In other news, former Oriole reliever B.J. Ryan, who went for the big bucks (a 5 year, 47 million plus contract with Toronto) was released yesterday. Ryan had Tommy John surgery a few years ago, and has not even been close to the same pitcher was before the procedure. Too bad, he seemed to be one hell of a reliever when he was at the top of the game.
In addition, Roy Halladay is available! Should the O’s go after him and give up a ton — um, no.
Halladay is a fine pitcher, in fact he’s a throwback to the old-school type style of pitching and he could be what Baltimore needs, but the team is not where it should be to acquire him. If Baltimore was closer to .500, I’d go for it, but now is not the time to get someone of his caliber (especially with the cost it would take to keep him)…
