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24 minutes ago, NashLumber said:
How much total time as he missed since originally being called up? Has he pretty much come close to missing almost a year of service time to injury?
He has made 43 starts over 2 seasons. A full season worth of starts is 32-33, so he has missed about 2/3rds of a season worth of starts due to injury.
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Just to be completely thorough, it is also 1 over KC.
If KC wins out and the O's lose out, KC can get to 88 wins.
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3 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:
Loved seeing Eloy's enthusiasm at joining the team over the summer, but yeah it was way past time for this. I didn't realize he still had options remaining, so I guess he's still around for a 'break glass in case of emergency' moment - hopefully he's done for the year though. And declining the option is beyond a no-brainer, so that is in all likelihood it for Eloy as an O.
He had to agree to be optioned, due to having 5+ years of service time, which to his credit he did.
I hope he can get fully healthy this offseason and figure out how to hit the ball in the air.
I wouldn't mind bringing him back on a minor league deal. He seems like a solid guy and he is still reasonably young so he should have more chances. Doubt he gets a Major League deal this offseason, but if so I would imagine it would be with a non-competitive team hoping for a bounceback and a trade deadline deal.
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This was the correct choice, glad to see them make it.
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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:
They aren’t increasing all the ticket prices. They are increasing between the bases/premium tickets. The people buying those don’t care about increases in pricing.
I have a 29-game plan in the upper box and my plan price increased by exactly 20 percent for next season. Incidentally, the marked ticket price barely went up, but they raised the fees by $150. When fans noted this, they said that the fees were for the city and state amusement taxes, which have always existed, but had previously been built into the ticket price. So the ticket price itself is pretty much the same, but the cost to the customer increases 20 percent. This is how they are arguing that the aren't raising ticket prices, it is an extremely rudimentary sleight of hand.
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Mountcastle too.
Arizona went 32-39 over their last 71 games last year and made the World Series.
The playoffs are a crapshoot and the O's have as good a chance as anybody.
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Just now, MurphDogg said:
He will not have an option next year, nor will Bryan Baker or Burch Smith.
Cano and Bautista are the only bullpen guys with options next year, so they will definitely need some more bullpen arms with options.
I stand corrected. Akin's option was not used this year.
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41 minutes ago, Safelykept said:
If Akin has an option next year, He will be here. Not sure that he does.
He will not have an option next year, nor will Bryan Baker or Burch Smith.
Cano and Bautista are the only bullpen guys with options next year, so they will definitely need some more bullpen arms with options
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59 minutes ago, Frobby said:
Pretty decent attendance for the weekday Giants series, 71,004 for the three game set. Season attendance is now 2,163,813, with the Tigers weekend series remaining. They should have a decent shot to clear 2.25 mm.
Sunday was completely sold out, but they just opened up the left field upper reserve.
Saturday is pretty close to sold out too, although they probably won't need to open left field upper reserve.
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Kjerstad should also get some reps in at first so he can be an option there as well, although now is probably not the time, best for him to DH for the rest of the season.
He had 8 starts at first at AAA this season and 37 starts there between AA and AAA in 2023.
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12 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
Right but then we would have at least two of Cowser, Mullins, and Kjerstad in the outfield vs LHP. Santander would plug one hole but open another.
They have been playing Cowser against lefties already, and as I said, Kjerstad is a better option than the other righties, despite lacking a platoon advantage.
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1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Who is our OF vs RHP if Santander is at 1B? Can of Corn was absolutely right, this Mountcastle injury is absolutely killing us and I never thought I'd say that.
As I said, I think it is potentially against lefties. Against righties we are pretty set.
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Absolutely. O'Hearn is unplayable against lefties, and I would rather see Kjerstad lefty on lefty over Rivera, Jimenez and Mayo (at this point anyway), despite their platoon advantage. All three of those guys have just been black holes offensively.
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10 minutes ago, Three Run Homer said:
On the other hand, I can't imagine them keeping Gregory Soto over Matt Bowman in the bullpen, especially if Coulombe is back.
Soto gave up a homer on Sunday, but he had only given up a run in one of his last 13 appearances before that, dating back to August 8th. Bowman has been good since joining the O's on 8/22, but Soto has arguably been better.
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Soto - 9 IP, 2 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 12 K, 2.95 FIP
Bowman - 10.1 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6 BB, 9 K, 3.17 FIP
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57 minutes ago, e16bball said:
I think there will be some consideration given to bringing along Forrest Wall as a designated pinch-runner, especially for the short WC series.
Atlanta carried him for their NLDS series against the Phillies last year, and he got into two of the games. Once, inexplicably, as an actual pinch-hitter.
I don’t know that I’m convinced he has the mega-speed to warrant a roster spot just as a runner. But he did steal 50+ bags in AAA in 2022 and 2023, and he’s stolen 9 bases in 31 career ML games — so he’s probably the best pure runner we’ve got at AAA or higher.
