As they say parting is such sweet sarrow and that is what three of the Orioles have done. Kevin Millar, Jay Payton, and Alex Cintron have all filed for free agency. While none of them are the really big names some of them have meant a lot to the Orioles team this season. Kevin Millar has always given something good to the team since he was here whether through his play on the field, his ability to keep the team lose, and my personal favorite the resurgance of Orioles magic which i hope will never die. All three of these players will be missed some more than others of course we all will just be left wondering what could have been? and what could they accomplish?
All three were not at all stars and probably will not have much of an impact on the field next year. Aside from Millar's leadership the O's will not have lost that much this offseason due to free agency. The bigger question is what will they do to fill the holes they have? With Millar leaving there is a hole open at first base, where most fans hope it will be filled by Mark Texeira, but if that does not happen it could be filled by Aubrey Huff moving to that spot if the O's don't get someone else. The shortstop position on the other hand is a great big hole that cannot be filled internally and requires the O's to sign or trade for a shortstop that plays good defense and is not bad with the bat. The absence of Jay Payton will probably be filled by Lou Montanez and by whether or not the O's want to call up Nolan Reimold, overall the O's should have great depth at all the outfield positions next season.
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