.
Perhaps. They somehow don't strike as having anywhere near the same lack of comprehension as the Orioles do.
For numbers watchers, his IP look very low and his peripherals are not wonderful, but as Dan says, he "quietly" had a good season. For those of us who had the opportunity to watch him pitch all year, we are convinced that his numbers are a mirage, and he's closer to replacement-level than average.
This disconnect could certainly be fueled by something as simple as the YES broadcasting team or Joe Torre just not trusting Wright and pulling him at the first sign of trouble. But I don't think so - trying to be an objective evaluator, I fully believe that he's awful and trending worse. Personally, I thought that having Jaret v.2007 on the team next year would be a negative - the level of performance that I expect from him is such that I think the upside of his replacement would necessarily be better than him and all he can seem to do is start - I see no reason to believe that he can pitch out of the bullpen effectively.
If Mazzone is actually able to get this guy to throw stikes effectively than Ron Guidry should be looked at for not doing that last year.
Overall, however, I thought Guidry had a good first year. Certainly, Wang and Procter developed well, and some of the younger pitchers showed some promise.
True, but any major league pitcher knows that. Reason they can't translate that to actuality is either a lack of confidence or unclean mechanics.
You can tinker all you want but suddenly a pitcher will feel comfortable with one set of mechanics and voila..
Mazzone concerntrated on that..repeatable mechanics which is why I think he had success with Wright. He told him to cut the fancy bs out n told him to throw a fastball on the plate. It worked for a while.
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