The Orioles traded their closer George Sherrill for 2 Los Angeles Dodgers prospects. The 32 year old lefthander acquired in the Eric Bedard trade saved 51 games in his brief stay in Baltimore. Sherrill, who will be used as a set-up man for the Dodgers, was traded for Double A right handed pitcher Steven Johnson, the 22 year old son of former Orioles pitcher Dave Johnson and 22 year power-hitting 3rd baseman Josh Bell who recently was voted the M.V.P. of the Southern League All Star game (Double A) . Terp Talk maven Bruce Posner thinks this trade will lead to another August-September swoon for the Birds. Nonsense! Over the last several years the Orioles have had some pretty good closers and still finished poorly. With a record of 44-57 with 61 games to go in the season Sherrill would have had probably 15-17 save opportunities, which he would have been successful maybe 12-14 times. How many of those saves will become losses without Sherrill in the bullpen? Maybe 2 to 4. What difference does it really make if the Orioles wind up with 72-74 wins 68-70 wins. Last place is last place.
That’s it from Terp Talk Southern U.S. reporter Freddy from Boca.
Quick response from Bruce—–Freddy, the difference between me and you is that I go to these useless August and September games, you just watch 3 or 4 innings at most. Did the Yankees ever think about trading Rivera during a down year, Why did the Red Sox pay Papelbon so much to give up hopes of being a starter. The Orioles just gave away an excellent stopper for 2 prospects neither of which are locks!!!!
freddy from boca
Simple reason Bruce. those were solid teams who were able to trade other players on the big league team or prospects for the few missing players . or they can sigh a free agent to fill a hole. and i watch the whole game.
· 11/12/2019
freddy from boca
if you remember papalbon requested to go back to the bullpen after trying/considering starting for a couple of weeks a couple of yrs ago..
· 11/12/2019
freddy in boca
YOU WANT LOCKS…GO TO A DELLY
· 11/12/2019