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SteveA last won the day on September 21 2023

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  1. Final roster moves: Means to 15 day IL Bradish to 15 day IL Nevin DFA McKenna DFA Webb to paternity list (max 3 days) Vespi recalled OPENING DAY ROSTER Starters: Burnes, Irvin, Kremer, Rodriguez, Wells Relievers: Akin, Baumann, Cano, Coulombe, Kimbrel, Perez, Tate, Vespi Catchers: McCann, Rutschman Infielders: Hearns, Henderson, Kemp, Mateo, Mountcastle, Urias, Westburg Outfielders: Cowser, Hays, Mullins, Santander
  2. No, he left before the season. He entered the portal a week before the season started, rather than play the season and then enter the portal and go to Maryland. No idea why. An asshole move to do that after going through all the preseason practices. He was one of the "missing weapons" I mentioned.
  3. Virginia Tech's best basketball player is in the transfer portal. He is a very good point guard who didn't have the greatest season this year. We were missing some weapons so he had to take more on himself to try to drive to the basket and score more rather than distribute and make the extra pass. His turnover rate went up significantly. He was still probably the best player on the team. Naturally, there was significant criticism of his play on social media, as you would expect with a guy whose performance drops from one year to the next. On the message board I spend time on, which is well moderated and reasonable like OH, the harshest critics said things like they won't be sorry if he leaves, we should start preparing for the future by playing the freshman PG more and benching him, and constantly pointing out the negatives in his game (the turnovers, trying to do too much on his own). Some of it was a bit negative and in some cases over the top, but that was the WORST of it. However on Twitter, apparently, he received at least one death threat. And people in the know cite that as one of the significant reasons he has decided to transfer.
  4. So have we made all the official moves to have a 26 man roster yet? I know we pretty much know what it is going to be, but is the official 26 man roster published somewhere?
  5. Last year the decision was made by 2pm the day before. We are already 3 hours beyond that point.
  6. If you read some of the text, that is not really what they are projecting. The win projection for each team is it's 50th percentile projection of wins. So those will tend to be towards the middle. But by definition, 3 of the 30 teams in MLB should hit their 90th percent projection, and there are quite a few teams whose 90th percent projection is > 95 wins. And 6 of the 30 teams should hit their 80% projection, and so forth. (And on the other end, 3 of the 30 teams should only meet their 10% projection, etc). So those projections are kind of the average of what each team will produce according to their system, so they tend to bunch towards the middle. But it's a given that some teams will significantly exceed their projection, and some will significantly fall short, which will "un-bunch" the numbers. So they aren't saying that no one will win more than 95, or that no one will win more than 91 in the AL. But they aren't going to pick which teams will over- or under- perform their own projected #s. But the bottom line is the Orioles have the highest 50% projection in the AL, which is pretty astonishing. I think that even here, an Oriole fan site, the majority of the fans don't believe we are the most talented team in the league right now. But Fangraphs basically does!
  7. Yep, I got it too. It was even personally addressed ("Dear Stephen")... Rubenstein even knew to spell it the correct way instead of the incorrect Steven. Sharp guy.
  8. 9/9, 90, 7 Orioles Surprised that the one guy hit 46%.
  9. To me the main reason I expect him to spend more, though not necessarily pump spending through the roof, is the degree to which John Angelos underspent. Extremely low payroll, nickel-and-dime running of MASN, allegedly changing coaches to save money, etc. Even if Rubinstein were just to increase the payroll to what would be average for the Orioles' market size and revenue, it would be a significant increase. I believe Angelos knew for the last bunch of years that a sale was going to happen, and didn't see the point of making long term payroll investments because they would be obligations a new owner would have to be saddled with and might not want; nor did he want to spend on short term payroll because they wouldn't add value for a future owner. So what did he spend on? Farm system, international spending, infrastructure... things that didn't cost nearly as much as one mid-level free agent starting pitcher, but DID increase the long term value of the team which could translate into a bigger sale price for him and his family. So Angelos was keeping the team payroll artificially low for his own reasons, and it's reasonable to expect ANY new owner who is in it for the long haul to at least spend commensurate with our market size and potential revenue. And I think Rubenstein is smart enough to see that. So I expect payroll to increase significantly just because if was artificially low, regardless of Rubenstein's net worth or well known philanthropy. [And I have already gotten tired of typing Rubenstein repeatedly, and then going back to make sure I spelled it right, or at least the same way every time. Sometimes Peter Angelos was referred to as PGA, I wonder if we could use DMR to refer to our new owner. Think it will catch on?]
  10. 7/9, 237. Messed up on New York CFs that I thought had 100 runs but both topped out in the 90s. Mickey Rivers and Mookie Wilson. Four Orioles used.
  11. The second acquisition is just a standard business deal, right? No need for another round of MLB approval?
  12. Current forecast for Thursday is 55 degrees high (38 low that night), 80% chance of rain Thursday, half an inch expected. Friday is mostly sunny, 59. Still time for the forecast to change, but a postponement to Friday certainly seems to be at least a possibility for those making plans. [Recall last year, the home opener was on a Thursday with a similar forecast. In fact, the rain was supposed to be even heavier. They announced on Wednesday at 2pm that the game was postponed until Friday. As it turned out, there was actually very little rain in the 3-6 pm window, though it was cloudy and damp, and there was heavy rain after 6pm. So perhaps they might have gotten the game in if they hadn't postponed it 24 hours in advance].
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