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I didn't realize Heston had gotten to 10 home runs already this season. That's wild stuff. I think this spells a little more bench time for Mounty, deserved or not. VS RHP we'll see a little more O'hearn at 1B w/ Heston at DH. If they want Mount in there then they'll sit Tony Taters every once in a while and either Heston or O'hearn can play RF. Imagine Santander's switch hitting bat on the bench late - quite a weapon! All the talk about who gets starts where, but what this really does is makes the bench a true weapon that managers will have to think about when making pitching changes. You sure you want to bring in that LHP in the 7th to face O'hearn? OK, here's Mountcastle to take his place at 1B seamlessly and mash. You sure you to want to bring in a RHP to face McCann? OK we can bring in Heston and still have O'hearn for later, or vice-versa. Its wild, its versatile, and it packs a real punch late in games. -
I want to see how the league adjusts to him after another 2-3 starts before I start calling him a #3. There isn’t much reference material on him after his adjustments over spring. What’s also important are the adjustments he makes back. Still, he looks solid! -
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I touched on this topic in another thread. Players are paid bi-monthly and per game. $740K/162 games is league minimum or $4,568 per game. This would have been his 2nd game. So $9,136 in MLB salary. That is likely as much as 1/4 of the Annual AAA income for players who have not yet signed a MLB contract. AAA is $1200 a week and we are less than a month into the season and Spring training doesn't pay the same. Here is the year changing money... He nearly doubled his salary last week with his 1st 1 day contract. For players on their first MLB contract, their minor league minimum salaries are: (this would have been when he was signed for 1 day and got 1AB) 2024: $60,300; And he doubled (or nearly quadrupled his salary in 1 week) So A player who is signing a second major league contract is guaranteed the following minimum salaries in the minor leagues: 2024: $120,600; This salary with the O's AAA team is contingent on him passing thru waivers again and accepting the assignment back to the AAA roster. I don't know how that $120,600 is paid thru the year but the MILB season is roughly 22 weeks long. This would mean he went from $1200 a week to $5,480. An increase of 457% While we, as fans, question why the O's keep doing this... to D.B. I imagine he didn't expect this to be an option when he signed a MiLB contract for the O's. He is officially an 2X MLB contract and he has officially been on an MLB roster with a MLB at bat. There aren't too many people in this world that can say that... no matter the reason for it. I imagine that D.B. may not be happy to be on the 'taxi squad' and not playing but earning $5,500 a week plus per diem, etc is one way to stay a little more content. -
By Sports Guy · Posted
Hays has a spot because of his defense (not great but it’s solid enough) but yea, this is why trades could happen. The Os have valuable guys and clear pitching needs in a year where you are trying to win it all. You have to address those needs and the Os have proven and yet to be established positional talent that they should use to address those pitching needs.
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