2010 Orioles

[O's GM]

So, I took over this team, and tore it apart, and yet somehow I still ended up with only the 15th pick in this draft. I am willing to deal said pick btw if the right very good prospect or C, OF, 3B comes along.

C- Kelly Shoppach 101/123/90 OPS+ last three years
1B Derrek Lee 131/110/147 OPS+ likely Vg range
2B either Tim Hullet or Ben Zobrist Hullet has a 2010 zips of .253/.324/.380 with a Vg/120 rating at 2B
3B- don't really have anyone here, looking for a Crede/Beltre or better type Hinske has a rating here and a 99 OPS+, but hes not who I'm going with
SS- Hanley Ramirez - 145/146/151 OPS+ Av defense
LF- up in the air, Gabe Gross or maybe Stanton, hope to upgrade Gross who has had 96/95/77 OPS+ run
CF- Cody Ross 173/109/107 OPS+ Av D
RF- maybe zobrist depending, since his D in RF is excellent. 118 and 144 OPS+ last two years.
DH- maybe Shelly Duncan who has a 109 Zips OPS+ or maybe Pat Burrell who did 127 and 125 OPS+ before sucking this year.

Pitching (I tend to use FIP or Zips FIP more than regular ERA, since thats what things really go off of anyway.)

1 Kelvim Escobar if healthy 126 and 134 ERA+ in 06-07. 3.62 and 3.99 FIP those two seasons.3.28 Zips FIP in '09
2. Joel Pineiro -breakout '09 3.27 FIP. Likely to project around 4.0 and an ERA+ around 115
3. Jorge De La Rosa - 3.91 FIP in Coors coming after a 4.06 FIP. Figures to be around a 115 FIP+ as well. High K, high BB GB'er
4. Justin Duscherer if healthy 3.69 FIP in 08 3.53 Zips 09 FIP. Pitchers park, so its really only around a 110-115 FIP+
5. Jose Contreras - still up in the air, but do not knock his components, even if zips gives him a high ERA. his FIP from 06-09 were 4.1, 4.71, 4.21 and 4.11 . This is in a park where the average is close to 5. His component numbers will be above average for a starter.

Reserve Starters:
Chad Gaudin: 2010 Zips FIP 4.35
Sergio Mitre: 2010 Zips FIP 4.52
Andrew Miller: around the same, but upside.
either Diamond of Mejia or Ohlendorf

Swingman
Rob Tejada: 2010 FIP 4.5, under 4 in relief only.

Closer:
Dave Robertson: Zips ERA+ for 2010 120, Zips FIP 3.2 . Zips sees a 64/13 K:BB in 62 innings.
Brandon Lyon: Zips ERA+ 118 for 2010
Matt Daley:dominated AAA then had a 3.65 FIP in coors in 09.
Luke Gregerson: 93 K's in 75 innings in 09, good for a 2.50 FIP. likely to get a 120-130 FIP+ at least.
Todd Coffey or TJ Beam: Both good innings eaters.

Prospects/Bench:
Steve Hill, 10th best hitter in the 06 draft. could stick at C
Kila Kaaihue Zips sees an 98 OPS+ with .350 OBP and Av D at 1B
Jed Lowrie: Former top 25 prospect waiting to get healthy.
Brian Schneider: Defensive Backup.
Dontrelle Willis: Cmon, someone wants to take a cheap chance on him.
Top 5 caliber prospect Mike Stanton- RF for the future
Top 25 caliber prospect Jennry Mejia- 19 year old with K's and extreme GB at AA.
Top 50 caliber: Ryan Kalish - future Sox OF somewhere in the future
Top 100: Dayan Viciedo 61 in BA, held his own in AA at 20.
Yorman Rodriguez- 3 Mil Bonus Baby
Mike Almanzar: 2 mil bonus baby, former top 100 prospect.
Kyle Skipworth- former top 75 prospect, 6th overall pick.
Sebastian Valle- No. 4 prospect in the NYP league.
Tim Collins: 14 K/9 already at AA at 19
Juan Oramas: led Mexican League in ERA at 19, allowed only 4 HRs with a home park at 10K altitude.
Caleb Gindl: underrated Brewer OF who can field and keeps hitting everywhere.
Xavier Avery: Good D speedster, numbers not as bad as they look. Carl Crawford comps.
Moises Sierra- monster High A season for his Age and a canon arm. Raul Mondesi comps.
Abner Abreu- Baseball HQ gave him a 9 cieling (regular all-star) before his big 2009. Lost in the deep indians system.
Scott diamond- Braves organizational Favorite. His numbers in AA translated to a major league 4.5 ERA, so he may be useable as early as this year.
Sean Doolittle- made two top 100 lists entering this year, including baseball HQ, hit very well as a youngin in AAA before injury. Potential to play OF or 1B.

I am very open to dealing, PM me. I am looking for OF, 3B maybe a C, maybe getting younger at 1B. Any names you have to throw at me. Only the obvious are untouchable (Stanton/Hanley/Mejia/Zobrist, since he'll be rated everywhere other than C).

Guys that interest me on the cheaper side. Joe Crede/Adrian Beltre/Ryan Raburn/ David DeJesus, Dan Hudson for starters

[Mariners GM (A)]

Not sure Raburn and DeJesus are on the cheaper side, since they always get nice projections...and who is Dan Hudson?

[Yankees GM (A)]

And the East continues to get tougher.

[chisox]

Oct 13, 2009 7:15:07 GMT -5 Mariners GM (A) said:

... and who is Dan Hudson?

White Sox pitcher ... among other things Dan Hudson had the unusual accomplishment of earning wins at 5 professional levels this season, including the majors. I think he might be the first to do that, surely the first White Sox pitcher. Ross Baumgarten, now working in the financial business in Chicago, won at 4 levels in 1978, including a shutout win for the White Sox over Cleveland, but that was before there was a High-A level.