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Probably just to have more fun with it, especially with Ethan playing along.

That was a fun watch. Gotta love the bat bros You Tube Channel. A couple of things i got out of this video: 1. Ethan got his father's size and while he clearly does not have his man strength yet, when nhe does, holy crap, he's going to have some power. 2. Ethan called his Dad "Matty" and the youngest called him Matt. I never get that, but I know some parents that go by their first names with their kids. Just seem weird to me. 3. Matt still has his man strength and would make a hell of a slow pitch softball hitter! lol... Seriously, he hit one ball at 109 MPH. I know they were using aluminum bats, but still. 4. Jackson has a line drive approach but can really sting the ball. when he fully grows into his man strength he's going to hit some homers for sure. He's not going to be a 40 homer guy, but 25-30 seems realistic.

Updated with Jordan Sanchez signing.

The Orioles had an agreement back then but he just officially signed. He's an 18-year old kid with power potential but with some length in his swing. Defensively he's probably heading to corner outfield. I was told he's similar to Kyle Stowers.

He was shut down but there was no surgery so he should be back next spring. Nice arm, but a thrower still without a lot of command. I probably could have put him on the list towards the end due to the velocity, but I'd just like to see a little more innings under his belt. He mostly just throws hard stuff, but does mix in a breaking ball. He's a guy that is worth to watch if he suddenly starts putting up really good numbers. He'll pitch at 21 next year.

I agree that Hall could definitely finish off a fantastic 3-headed monster at the back end of the bullpen.

I've ben pretty consistent with my desire to see Hall stay as a reliever. I realize the temptation, but it's time to maximize his value out of the pen.

I agree that it's a longshot. Mostly because this team/ownership has shown no intention of signing that kind if talent due to the years and money it takes. Relievers can be volatile, but Hader has that special kind of talent that only an injury can derail. Imagine a Bautista/Hader backend of the bullpen in 2025 and 2026?

Wells was 28-years old and was gassed out around 100 innings. While he's built like a starter, and has starter stuff, the most innings he's ever thrown in one season was in 2018 when he tossed one more inning then last year at 119.1. I'd personally like to see him in the pen a a multi-inning reliever who can occasionally be used in a high leverage situation. Longterm that's probably his best and most consistent role. Would it be the worse thing in the world if he did what he did last year and have a great first half and then see if McDermott or Povich is ready to take over in the second half? Guess not, but I'd rather that be a backup plan.

I went back and watched several starts of McGough, and I couldn't for the life of me see why anyone would think he needs to be considered for a protection. He's a 89-90 MPH left-hander with inconsistent below average secondaries. I didn't see him before the injury so maybe he has still not come all the way back, but I didn't see anything that suggested he's a future big leaguer. I definitely didn't see a guy who is going to get selected in the rule 5 draft.

The Orioles took Andrew Politi last year when they were expected to compete, so I could see them taking a flier on a potential bullpen arm if they're intrigued enough by them. I just hope if they do they come with more upside than a Politi-type. I never understood that selection since there really wasn't a ton of upside and the stuff was just "bleh". I don't ever research these guy prior to the draft, especially now that the Orioles will not be picking until late in the first round. They did of course find Tyler Wells in the second round so sometimes there's a diamond in the rough, but that was also after COVID cost teams a chance to look at minor league players for a year and why the Twins may have thought Wells would not be selected or was too raw to stick.

Hader does make a lot of sense for the team but I tend to agree that he'll probably price himself out of Baltimore. The only way it happens is if the old heart strings are pulled a bit and he wants to pitch in front of friends and family. I wonder how many years he's looking for. He'll be 30 next year. I'd love to sign him to a 2 or 3 year deal since you don't really know how Bautista will come back from TJ. I would not go more than 3 years to sign him though.

Sorry to derail the thread. I was having a crap day yesterday when I took it out here. I appreciate the words of support.

Bucce is one of those guys that finally hit a little bit last year, but didn't get a ton of playing time overall and 20Ks in just 74 PA gives me pause when it doesn't come with any real power. He'll have to make Delmarva next year and we'll see how he does. Anderson DeLos Santos is still a bit interesting and I actually wrote up a quick bio for him before I knocked him off the list: Only 19-years old last season at Delmarva, Del Los Santos didn’t put up all that impressive of numbers including a 104-31 K-BB ratio in 421 PAs. But he has a little pop in the bat and although he made a few too many errors, shows some athleticism at 3B. Probably will need to repeat Delmarva next year at 20-years old but has some tools to work from and worth keeping an eye on. Same thing with Heid: Put up good numbers at AA holding batters to a .185/.280/.265/.545 slash line mostly at Aberdeen. Got a late season callup to Bowie but at 25 years old, he's long in the tooth for a prospect. He's a 91-93 MPH guy with so decent carry and his slider flashes average on occasion wit good depth. The stuff just doesn't suggest he's going to have success at the major league level though. I also did Kade Strowd who got bumped at the end. Kade Strowd: Fastball slider pitcher that sat 94-96 but who can flash 97-98 on occasion. The slider has high spin and late break and can give minor league right-handed hitters fits, but he doesn't have much to defend himself against lefties and his command wavers too often. As for Heid, the stats say he's worth watching, but the age and stuff go "eh". Can't rule him out, but I didn't see anything that suggested major league stuff.

