Ruzious

We're fine. I simply responded to your post directed to me - where you asked me for clarification, and I gave it to you. Sorry if I over-did it.

Yes, ridiculous. You said he got much less hype than Gausman. If you said, less hype, it wouldn't have been a ridiculous comment. I would have mildly disagreed with you. But you said much less - making it a ridiculous comment.

I'm not going to look at how every organization ranked him at what particular time, but... You are correct that Bundy got more hype, and you're wrong that Gausman got more hype than Harvey. If anything, Harvey got more hype than Gausman. To say he got much less hype than Gausman is ridiculous.

I like that plan - though 10 games in Frederick might make more sense - no need to rush there. 2019 is a great goal for the bigs, and I think it'll coincide well with a lot of other young O's. Him getting in some good innings this year is a huge plus and creates a lot of optimism.

In the battle of Harvey vs Harvey, Harvey did a little better than Harvey. They were both outstanding. Are Hunter and Matt related?

Lol, everyone get out of the way, cuz Corn is on a roll.

Joey's made every play in RF. Gentry has been useful, but you shake a AAAA tree, and a dozen Gentry's fall off. I doubt anyone claims him, and he's very easy to replace. And I'm saying that as someone who appreciates him more than most do.

Fact is - picking Santander... in the second round of Rule 5... and how they've used him was a great move by Duquette and made a lot of organizations look foolish for not picking him before the O's.

And Tavares is 25 years old - he's like a poor man's Mullins.

AIC was part of the 90's Seattle "grunge" movement. Yeah, Would and Rooster are great songs, imo.

If you can get past the lyrics being negative, they were a great band.

"Man(ny) in the Box" by Alice In Chains.

I know a bunch of folks were high on Fenter, and that's 2 straight outstanding outings. These are truly the better shades of Gray.

I thought Beckham would go for a double on the hit off the wall, but he showed discipline by staying on 1B. It got to the RFer so quickly that he likely would have been out. And what a play he made to end the game.

And Buck made a point of saying that shouldn't have happened, and he was very upset about it. I expect that Tejada will be sent down at some point this month.

Interesting - Buck implies they're happy with his slider, and they still have hope he'll master the changeup. No curveball?

And Castro looks like he's found his niche in the pen.

Fair enough. I'm doubtful that either of them will ever have enough command and control to be more than 1 or 2 inning pitchers in the majors.

Yeah, I hate to say it when he put up good stats, but that kind of performance won't work in the majors. He's still got a long way to go with his control.

Otherwise, what in the blue hell was the purpose of this thread?

He stunk before this season and was a very low round pick - that's why he wasn't highly regarded. But, ya gotta get yer head out of your arse sometimes. He did, and he's performed really well this season. So, it's up to people evaluating to catch up and do the same.

2,000 will be a great accomplishment for Nick. I guess the question is - Will his lack of power prevent teams from being interested in signing him and using him as a starter. I just don't see a team going with a RFer at his age with that little power and speed. But Nick works hard on every at bat, and plays RF nearly flawlessly within his limitations.

Long is 24 years old. It's a stretch to say the O's would be rushing him, imo. Aquino, also 24, would be a good choice, except for a thing called performance. He's put up poor stats in a pitcher's league - not to mention doing poorly in his few opportunities in Baltimore this year. And last year at Bowie, Aquino was 5-10 with a 4.29 ERA - giving up 130 hits in 115 innings. Long is 6-3, a 2.17 ERA, and we've already gone over his other stats. Again, if performance matters, I'm not sure how you'd prefer Aquino over Long.

Well, I think Long's being underrated all the way around - other than Tony's glowing review of him. http://www.orioleshangout.com/2017/05/11/scouting-bowie-may-11-means-start-long-shines/ MLB.com doesn't even have him among the O's top 30 prospects - and frankly, there are a few non-prospects in that list. Long may or may not be ready to start in Baltimore, but we'll never know unless he's given the chance. That's how things go in baseball. We do know that he has command and control of his fastball, curve, and change and that he's got a 94 MPH fastball with movement and sinking action. And given the reports on his stuff and his performance this year, there's no reason Ubaldo should get another start over him in Baltimore, imo.

Meh, he raised his ERA... from 0.63 to 0.93. 25 K's vs 2 walks on the season. Yeah, it's just possible the O's got a pretty decent player here.