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mlb.com writer spencer fordin got the jump on the hot stove yesterday with an interesting article on team's post-season pitching plan, writing

[Andy] MacPhail, who wants to be as cautious as possible with his remaining
prospects, will seek reinforcements through every means available, meaning that the Orioles will seek to add arms through free agency, the waiver wire and trades.

"It's a really a game of inventory for me -- as many as you can," he said. "You are going to have certain disappointments [and] you're going to have some pleasant developments. You've just got to work with numbers and try to build up the base as best as you can and add as much inventory as you can and sort of go with the events from there."

wayward O is heartened to see "free agency" in there but does this "inventory" concept preclude the signing of a top talent who you know is going to win 15 games minimum? just curious....