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Yep. I think they believe it's too hard to get the days on 26-man roster for all close players. I know if year's past i would text someone on the Orioles staff who always knew. Now with transactions records available I can find out myself but I only have one organization to do so I can understand why they do so.

First off, DL Hall is no longer a rookie due to the amount days on the 26-man roster he's been on so he shouldn't even be on the list. We have plenty of statcast dats to show that Hall has nowhere near an 80 fastball. It's ludicrous to suggest that he does.

It's not about the rep points, it's just nice to know people appreciate the work you put in. It's just surprising when I see people get a bunch of reactions for just posting info from another source when the same posters couldn't take the time to react to actual hours upon hours of work. But honestly, I've been thinking of slowing down anyways and after seeing the lack of interest in the lists this year just made me realize that when the team is doing doing good, the focus is much stronger on the big league offseason than on the minors and the prospects. I know a few of you care a lot, but I'm not sure people know how much time goes into watching video, reading stuff, and analyzing statistics it takes to try and give people a good understanding of the prospects. The juice just may not be worth the squeeze any longer. I'll still do the top 30, but will probably just throw a few names out as players to follow next year vs spending all the time researching the 65th prospect. The more I think about the more absurd it seems to be that I actually go that deep when about 10 people give a crap.

Wait, you got six reactions for posting Baseball America content and I think I got 9 thanks or reactions (3 for the top 30, 5 for 31-50, 1 for 51-75) for putting about three weeks of work into a top 75 prospect list, linking content and doing everything I can to provide fans information. I must be doing something wrong. lol Next year I'll just post BA content and save my time. Oh well, I think I'm going to start ramping down on the amount of info I provide next year since so few people appreciate what I do. I don't think there was as much interest with the team being good now at the major league level. Few seems to care about the 31-75 guys from I can tell. No use wasting my time if so few people care. this time of year was when I normally got a lot of reactions and comments which let me know they appreciate the work.. You can just post BA and Fangraph stuff and save me time. As for the list, no huge quibbles from me.

51-75 Prospects posted here. Any names you didn't know? Any names you're surprised I didn't have on the list?

I can see this working for young families, but I'll miss many more games due to other commitments on my Saturday afternoons. Of course, the Orioles will probably just sell off the TV broadcast rights to the Lifetime Plus channel just to try and make Orioles fans get another streaming service anyways all while not offering a truly streaming service for in area viewers forcing us to buy basic cable.

Orioles to open 2024 season at Oriole Park, introduce tweaks to home game start times - CBS Baltimore (cbsnews.com) This is just dumb. Some of us actually enjoy a Saturday evening out at a local sports bar or watching from home on a Saturday night. I get pushing them up pre Memorial day because of the cold, but mid summer? Just dumb all around.

Wait, don't drag me into your fight. I remember not being thrilled with the O'Hearn signing because I thought the cost of a guy who was going to be AAA depth at #1.3 million was unnecessary. I do also remember saying that he did have some analytics that suggested he'll be better without the shift. Let's remember though, I thought Stowers was going to be a semi-regular between RF/LF/DH and not buried like they did early in the season last year. I don't remember anyone thinking O'Hearn was going to have the year he ended up having. Now I was probably the biggest voice against the Frazier signing and I was right. That signing never made sense for the dollar amount and the players already on hand. But this is a Uwasawa thread. Back to that.

Say what you want about some of his International signings, he did sign Wei Yin Chen to a great deal! I do think the current staff have more analytics to evaluate the talent on than Duquette's staff did so does make me feel a little better. Then again they thought they could fix Fuji too.

Considering Bradish came over in the trade, anything else that comes out of the Bundy trade is the proverbial icing on the cake. Stallings BTW came over with Jean Pinto for Alex Cobb, not the Bundy deal. He's one of the weirder pitching prospects I've seen in some time. He's about as Jekyll and Hyde as it gets from start to start sometimes. I do wonder if a move to the pen would benefit him though. He had a start on Sept 7th against the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp that probably got him on the list, even if it's way down at the end. He was quite impressive that day missing bats with a variety of pitches and I believe he hit 95 MPH in that game (94.7). Strangely, while Peek has much better command and gives off Spencer Watkins vibes, Stallings to me may have a better chance of becoming someone of value in a relief role.