Baltimore Orioles slash off a Dominican Republic Minor League team
The season has ended and the time to play baseball has concluded. The San Francisco Giants are the World Series champions and the market is open for trading and signings. There is a lot of action to go around, off field, and it
is time for the managers to take the front row on the activity prevailing in the environment. The book keeping days can be hectic in most clubs this season and when forecasts need to be made on future economic value of investments and income generation, the
tendency to make harsh choices falls into to the list of duty.
While many top teams are looking to splash out hard cold cash on free agents, the need to finance those activities becomes a bother and some usually need to sell their viable assets to accommodate the transactions. While Brian
Cashmore at the New York Yankees is doing well for himself, looking at Cliff Lee for filling in the pitchers’ role, weak roster teams like the Baltimore Orioles have to think long term.
It took a decade for the Texas Rangers to reach where they are and in hindsight, they would never have come off as being the American League’s best team. Nevertheless, they did what many thought was undoable. They shut the gates
on the competition and prevailed with an economically sound squad. The Orioles have been through a lot this season and if it were not for Buck Showalter at the manager’s seat, things would have been worse for the team. There would have been no organization
at the back and the roster would have fumbled to its worst ever record in the league. The team finished out on 66 wins and 96 losses. The wins percentage was down to 40.7% and that is something the management would like to avoid in the coming days.
As one would assume, the way to prosper in the long run would be to cut costs and risks and that has been something that the Baltimore ball club has thought through. The Orioles have announced they are closing down one of their
Dominican Republic clubs. President of Baseball operations, Andy MacPhil had this to say, “I just think our resources are better applied elsewhere,”
Director, John Stockstill, of the players development program emphasized on the move by saying, "We'll be filtering out some of the players that had an ample opportunity to show they can play. One team appears to be adequate at
this time.”
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