From the Baltimore Sun's perspective

[Sweet Swinging Billy]

Sorry if someone has already posted the link to this story before. Apparently the prospect of obtaining Walker and Patterson doesn't excite the O's.

 

"As of now, according to a source with knowledge of the trade talks, the two teams are not yet close to an agreement despite several proposals being sent back and forth. Cubs second baseman Todd Walker, center fielder Corey Patterson and 25-year-old left-handed pitching prospect Rich Hill have also been mentioned in a deal, but the Orioles aren't enthralled with Walker or Patterson.

 

Walker would essentially be a bench player with All-Star Brian Roberts entrenched at second base, and Patterson struggled mightily last season and would not seem to constitute that big of an upgrade over Luis Matos, whose status as the Orioles' everyday center fielder is in jeopardy".

 

link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/baseball/bal-sp.orioles23dec23,1,3897938.story?coll=bal-sports-baseball

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I can certainly understand their desire for something other than someone limited to 2B because of Brian Roberts, but how could you not want to acquire someone like Walker who puts up really good numbers for Neifi's salary??? If anything, they can trade him elsewhere for more pitching. http://forums.gigantour.com/images/smilies/bonk.gif

[badger1679666666]

I can certainly understand their desire for something other than someone limited to 2B because of Brian Roberts, but how could you not want to acquire someone like Walker who puts up really good numbers for Neifi's salary??? If anything, they can trade him elsewhere for more pitching. http://forums.gigantour.com/images/smilies/bonk.gif

 

It's really wierd, because I like him alot too, but it seems that very few people other than NSBB.com is interested in him. IT doesn't seem like very many MLB teams are all that interested in Walker.

[BigbadB]

Regarding Todd Walker: I can take him or leave him. If we leave him, all I ask is that you replace his production with equal or better production.

 

Luis Castillo would have done it for me. Apparently, Hendry was too busy courting Rafael Furcal to notice Florida was willing to move Castillo.

 

Luis Castillo at 6-7m >>>> Rafael Furcal at 10m+

 

Castillo= .293/.370 OBP career

Furcal= .284/.348 OBP career

 

Furcal's highest OBP ever was .352 in a season. Only once since 1999 has Castillo been below .352 OBP (.344)

 

I wasn't really big on the trade for Castillo bandwagon, because the upgrade from Walker to Castillo is a minimal upgrade. 2nd base wasn't the problem last year. But, if they knew Walker was as good as gone right out of the gates, then why wasn't more attention given to Castillo?

[BigbadB]

By the way, Castillo was another guy who was available for Hendry to nab as a free agent. He signed a 4 year/21m deal, which is just a hair over 5m a year at the start of the 2004 season.

 

Grudz and Walker made 4.25m in 2004.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

By the way, Castillo was another guy who was available for Hendry to nab as a free agent. He signed a 4 year/21m deal, which is just a hair over 5m a year at the start of the 2004 season.

 

Grudz and Walker made 4.25m in 2004.

 

I don't think that was ever a feasible option. Similar to Giles, he said he never really intended to leave Florida.

[YearofDaCubs]

By the way, Castillo was another guy who was available for Hendry to nab as a free agent. He signed a 4 year/21m deal, which is just a hair over 5m a year at the start of the 2004 season.

 

Grudz and Walker made 4.25m in 2004.

 

I don't think that was ever a feasible option. Similar to Giles, he said he never really intended to leave Florida.

That is true. We were interested in Catillo but at the end he decided to stay with Florida for a discount.