Roll Tide

With Heartburn ….Wells was a first half ace the last two years. I guess that’s not going to happen again. Hopefully we’ve seen the last of Heasley….he sucks

You’re right …..solid MLB players. Machado is the exception. As the say, Even the blind squirrel finds a nut occasionally.

I think Jeffrey Hammonds was in between depending on your criteria. He had like 10 WAR. But we generally sucked from Ripken to the present group. I mean, we had a few guys Hoiles, Wieters but even though they were regulars here they didnt live up to the hype. I remember we had a stretch where we drafted a SP in rd 1 and a good chunk never even made the majors

Pitching is the next step to resolving this one way or the other.

Can’t count on Bradish and Means.

No doubt ….. He’s a couple of bad months but his otherwise he’s been well above average.

I think you are fighting a losing battle. First, you need to decide what you will post before you hit the button. You can expect someone to capture what you said when you posted it. Talking about your spouse here was beyond stupid. Regardless if you came to your senses 2 minutes later. What does being elite in a sport have to do with discussing it here on a blog site? Nada! I’m 53 and have been discussing the Orioles here for more than 20 years. I referee Football as a head official at the Varsity level. My total experience is 27 years. I am also a High School Softball Umpire and have more than 10 years experience. At my option I could do college in both sports. I played Baseball, Football, and Soccer at the High School level. I went in the military before getting my degree. As an adult , I played 20+ years of competitive men’s softball that includes out of state tournaments. None of that buys me anything here in regard to my opinion on the Orioles or Ravens. On the RSR, their veteran posters didn’t want to here about my experience as an official and quite frankly took my declaration about the matter as my way of telling them I know more than them about the subject. Honestly, you’d get very little consideration here if you had played MLB. Honestly I doubt Cal’s son Ryan would get any grace here in regard to his opinions. I know he’d likely be popular. And we have guys like @Roy Firestoneposting here and I’d bet he’d tell you he hasn’t gotten the benefit of the doubt from posters here over the years despite being a paid member of the media in his career. Finally, I suggest as a fellow poster that you just go back to being a fan poster and quit trying to validate the value of your opinion based on anything you’ve done in your life because nobody cares.

I think we are way off topic.

Who cares ….. Mountcastle is borderline horrible when he’s slumping. You’re not going to pay him at contract time. And an average defensive 1B would be enough anyway. Trade him for value and bring up one of the guys who will be better IMO from AAA.

My …….Magic 8 Ball

I’m confident Mayo can play above average defense at 1B

I think we should try to extend Burnes now. I’m hopeful he likes it here and sees the long competitive window.

His lows are too low for me considering the guys we have that need a place to play. I think Mayo & Kjerstad end up being as good as or better players with higher OBPs.

I like the way you think . Will Elias purge the roster of the middling guys like Mateo, Urias, Hays, Mountcastle ETC?