Glad to see you hop over here for the O’s-Marlins conversation, it’s been a nice few days of coverage for me (otherwise, it’d be dead time in terms of Marlins news).

I agree with you that the O’s aren’t a likely candidate. I stick with them because I love what they have to offer, but reading that MacPhail isn’t interested in a short-term fix (and rightfully so, as that team isn’t ready to compete) makes it pretty clear that if they plug someone at the position, it’s going to be via free agency and likely on the cheap.

I will say that I don’t think the O’s are really going to acquire Uggla and the Giants – who could really use the offense and are in a better position to pick up an in-his-prime player (ie, closer to contention) – might be the more likely trade partner. Quality analysis though.

I was? I’m impressed with myself, damn. Thanks for the find Harrison.

And you damn well won’t get Ricky, even if I have storm down to South Florida and shake up Larry Beinfest myself.

I was just reading through old material in Fangraphs and noticed one of your comments speculating Harang’s value to the Mariners.

Your above 3 months in front of the curve on that one as I really agree with you. Not enough to drop the ol’ricky campaign but I think he could be a sutible replacement

Thanks for the kind words on the site, I try my best. For great content on the O’s, I would suggest Camden Crazies; I’m a big fan of Daniel, the guy who writes over there, as he really knows what he’s talking about.

I read that MacPhail isn’t interested in trading into his pitching depth for a short term solution, which is what Uggla probably would be. This makes a deal even harder to imagine. Still, I’m very interested to see how these discussions go.