Meoli: Baumann looks good throwing live BP

[Tony-OH]

Is this the first "Looks good coming out of his hand" comment by Hyde? lol

[Sports Guy]

Good to hear.

[Frobby]

wildcard can breathe now.  

[Jammer7]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

Is this the first "Looks good coming out of his hand" comment by Hyde? lol

Nah, he said it yesterday about Matt Harvey.

[Beef Supreme]

If we ever hear, "the ball didn't look that great coming out of his hand," we'll know that pitcher has some big problems.

[wildcard]

11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

wildcard can breathe now.  

Sounded good to hear Hyde's report on Big Mike.  He should be a big part of this year's rookie class.

[Moose Milligan]

We'll see what Hyde is saying when Baumann has a 5+ ERA in July.

Everyone looks good in spring training.  

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

We'll see what Hyde is saying when Baumann has a 5+ ERA in July.

Everyone looks good in spring training.  

My takeaway is that he’s healthy and throwing batting practice.   That’s all I care about.  

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

We'll see what Hyde is saying when Baumann has a 5+ ERA in July.

Everyone looks good in spring training.  

So you think he makes it to July with that elbow?

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

So you think he makes it to July with that elbow?

Wishful thinking, I suppose.

[Beef Supreme]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

So you think he makes it to July with that elbow?

Flexor? Why not. 60 MLB IPs this year with one or two starts mixed in seems reasonable.

EDIT: based on 162 game schedule.

[Aristotelian]

13 hours ago, Frobby said:

My takeaway is that he’s healthy and throwing batting practice.   That’s all I care about.  

Exactly. Making it to July with no setbacks would be an excellent outcome. 

[jabba72]

Some radar gun readings would tell us alot about his elbow health wouldnt it? 

[OrioleDog]

Maybe we'll find out if he gets into a game.

Elias's comments that Thursday night about conservative spring are a little worrying.   If a "small thing" in August is still rippling in February, that's not that small.   Without that I believe he and not Zimmermann would have gotten that 3rd September fill-in slot.

I did feel like at full health he had a shot at that Bedard/Markakis type spring where he just doesn't let the club send him out.   His age/upside mix I think gets him out of the Kelenic basket.   

But the first step of that is being able to start Spring Training Game #5, and clear your 45-pitch hurdle or whatever you get on ~March 3.

Also just on the optimism of a BP session, this is as good a moment as any to highlight that this exists:

https://www.prospectslive.com/general/2020/2/22/michael-baumann-a-prospect-love-story

 

[Tony-OH]

55 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

Maybe we'll find out if he gets into a game.

Elias's comments that Thursday night about conservative spring are a little worrying.   If a "small thing" in August is still rippling in February, that's not that small.   Without that I believe he and not Zimmermann would have gotten that 3rd September fill-in slot.

I did feel like at full health he had a shot at that Bedard/Markakis type spring where he just doesn't let the club send him out.   His age/upside mix I think gets him out of the Kelenic basket.   

But the first step of that is being able to start Spring Training Game #5, and clear your 45-pitch hurdle or whatever you get on ~March 3.

Also just on the optimism of a BP session, this is as good a moment as any to highlight that this exists:

https://www.prospectslive.com/general/2020/2/22/michael-baumann-a-prospect-love-story

 

I agree with both points here, but I hope such  "live" BP session is a step forward and it honestly sounds like he's about where he would be if he's totally healthy.

The biggest indication where he's at will be once spring training games start. If he's not in official games or is not stretching out in intrasquad games then it's time to have some concern about this season.

From what I heard about last year's alternate camp was that he was head and shoulders above everyone there, including the three pitchers (Akin, Kremer, and Zimmermann) that ended up getting starts. If he had not gotten hurt I'm pretty certain he would have made his major league debut, especially instead of Zimmermann who had really not had a full camp due to COVID-related issues.