Roberts deal still simmering

I may have to realize this trade, whatever it is, won't go away. Roch Kubatko of the Baltimore Sun asked Andy...

I asked MacPhail about reports that talks between the Orioles and Cubs are dead, and he replied: "We haven't closed any doors."

However, don't look for any deals to go down tomorrow. It doesn't appear that the Orioles are that close to finalizing anything.

BTB took a look at Roberts and Eric Patterson - but they only look at PECOTA, which was crazy optimistic on Patterson.

Here are some other projections. ZIPS isn't out for the Orioles yet, and Bill James didn't project Patterson.

Patterson:
CHONE 264/326/402
CBS 276/311/437
MARCEL 278/343/433
PECOTA'07 289/354/472
ZIPS 264/318/406

Roberts:
CHONE 282/366/416
MARCEL 289/362/436
CBS 285/374/427
PECOTA'07 269/343/402
BILLJAMES 285/364/471

EP gives up a lot of OBP, but has good power projections. Well, ZiPS doesn't like hm. Bill James loves Roberts.

Fan Graphs has CHONE, MARCEL and Bill James on every player's stat page. Check it out.