If he is going to sulk over $6 million than I would rather have that money going to someone else who wants to play. We shall see if he will run out every ground ball. If he doesn't than I guess that will be a sign of sulking. Whatever happened to the plan of Josh Bell coming up later in the year. If that plan is still going to take place then they should have let Ty Wigginton play 3B till Bell comes up.

I wonder if a certain former Orioles SS who made the switch to 3rd can help Miggy

I’m predicting rise of the phoenix!! There will be no time for sulking when this team is in the hunt is September. Honestly, I believe they are another year away from a serious run but the days of being eliminated in June are gone. This is a young talented team. Miggy will feed of the enthusiasm. I truly believe he left Oakland with every intention of turning the Orioles around, now he’ll have the talent around him to do it. Look what he pulled off in 2005. He kept them in contention half way through the summer.

Already with the negative. Why?

"Josh Bell coming up later in the year" is a really stupid idea. If he's big-league ready, why wait? The answer, of course is that he is not ready, and probably never will be. He's been pretty good at AA level, but not outstanding. Maybe he'll improve greatly and be successful at AAA, then improve greatly again and excel at AAA, then improve tremendously and be ready for MLB. Nothing against the guy, but the odds of any decent-but-not-great double-A player turning into an everyday major leaguer is probably 10 percent. Want proof? Look at the Bowie (or any other AA team) roster and stats from five years ago, check out the best players, and see where they are now.

I don't think I can blame Miggy for sulking and being disillusioned with the O's in 2007. It was a terrible team with no hope of turning around.

Will things be different now? Probably so because I think Miggy is appreciative just to have the paycheck. He will be a moron if he gets pissy about the O's losing games because everyone knows that the O's will lose a lot of games this year.

Kevin,

I've been reading your columns on the Orioles' consecutive season losing streak for longer than a decade - sulking would be a pretty good description for your attitude when writing on the subject.

Ever think ballplayers get tired of losing, too? Miggy was used to being a winner when he came here.

The Orioles today are a whole lot better than that 2007 team.

He is so whiny! I think maybe him and Mora came from the same litter. What is wrong with these 'grown men' anyway? They are fulfilling their dream of playing MLB . They just need to go out and do teamwork and keep their egos in the locker room. Maybe once their mindset is on playing as a team we may end up being contenders in this division, AHHH! Wouldn't that be sweet!?

What number will he be??

If he is so whinny. Why is the players that played with him before, all in favor of this, 100%, both on and off the record? I know he got tired of playing for a loser, but, who wouldn't. He knows what he is getting himself into here, so lets give him the benefit of the doubt for now. Heck, we forgave Huff for his negative B-More comments.

Cowherd, you obviously didn't play the game or at least not at a high level. I played ball and yes, making position switches are tough at first, mostly with just getting the repetitions to retrain the muscles memory for footwork changes and distance adjustments on throws. This being said, the throw to 1st from 3rd is not that dissimilar from short and indeed the ball usually arrives allot faster so the 3rd baseman has time to check is feet and body alignment before throwing. Any top level shortstop can do it, certainly a perenial all-star like Miggy who has great hands, quick twitch muscles (see his short swing) and the high energy motor to make diving plays. I think we're about to witness one of the smoothest position transitions in the history of the game. But go ahead, plant the negative seed, its what most of the Sun's Sport's Writer's do best, I guess you are what you eat and after being fed so many losing season's, well, you just can't see the forest for trees sometimes!

ya'll are mostly right he did cry alot.you have to look at the reason why though.he is a warrior and wants to win.the orioles did not put alot of talent around him to form winning teams.regadless of how much you get paid you get tired of losing to.