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  Ichiro definitely does not seem like the kind of guy who would complain. 

1. Red Sox (95-67) 2. Rays (93-69) 3. Orioles (88-74) 4. Yankees (85-77) 5. Blue Jays (70-92)   Barring injuries or acts of God, everyone but Toronto will finish above .500. Should be a very exciting division. There's no clearly dominant team. Each team has legitimate concerns as of right now...

  As an Orioles fan, I hope the Yankees do that. Soriano scares me a lot more than Ichiro. Soriano can actually do damage. Ichiro has no power at this point. Heck of a guy to have as a pinch runner or defensive replacement in the OF though. 

  Thanks for getting him off the Rays. Good lord did that guy kill the Orioles.

  I'd define reliable as feeling confident that a pitcher will give you about 180 innings with a sub 4.30 ERA. I feel confident that Tillman, Jimenez, Santana, and Gonzalez are all capable of doing so. Chen is a wild card because of his noted durability issues. Of course, there's also a pretty...

  And Ichiro on the bench. Any defensive shortcomings that Beltran has will probably be negated by Jacoby's range.

Gardner's good. That's pretty good value for him too, though a ton of his value lies in his speed. When his speed starts to decline, his value's going to plummet. 

Apparently the Orioles are still very interested in Ervin Santana. I can justify losing a third round pick for Santana. That would make me feel a lot better about the Orioles rotation. Four reliable starters (Tillman, Jimenez, Santana, Gonzalez) and one wild card (Chen). 

  Mostly due to the offensive line being worthless.

  Haha, good point. 

  Fair point, though he has been healthy the past two seasons. 

  Cruz's defense isn't as bad as most people think. FWIW, he has a better UZR rating than Nick Markakis over the past two years. I think Cruz gets that negative reputation as a fielder because of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series. I think Cruz will see time as an outfielder and as a DH. All...

  Disagree. Tillman, Jimenez, Chen, and Gonzalez are all be better than CC's 4.78 ERA. And I can't really give Tanaka any credit when he hasn't thrown any pitches in the majors. For all I know, he could be better than Yu Darvish, or he could be Dice-K. I'm not saying he won't be good, I'm just...

  The Orioles have a small window to compete. After 2015, they're losing either (or potentially both) Matt Wieters or Chris Davis. I won't deny that Ubaldo is a huge risk. But I think Ubaldo has the makeup to succeed in Baltimore- forces a lot of ground balls. Also, I'd say he's been horrible 2...

  If CC doesn't rebound from last sesaon, their rotations are about equal. You're putting too much faith in Tanaka- he's a wild card.    Regarding Tex, he probably won't be out for season, but the Yankees have every right to be very concerned...

  Better than Machado? I'd disagree. Machado's younger and had far better hitting numbers than Simmons in 2013. They're both incredible defensively. Simmons had more Defensive Runs Saved (41) to (35) but UZR favors Machado (31.2 to 24.6). I'm pretty sure Machado won't sign a thing until he...

  I'll agree with that. And that's why the draft pick compensation system has to be fixed. Agree with you on Cruz too. After they signed Jimenez, they basically had nothing to lose by going all-in. I would have personally traded for Justin Smoak or Ike Davis, but Cruz on a one year deal works too. 

  Games aren't won on paper. We'll see. Have them right around third, ahead of the Yankees. Not sold at all on the Yankees rotation. The Orioles might have a better rotation than them at this point, especially if CC doesn't rebound. Tanaka isn't a sure thing either. Also, the Yankees are, for...

  The last Orioles second round pick to acquire over a 3.0 WAR in his MLB career was Arthur Rhodes. Also, they could get a first round pick back for him by offering him a QO. Agree that it's a risky move, but the Orioles need to be risky. 

  Actually, I lied. Respected Jim Thome more, but who the heck doesn't love Thome?