They said coming into the off season they were going to upgrade their starting pitching. They let Carl Pavano pass, came back from the winter meetings empty handed, and now they let Tim Hudson slip away from them. And the A's only wanted Erik Bedard, John Maine and Hayden Penn. These are mere prospects. So what if he did not want to talk contract extension. If he had no intention of staying here, the Orioles could have always traded him away by July. Imagine what a contending team would have given up for Tim Hudson. Now the best available free agent pitchers left are Eric Milton and Derek Lowe. Damn it Orioles, you had a chance to acquire a legitimate #1 starter.
Posted by yirga at December 17, 2004 12:40 PMThey could still land Burnett from the Marlins. Thanks for letting me know about the problem with my blog.