Jump to content

Oliver or Eddie for tonight.

weams

By weams
in Orioles Talk

Oliver or Eddie  

9 members have voted

  1. 1. Oliver or Eddie

    • Oliver
      9
    • Eddie
      0

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 34
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

Can_of_corn

Posted
Posted

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oliver Drake, the pride of <a href="https://twitter.com/NMHschool">@NMHschool</a>, has been summoned to the big leagues today by the Baltimore Orioles. <a href="http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi">http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi</a></p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="

">May 23, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Link to comment
Share on other sites
weams Hangout Grand Counsel

weams

Posted
  • Author
Posted
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oliver Drake, the pride of <a href="https://twitter.com/NMHschool">@NMHschool</a>, has been summoned to the big leagues today by the Baltimore Orioles. <a href="http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi">http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi</a></p>— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="
">May 23, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Great!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
backwardsk Hangout Grand Counsel

backwardsk

Posted
Posted
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oliver Drake, the pride of <a href="https://twitter.com/NMHschool">@NMHschool</a>, has been summoned to the big leagues today by the Baltimore Orioles. <a href="http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi">http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi</a></p>? Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="
">May 23, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

So will it be Wilson or McFarland that gets sent down today? I imagine it will be Wilson, but then who starts on Thursday? Steve Johnson?

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Link to comment
Share on other sites
waroriole Hangout Grand Counsel

waroriole

Posted
Posted
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Oliver Drake, the pride of <a href="https://twitter.com/NMHschool">@NMHschool</a>, has been summoned to the big leagues today by the Baltimore Orioles. <a href="http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi">http://t.co/eVq4m87zDi</a></p>? Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) <a href="
">May 23, 2015</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Awesome. I think he could be a real asset to the pen long term. Especially with our impending FA.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

OFFNY

Posted
Posted

o

This is a nice story from February of 2014, from the O.P. of CharmCityHokie:

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/138983-Oliver-Drake-Background

Scroll a little bit down the page for the Oliver Drake portion of the article.

Sunday Notes: Mets, Indians, Orioles, White Sox

(By David Laurila)

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-column-mets-indians-orioles-white-sox/

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

OFFNY

Posted
Posted

o

o

This is a nice story from February of 2014, from the O.P. of CharmCityHokie:

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/138983-Oliver-Drake-Background

Scroll a little bit down the page for the Oliver Drake portion of the article.

Sunday Notes: Mets, Indians, Orioles, White Sox

(By David Laurila)

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-column-mets-indians-orioles-white-sox/

Here is an evaluation of Drake from Tony Pente, several months before the aforementioned article from February of 2014:

After a stellar 2011, Oliver Drake was considered one of the organization's top pitching prospects, and has subsequently earned a 40-man roster spot. However, after having had undergone shoulder surgery in August of 2012, Drake dropped off the radar a bit, and also was taken off of the Orioels 40-man roster.

The primary focus of Drake's 2013 season was his health and recovery from the surgery, and his move to the bullpen seems to have suited him well. Although Drake's fastball was languishing from 90-91 MPH in July, it (his fastball ran) all the way up to 94-95 MPH with better command and consistency as the season progressed.

Drake's splitter continues to stay low in the zone, and it is difficult for hitters to square up on when located properly.

The 2013 season has to be considered a victory for Drake, due to him remaining healthy after the surgery, and the fact that he was able to regain velocity. Being that he will be a 27 year-old next season (2014), Drake is getting long in the tooth ...... he really needs to have an outstanding year in the minors and for the Orioles to have any need to see him in big leagues next year. We have to imagine that he will at least be given an opportunity at AAA-Norfolk next year, and if he maintains his fastball velocity, he could be an asset to the Orioles' bullpen at some point.

Stats

Lee Tackett contributed to this report.

http://forum.orioleshangout.com/forums/showthread.php/137591-2013-23-prospect-Oliver-Drake-RHP

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • webbrick2010
      Gunnar/ Adley . Would Gunnar have been a good choice at 1-1?

      By webbrick2010 · Posted

      There probably was no "right" choice and absolutely no "absolutely right choice" I was on record wanting to choose Abrahms and my logic was simple, a 1:1 is a chance to pick a HOF type talent A college catcher was a safe pick and Adley is having a nice career but he is clearly not a MVP/HOF type player.
    • interloper
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By interloper · Posted

      I disagree with the entirety of this post. 
    • CaptainRedbeard
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By CaptainRedbeard · Posted

      Agreed, Akin is pitching too well to be optioned until there’s no other choices. Tate should certainly be optioned before him. The only reason I could see Akin needing to be optioned is if BOTH Means and Irvin end up in the pen (with Bradish, Kremer and Suárez starting). That’s possibly the best 5 SP right now if they believe Suárez > Means/Irvin. In which case you really can’t have 5 lefty RP and only one RHP to go with Kimbrel and Cano. Otherwise, they should carry 4 lefty RP (with one of Means/Irvin as the long man) before optioning Akin. 
    • foxfield
      Gunnar/ Adley . Would Gunnar have been a good choice at 1-1?

      By foxfield · Posted

      The answer to the question is obviously no. Now if the question was would Gunnar have been worthy #1 pick the answer seems obvious that he would have been.    But taking him where he went allowed the Orioles to maximize their draft which is what every team hopes to do.    You can argue whether Adley was the right pick but if Gunnar went first there is no way the two picks work as well for Baltimore. 
    • 24fps
      Time Gunnar's triple

      By 24fps · Posted

      1080i video is redrawn a half frame (field) at 60 times per second.  Progressive footage like 1080p is 30 whole frames per second but often converted to interlaced format for transmission. If you are doing this on an ongoing basis, here's a suggestion: download the free version of one of the numerous non-linear editors out there like Avid or DaVinci Resolve and throw the clip on a timeline for your measurement.  Manually clicking through hundreds of frames seems like it would be needlessly cumbersome not to mention slow.  
    • LGOrioles
      Speculating on how the O's handle the pitching logjam

      By LGOrioles · Posted

      This. I don’t get the Akin going down talk (even though it seems more based off his option remaining than performance). Right now Akin is arguably our 4th most trusted reliever (can argue with Webb) based off his usage and his peripherals are clearly in the top 4 with Cano, Kimbrel, and Coulombe. He might not be a setup guy but he’s a solid piece to have in the middle innings.   Akin’s K-BB% is nearly double that of Baumann’s in both of their careers as relievers. He K’s more, walks less, and gets more chases and whiffs.   Keeping Baumann over Akin even for a week isn’t a move that winning teams make. Not to trash him, but Baumann is just not good, so who cares if he gets claimed? He’s not trusted at this point late in close games unless the bullpen is overused, so if you lose him and need a replacement later in the year you have Heasley, Charles, and Tate (if he gets optioned). Then you also have Wells who should be a bullpen guy when he comes back. Having the flexibility is good but keeping one of your worst relievers just because he doesn’t have an option doesn’t seem like a good way to solve a log jam. 
    • ChosenOne21
      Gunnar/ Adley . Would Gunnar have been a good choice at 1-1?

      By ChosenOne21 · Posted

      Witt had hit tool questions on draft day, and Abrams was much less of a sure thing than Adley. Based on information known at the time, we absolutely made the right choice with Adley.

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...