MikeAD

I feel like you cant go wrong with the top 3: Rutschman, Witt and Vaughan, outside of Witt going to college instead. If you have an idea Witt won't go play for Oklahoma, definitely a case to be made for him considering age. We are in a great position here to not mess this up!!

Yes well Im talking if he continues the path hes on for the next two months. The ASG is about entertainment, it doesn't matter who is on the field. The one player from every team rule is fun and gets more people to watch. At this rate it will likely be Mancini.

The All-Star team is meaningless and we get to have one player, I'm fine if its Davis, especially if this "comeback" is real or at least hes crawled out of the hole hes been in. It would be a good story for the team, the fans, and is probably the only shot the Os have at getting any attention around the All-Star Break.

I agree here, its why he should be traded as well, if theres a good match. His best value is as a 1B/DH, maybe 1-2 days a week tops in RF/LF, and theres no room now for him at 1B, there definitely won't be in a season or two, unless our prospects all fail.

The absolute horror of a 26 year old falling back a bit in his second major league season while still matching his power numbers.

He’s been locked in since day one. You can find slumps (statistical) here and there but he was 3rd in ROY voting two seasons ago and hasn’t dropped off since. He’s been the bright spot on the team for two seasons now. It’s exciting to watch him play, how he adjusts and his overall approach to the game. Also actually looks like he’s enjoying himself out there.

Its the homers, his pitch counts haven't even been that bad.

I've been making a point to watch his starts, at least clips, he has moments where he looks amazing but then throws a dead fastball to 3 straight batters. I was really hoping he could find some consistency this season.

Christ a Mancini injury would be disheartening all around.

If he can't play 3B, more reason to have him in Norfolk for longer. Mancini and Davis at first, and soon Trumbo will be back in the mix. This is Trumbo's last season but Davis is here to stay. There is enough ABs for all of them between LF/RF/DH/1B but if it means he isn't playing everyday he should stay in Norfolk.

Really should be playing 3B in Norfolk. Only 15 innings so far there. Is there a plan outside of 1B for him? 3B makes much more sense.

Yes the Orioles need to start doing what similar market-sized teams are doing. Look at the A's. Working deeply on community involvement, started the A's pass to give cheap access to all/most games, they have a family package with a low yearly and monthly option, you can drag the whole family to family friendly areas of the park. Its a common topic here but MLB is losing the demographics war and is far behind the competition when it comes to keeping eyeballs on the product. While NBA ratings and attendance are at all time highs, theres millions more who watch nothing but clips, vines, snapchats, and Instagram posts and still follow and give their money and generate ad revenue. The Orioles especially are behind most MLB teams and really sit down with the Pirates in terms of doing squat to engage the fan base in recent years. This does not extend to the players who are very involved on their own, but the team as a whole. The A's have started an entire community engagement department within the team and did another round of hiring before this season. These staff are out in schools, building partnerships with community leaders. The Orioles need to focus on developing a new relationship with the fans during this rebuild. Go after families, children, triple down on every business for ticket reduction and 2 for 1 promotions. I was very optimistic when the free Kids ticket program started, and I hope theres more of that in the near future. A start would be giving up the iron hold on streaming rights so that fans can actually watch the games without having to pay for cable. All that much harder to engage the public when they can't even watch from home.

I forget about the Rochester airport I am a fool.

I have to think more about this but Slider is definitely BJ Ryan.

Yeah I loved the Red Wings team and I've been stopped probably 30-40 times in my life in an Os hat by people who grew up/live in Rochester who miss the team (at least the Orioles part). I was mostly commenting on distance..I mean, customs aside, its probably easier to get a player from Ottawa to Balmer than from Rochester. I have a ton of late 80s, early 90s Red Wings team baseball card sets that used to be worth a decent amount back when trading cards still had more value than an Esskay casing.