Barb’s Burblings

I admit I was pretty disappointed, if not terribly surprised, to see that Reserve Oriole Boyfriend Adam Loewen had signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays. He had blown out his arm pitching, and since he had been a good hitter before, the O’s and he thought he could transition to a position player. A long shot, but couldn’t hurt. Anyway, because of the insane contract he had, he was out of options, so was put on the waiver wire. He passed through, but it seems that he and the O’s had basically come to an agreement about a minor league deal…and then he signed with the Blue Jays.
Not cool. I can kind of understand it–he’s Canadian, and the Jays are pretty much the national team. But the O’s invested a lot of money in him, and were going out on a bit of a limb for him here. I’m sure it was a very hard decision for Adam, but it still hurts. Though really, if you’re going to pursue an out-there thing like this, I can see how you might want to do it with the team you’ve been following all your life (and it sure seems like a lot of O’s fans are behind this; see Teixeira, Mark). Once I saw that there were teams interested in him when he was placed on waivers, I definitely saw this as a possibility. It still sucks a bit, though.
Ultimately, it’s doubtful that he’ll ever make the majors as a position player, so I don’t think it’ll really hurt the team that way, but it’s not cool. Even so, I can’t really bring myself to hate Adam for it.