Submitted by TotalAccess on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 21:31
The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a one year, $8 million deal with Vladimir Guerrero. Add him to fellow 2011 offseason acquisitions Derrek Lee, Mark Reynolds, Justin Duchscherer and JJ Hardy and suddenly, this team looks like it can compete right now.
They will need Brian Matusz to mature a great deal, and it still doesn't look like they will be close to the Yankees and Red Sox, but to put it in perspective, they could finish with a better record than anyone in the AL West.
Matt Wieters and Adam Jones are a year older and closer to fulfilling their massive potential. Let's run down their impressive lineup.