BirdMan

BINGO! Three days ago Gunnar said he had only had a few games played with Jackson this summer and honestly I don't remember them.

I agree we are going to need a true # 1 top of the rotation pitcher. Fried is not going to be available in my opinion. I do think there is a #1 starting pitcher that should be available. That being said you are not going to be able to trade a bag of balls and bats to land one. The pitcher I have in mind is Dylan Cease. The White Sox need to go into a full rebuild ( which we all know takes 4 to 5 years ) Cease at 27 is to old to wait 5 years before the White Sox are close to contending. Okay guys don't yell at the messenger. I think It would take G. Henderson and K. Stowers. To get him. Cease is a 27 year old with three years remaining under team control. He makes 5.7 million a year. A perfect Oriole fit. Why would we give up Henderson, you ask? He is never going to be the starting short stop on the orioles. We have Mateo now that is a much better fielder. Holliday is maybe 2 to 3 years away and is also a better fielding short stop. This means that Gunnar is destined to be our third baseman. At this point Gunner appears to be a below average to average third baseman. I am not saying he will not improve with time. I think we have better fielding prospects than him on the farm and I think equal hitters. I think Jordan Westburg at third and Dylan Cease make the Orioles a much better team now and in the future. Stowers is easily replaced. The White Sox will need Gunnar because they also need to trade Tim Anderson who will garner them three or so high prospects. The Oriole management has done a great job of putting us in the position to be able to make a trade like this. We are going to have to give up good quality players to get top flight pitching and depth.

Another thing I should also have pointed out is that pitchers are forced to sidestep with decreases velocity and become easier to hit.

Players that can steal bases, lead to fastballs for batters. Players in scoring position means a base hit can score runs and you don't need an extra base hit. Players that can steal bases at a high percentage put pressure on defenses, which lead to errors. Base stealing is one of our biggest assets. We need to run.

There is no justification for the Frazier signing other than he is a left handed hitter. Also Frazier was in the lineup before Urais was pulled.

You can laugh at me tomorrow. I am guessing Ramon Urias pulled because he will be traded to the Astros to be a replacement for Altuve until he is ready. I also think we have been looking to trade him so that we could make room for Jordan Westburg. Westburg is more than ready. Okay you can laugh at me now. I'm just saying. Go O's

Is his wrist hurting again?

We have a young kid that we can build with in LF, CF, RF, 1B and soon to be catcher. I agree we are not bringing the young pitching up...yet.

I can only watch MASN. I am from NC and the O's are blacked out on the other feeds.

They had the video today. They could not get the audio to work from Baltimore. Rock was able to give some play by play but was breaking up most of the time. This should be their lesson, to loosen the purse strings and send the lowest paid announcing group on the road.

That's funny.

I don't mind watching them lose as long as they are working the young kids in. I think they are doing the right thing on the rebuild.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE SEASON STARTS AND MASN HAS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, like today? Rock will not be there to bail them out like he was today. How stupid is it that MASN is not sending their announcing crew on the road or the question is how cheap are they? Can they alienate there customers anymore? I had to vent.

Thanks for the info.