Let’s face it. Yet again, we’ve been had by Dan Duquette.
Granted, there is no certainty in a 16-game sample, but Tim Beckham has gone above and beyond any expectations you might have had.
At the time of the trade, I wrote that the acquisition of Beckham, which came at no immediate cost, was yet to be determined. Even so, the upside that Beckham had shown made the deal an easy one to agree upon.
Yesterday, Fangraphs’ Dave Cameron took the time to scribe that the Orioles, yes the Orioles, may have made the premier trade of the deadline.