Jagwar

Every year at the deadline I hear that the O's should be buyers and sellers. I still don't know if any teams actually do that. It seems like all of the 3-team trade ideas, as rare as a unicorn.

Can you tell me any actual years/trades where they've done that at the deadline?

When has that ever happened? Not trying to be snarky, just wondering if a team has ever approached the deadline as a buyer and a seller and successfully pulled off trades.

Mediocrity is a welcome improvement

Exactly. Which is why I think Elias may trade those players for prospects, but he won't trade prospects for a WC run. He is trying to build a strong sustainable pipeline of prospects first and foremost.

True... but why would Cleveland trade "major league ready" pitching for "what it used to be"?

Cleveland is 2 games ahead of the O's in the WC standings. Even if they were willing to move major league ready pitchers, why would they want two sub .800 OPS players in return?

Well that's a different idea altogether. Do you really think some other team is going to want to trade ML pitching for Mancini or Santander? If anything, that team is going to offer prospects (and not top prospects) for those two.

Even If the O's are actually in the wild card race, I don't expect Elias to trade away prospects for any help. I just think we are going to live and die with who we have on the ML club and in the system.

I like seeing these promotions, but I'd be more thrilled if there were many exciting pitching prospects to promote.

Good call on the Coliseum. That place seems like a concrete monstrosity.

For me I have no interest in visiting the following ballparks. Tropicana Field (Rays) Guaranteed Rate Field (White Sox) Comerica Park {Tigers} loanDepot Park (Marlins) Coors Field (Rockies)

There is an Open Mic on Wednesday nights in Turner Falls, MA hosted by a guy named Brian Matusz.

Aberdeen bullpen finished off the no hitter!

Who knows... maybe the O's are hoping that they'll get one good month out of Kremer like Zimmermann's April.

I'd say DFA Zimmermann too, but someone has to pitch innings this year.

True... but a first base coach can also look straight at the first baseman and yell "BACK" if there is a pickoff play on

Can I put my name into the lottery for a block of 4?

Is there any reason to think that the fault might lie with the first base coach?

Honestly... the US should just invade Canada and make it our 51st state. All that land, timber, oil. And hockey.

I think the O's may just have squeezed as many innings out of Zimmermann that they can squeeze

I've reached peak Zimmermann

Nailed it.

I'll bet he got in a lot of fights in middle school

They had a great bullpen that shut us down.