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Where we distill all the week's baseball chats down to their Oriole essence...Fangraphs After Dark Chat9:27 Comment From SeanP Dan Duquette said that the Orioles couldn't get any team to trade prospects for Jeremy Guthrie. Does that change the outlook of the Guthrie-for-Hammel/Lindstrom trade?9:27 Chris Cwik:Not really. At least get something useful for Guthrie. The O's didn't even cut salary in the deal. What was the point?9:28 Paul Swydan:No. He should have waited until the deadline. The stories about the O's and Guthrie clashing over arb negotiations brought back memories of the Duke and John Valentin bickering in the media about what doctor should perform his knee surgery.9:28 Zach Sanders:I never thought they'd get a prospect, so no, not for me. I liked it for the Os, actually. Hammel will never meet his FIP numbers or stuff, but Lindstrom is more than useful.9:40 Comment From Fattinton_BearDoes Jeremy Guthrie going to COL make him have fantasy value sin...
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