MLB: Vlad Guerrero agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with Orioles.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=6091427

The AL east is an arms race... and the Yankees are bring knifes.

Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

JohnBean42

There's no way Baltimore finishes above .500

AL East is brutal though. You have 3 legit contenders, and Toronto would probably contend in any other division.

The orioles put some thump in their lineup this offseason. You got Vlad and they also signed Mark Reynolds earlier in the offseason. The modern day Rob Deer. Sure he'll bat .230 and strike out 200 times, but he'll also hit you 40 home runs and drive in 100 rbi's, and that was in the NL west where you had to play in ballparks like SD, SF, and LA. Not the ban boxes that camden yards, fenway and tropicana are. I don't know who's gonna pitch for them, but they'll be fun to watch hit.

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Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

TaCoDuDe

There's no way Baltimore finishes above .500

AL East is brutal though. You have 3 legit contenders, and Toronto would probably contend in any other division.

The AL east is an arms race... and the Yankees are bring knifes.

No_Hablo_Ingles

Big whoop, no way in hell is he going to repeat last season's production. Nothing to see here, move along.

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

TaCoDuDe

There's no way Baltimore finishes above .500

AL East is brutal though. You have 3 legit contenders, and Toronto would probably contend in any other division.

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[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

X360PS3AMD05

There's no way Baltimore finishes above .500

AL East is brutal though. You have 3 legit contenders, and Toronto would probably contend in any other division.

They had a better offseason sure, but the Yankees are still significantly better. Derrek Lee is their best pickup, JJ Hardy is a very average player, Mark Reynolds is pretty bad. That's not a signficant upgrade over an team offense with an OPS of .702 and an OBP of .316.

The Yankees have a great lineup, a solid bullpen, and a lot of question marks for starting pitchers. The Orioles got better sure, but they have a long way to go. .500 might be the ceiling for this team.

Their starting lineup will have a healthy brian roberts, nick markakis, adam jones, d lee, vlad, reynolds (who will hit 40 hr's even though he'll K 200 times) and wieters at catcher. They will put up plenty of runs this year. It's all on their young staff, If showalter has any more magic in him and get that staff to produce, i could def see them making a run for a .500 record

[QUOTE="JohnBean42"]

Going to be a great race in the AL East, and second should also take WC as they usually do. 5th place could have a winning record.

Solid pickup. Great offensive numbers last year, and if he's DH, should be no problem.

TaCoDuDe

There's no way Baltimore finishes above .500

AL East is brutal though. You have 3 legit contenders, and Toronto would probably contend in any other division.

Tampa Bay isn't a contender anymore. They lost half their team to free agency . So what, they got Manny and Damon, two guys who are washed out and past their prime.

I still have faith that the blue Jays willbe third in the confrence even though they signed Jose Bautista to a horrible deal.

I mean Division