Especially in the very short WC series, I think it’s more likely that there will be a situation where you want a pinch-runner — for a steal or for guys like Anthony, Eloy, even Adley — than that there will be a situation where you need 5 different pinch-hitters.
Mateo could have that spot too, if they trusted him more as a baserunner than Wall and they don't want EBJ to take up a 40-man roster spot all of next season. No reason you can't carry someone as exclusively a pinch runner if you have a 5-man bench.
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2 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:
2 for 2 with a walk tonight.
Huh? Kjerstad is 1-3 with a double (no walks). He was replaced defensively in the 8th inning.
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16 minutes ago, Explosivo said:
Plus he just looks overweight, lazy, and makes stupid decisions out there. Hell he doesn’t even run out grounders. There’s talent there for sure but I don’t think he gives a shit anymore. Same thing happened to Chris Davis. Dude just plays completely uninspired baseball out there. Cut him.
He has had a slew of injuries, so I am not totally comfortable saying he is lazy. Not running out grounders could be a load management thing as a result of the injuries. That said, he certainly doesn't look like someone who should be handed a Major League contract next year.
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I think the situation with the White Sox was so dire, the idea was that a shift to a contending team could provide a spark. He had a few groundball singles in his first few games that gave some hope, but at this point, he looks like the guy he has been all season.
It is wild for a 27 year-old to have his SLG plummet from .504 (his average through 2022) to .345. I can't see him getting a Major League deal this offseason with the season he has put up in 2024.
You gotta cut him loose and give Mayo his at-bats at this point.
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1 hour ago, Just Regular said:
Holmes on 0 days rest this season now at 6.94 ERA in 11.2 innings.
Yep, and a 2.28 ERA with 1 or more days of rest.
What is even more jarring is the 6 walks and 7 Ks in the 11.2 innings with 0 days of rest compared to 12 walks and 54 Ks in the 43.1 innings with at least a day of rest.
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This is the first year that Perez has approached Adley in rWAR (2.8 vs. 2.7). Adley was worth 9.9 rWAR between 2022 and 2023, while Perez was worth 3.2.
Witt is a year older and has played 126 more games than Gunnar, and Gunnar leads him in rWAR 14.8 to 14.
I would be pretty floored if Perez and Witt were more valuable over the next three years while Adley is under team control. Not a lot of 35-37 year old catchers providing significant Major League value.
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4 minutes ago, Keygans said:
I suspect the other 2 moves come tomorrow when we are home and not out west,
Kremer to DL for Rodgers.
Banuelos down for the shadow of Buddy Groom or any available reliever.
I agree that Bañuelos will be sent down tomorrow, but he will have to be replaced by a hitter, not a pitcher, as there is a 14 pitcher limit with expanded rostdrs.
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Creed with two homers tonight in his second AA game.
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7 minutes ago, Frobby said:
Ftom MLB.com:
In MLB.com’s latest Rookie of the Year poll, a very tight race between two first-year phenoms is developing in the National League. Meanwhile, there appears to be one player separating himself from the pack in the American League.
A panel of 30 MLB.com experts cast their ballots, with rookies receiving vote points on a 5-4-3-2-1 scale -- five points for a first-place vote, four points for a second-place vote and so on. Here are the results.
All stats updated through Sunday.
American League
1. Colton Cowser, Orioles (17 first-place votes)
Cowser could be the Orioles’ eighth Rookie of the Year with a strong finish to this season. He would follow in the footsteps of teammate and fellow LEGO fan Gunnar Henderson, who took home the award last season. The 2004-05 A’s are the most recent AL club to have back-to-back Rookie of the Year winners (Bobby Crosby, Huston Street).
The 24-year-old Cowser, who leads AL rookies with 19 home runs, has typically batted leadoff for the O's since July 28 and has produced a .274/.325/.460 slash line with 10 extra-base hits in 28 games since. He has done stellar work on defense as well, amassing 10 outs above average. That is the most among AL rookies and ranks tied for seventh among all outfielders.
[2nd place is Luis Gil despite only 2 first place votes; Mason Miller is 3rd and has 9 first place vores]
He is far and away the betting favorite as well, at between -550 to -670. If I was a betting man, I would throw a little cash at Mason Miller, whose odds are as long as +5000.
It has been an extremely weak year for rookies in the AL. I'm not sure Cowser would even be top 5 in the NL.
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28 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:
I grew up watching the mid-70's teams and want to know what Terry Crowley did to warrant inclusion in the O's HOF? Seems like a stretch to me.
He spent over 30 years in the organization between his time as a player and his time as a coach.
G Rod in the pen (Update: Shut down for season, will not return for playoffs)
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Right. Not sure how I forgot that.