My 2008 and 2009 Orioles - Opinions of the Moves?

[YardBirds]

2008 Roster:

C - Benjie Molina / J.R. House
1B - Kevin Millar
2B - Brian Roberts
SS - Khalil Greene
3B - Melvin Mora
RF - Nick Markakis
CF - Matt Kemp
LF - Jay Payton
DH - Jason Botts

#1 Matt Cain
#2 Adam Loewen
#3 Garrett Olsen
#4 John Thomson
#5 Brandon McCarthy

Trade 1: Miguel Tejada / Ramon Hernandez for Matt Cain/ Benjie Molina
Trade 2: Jeremy Guthrie/ Aubrey Huff for Jason Botts/ Brandon McCarthy
Trade 3: Daniel Cabrera/ Corey Patterson for Matt Kemp

FA 1: John Thomson
FA 2: Khalil Greene

2009 Roster:

C - Benjie Molina / J.R. House
1B - Mark Teixiera
2B - Brian Roberts
SS - Khalil Greene
3B - Melvin Mora
RF - Nick Markakis
CF - Matt Kemp
LF - Jeff Fiorentino / Nolan Reimold
DH - Jason Botts

#1 Matt Cain
#2 Adam Loewen
#3 Garrett Olsen
#4 Hayden Penn
#5 John Thomson


FA 1: Mark Teixiera

[OREO fan]

What happened to Erik Bedard?

Nice steals of Matt Cain and Matt Kemp.

[A Fleshner Fantasy]

Where's Bedard? And I don't particularly like the Guthrie trade, although it isn't too bad, and I like the other 2.

[yankeehater4life]

i dont like molina, especially now with wieters in the fold. kemp isnt what we need, wheres andruw jones, hunter. who knows what olson is. loewen is a question. the giants will not give up cain. i think the sooner u get payton out of left the better. go get a centerfielder and bring patterson back and put him in left and bat him second. he has produced hitting second. we need a power hitter maybe 2. TRADE CABRERA. that is my goal for this winter if i was gm. one more year like this and his value will drop. ill stop now i could go on forever.
yankees suck, go mariners