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By Dan Connolly | January 31, 2012
I've gotten several emails in the past few days about the Orioles and their trade possibilities. I've been asked why they haven't made a deal already for St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Kyle McClellan or the Texas Rangers' Koji Uehara or another fill-in-the-blank name. The reason is pretty simple. If the Orioles are going to get a big leaguer in return -- even in a potential salary dump -- they are probably going to have to give up a prospect. And, frankly, the Orioles don't have much to offer that they are willing to part with and that other teams covet.
SPORTS
By Eduardo A. Encina and The Baltimore Sun | October 29, 2012
Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette believes he might have a pair of front-end rotation starters in right-handed pitching prospects Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman. Baseball America agrees that the organization's first-round draft picks the past two seasons possess that kind of promise. Bundy and Gausman are listed as the Orioles' top two prospects in Baseball America's Top 10 prospects list, which was released Monday morning. Bundy, the flame-throwing 2011 first-round pick who made his major league debut last month, is ranked the organization's top prospect -- he will likely be a top-five prospect overall -- and Gausman, the Orioles' first-round pick this past June out of LSU, is ranked No. 2. Bundy began his first pro season at low Class-A Delmarva and ended it in the major leagues as a September call up. He was 9-3 with a 2.08 ERA with 67 hits and 119 strikeouts in 104 minor league inning across three different levels.
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By Matt Vensel | February 29, 2012
The 2012 NFL scouting combine wrapped up on Tuesday, which means that many draftniks throughout the blogosphere promptly released their revised mock drafts on Wednesday. The looming free agent period, which starts in two weeks, will shake up these mock drafts even more. But in the meantime, here is a quick roundup of the NFL prospects the Ravens are being linked to in these post-combine first round projections. --- Peter Schrager, FOX Sports: Peter Konz, C/G, Wisconsin. “With Ben Grubbs' future unknown, the Ravens could have a bit of work to do on their offensive line this offseason.
BUSINESS
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By David Selig | July 12, 2012
In Dan Connolly's second-half preview , Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette makes it pretty clear that he won't move Dylan Bundy or Manny Machado for a rental player before the trading deadline. But there's no question teams will be asking the O's executive vice president about the organization's top two prospects. In his new Top 50 Prospects rankings published Thursday, ESPN's Keith Law ranks Bundy the No. 2 prospect in all of baseball and Machado No. 3. They're the only Orioles prospects in the Top 50, and they rank only behind Texas Rangers shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar.
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By John Eisenberg | May 27, 1998
The Orioles' decision-makers are contemplating a series of changes, some for this season and some for next season. Apparently, they also have seen enough of the self-satisfied, underachieving team they put together.What the decision-makers should do in the coming months is clear.What they will do isn't.What they should do is stop playing solely for the present. Start looking to the future, too.No trade should be made unless it makes the club younger, faster and hungrier.If Roberto Alomar and/or Rafael Palmeiro and/or anyone else is traded, at least one top prospect should be included in the return package.