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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
Xavier Avery/LJ Hoes + Jake Arrieta for Matt Garza also being floated. I imagine Epstein is smart enough to realize he'd be better off letting Garza walk after making a qualifying offer and taking the comp pick than making that trade...
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That's really the thing with O's fans - they think the rest of baseball is
really stupid or has been in a coma for 5 years.
Jake Arrieta, several seasons of results be damned, will always be the hotshot Arrieta that O's fans expected him to be a 1/2 decade ago.
They believe that their prospects simply do not lose their shine to the rest of MLB and that they're in on some secret that perhaps Theo is unaware of.
Matt Riley and Adam Loewen will forever be the poster boys of this particular mindset. They were making those guys the centerpieces of blockbuster trades right up until their releases from AAA.
Looks like Arrieta is their new guy. If Britton doesn't get his shit in order, he'll be the key piece of many a Mike Trout trade offer in 3 years...