![]() ![]() There is a lot of noise out there and there are a bunch of reasons why nothing might happen about a given rumor. That’s a simple fact based on the volume of rumors relative to the number of those rumors that ever come to fruition. Longtime readers of Camden Chat may recall my law of baseball rumors, which is this: Probably nothing will happen. My knee-jerk reaction, not connected in any way to rationality, was, “What? The Orioles can’t trade John Means! He threw a no-hitter!” He’s set to make about $3 million in arbitration, coming off a season in which he pitched great in the 1st half (2.28 ERA) struggled in the 2nd half (4.88) and had shoulder issues. Other teams say the Orioles are dangling left-hander John Means for trade. With that in mind, let’s consider this morning rumor from ESPN’s Buster Olney, which would be one of the sadder things I can think of if it came true: It doesn’t matter how much you or I like the player, how many happy memories we have of a player, how sad it would be if they were traded, or any of that. In the right trade, however the Mike Elias front office judges what the right trade might be, no one is untouchable. Until then, it’s almost like you can’t get too attached to any player who’s been on the team for several years, because you never know what’s going to happen. One of the big, publicly unanswered questions about the Orioles rebuilding project is what year is the year where the O’s decide that they are set to compete? O’s fans all want to know when they will draw the line and say this far, no farther on tear-down trades, veteran-for-prospect trades, and other hallmarks of the last several years in Birdland. | Scott Taetsch-USA TODAY SportsĮSPN’s Buster Olney relays that “other teams say the Orioles are dangling” John Means… whatever that means. John Means is the subject of a trade rumor that probably shouldn’t make anyone panic, yet. ![]()
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