Post by joshsbix on Mar 25, 2017 10:45:32 GMT -5
A new owner has come to Baltimore and has immediately looked to make moves that hopefully will put the Orioles in a position to win for the next decade, after a brief rebuild. During the first week of transition team leadership has made several moves that include trading the 4th overall pick that brought 2 additional first round picks to Charm City with the 78th ranked prospect, SP Len Barker
The O's have a solid core of young pitchers thanks to the leadership of past management and interim management and immediately have made moves to add young bats to the team. The revolving door opened to the first base position this off season seeing 30 year old George Scott being traded to San Diego for 26 year old Ron Blomberg. Blomberg barely had time to settle into his new apartment overlooking the harbor when he received a phone call informing him that he had been traded to Pittsburgh in a blockbuster deal that would send him and starting pitcher Jim Palmer to Pittsburgh in a deal that will ultimately bolster the Oriole's farm system and bring immediate relief to the major league lineup. Carlos May will be the 3rd projected Opening Day first baseman to join the team in 1975 but will join the team with slugging right fielder Jim Rice, AAA 2B Rod Gilbreath, SP Herb Hutson, 25 year old multifaceted Rich Chiles, and 22 yo OF Dan Ford. Combined with a couple of 1976 draft picks team owner, Joshua Jamieson, told the Baltimore Sun, "Ownership understands that losing a great pitcher like Jim Palmer makes the fan base wonder what we are doing but we believe that this trade aligns with the goals of new management to help get the team back to where it was in the mid to late 60s." The one question on the lips of many Baltimore residents this weekend seems to be, who is actually going to be our opening day first baseman as teams are already inquiring about Carlos May.
Jamieson completed his comments to the Sun early Saturday with a plea to the city as his hair begins to gray from lack of relief pitching, "If fans want to support the team and help us get back to where we can compete on a yearly basis, we encourage them to come out to our open tryouts for relief pitchers. Complaining about trades won't do the city any good until we have had a chance to see the impact of them on the field. If you can throw a baseball, come demonstrate it on March 15th, 1975."
Whether the trades of the past week will pan out still has to be seen. One thing that can be hypothesized with a fair amount of certainty is that Mr. Jamieson's Orioles are not finished dealing.
The O's have a solid core of young pitchers thanks to the leadership of past management and interim management and immediately have made moves to add young bats to the team. The revolving door opened to the first base position this off season seeing 30 year old George Scott being traded to San Diego for 26 year old Ron Blomberg. Blomberg barely had time to settle into his new apartment overlooking the harbor when he received a phone call informing him that he had been traded to Pittsburgh in a blockbuster deal that would send him and starting pitcher Jim Palmer to Pittsburgh in a deal that will ultimately bolster the Oriole's farm system and bring immediate relief to the major league lineup. Carlos May will be the 3rd projected Opening Day first baseman to join the team in 1975 but will join the team with slugging right fielder Jim Rice, AAA 2B Rod Gilbreath, SP Herb Hutson, 25 year old multifaceted Rich Chiles, and 22 yo OF Dan Ford. Combined with a couple of 1976 draft picks team owner, Joshua Jamieson, told the Baltimore Sun, "Ownership understands that losing a great pitcher like Jim Palmer makes the fan base wonder what we are doing but we believe that this trade aligns with the goals of new management to help get the team back to where it was in the mid to late 60s." The one question on the lips of many Baltimore residents this weekend seems to be, who is actually going to be our opening day first baseman as teams are already inquiring about Carlos May.
Jamieson completed his comments to the Sun early Saturday with a plea to the city as his hair begins to gray from lack of relief pitching, "If fans want to support the team and help us get back to where we can compete on a yearly basis, we encourage them to come out to our open tryouts for relief pitchers. Complaining about trades won't do the city any good until we have had a chance to see the impact of them on the field. If you can throw a baseball, come demonstrate it on March 15th, 1975."
Whether the trades of the past week will pan out still has to be seen. One thing that can be hypothesized with a fair amount of certainty is that Mr. Jamieson's Orioles are not finished dealing.
