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Gurgi

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  1. What this tells me is that we have too much talent for the positions. Holy crap the Orioles are going to be good for years to come.
  2. Gunnar hopefully is a hint of how they will draft lower down the ranks.
  3. No idea. But we are real good. I think we are winning because our AAA team also won the title last year. So even when we put in the scrubs.....the back up guys they are on a higher skill level than other teams. Its better to win these games than lose them even though they dont count at all.
  4. Yeah its a weird position for a Oriole fan. We never were known as a team that could develop talent in 40 years. And then now we might be the best in the League at picking and developing talent. Its amazing. I sometimes have to pinch myself.
  5. It does seem late to do a trade but Elias has done spring training trades before. I remember the two relief guys to Miami. They probably keep Santander and let him walk at the end of the year. Maybe give him a offer to try to get a draft pick. I get the feeling we are going into the year with him. But you could say that Cowser, Stowers and Kjerstad could figure out a way to fill his spot.
  6. I can see moving Santander. We seem to have two guys right now who could fill his spot. And he could probably bring a real good bullpen arm and maybe another lottery pick. What do you think we could get for Santander? He is only average at defense but he is a solid switch hitter with power. What is his value?
  7. Do you have ideas of who to move? Mountcastle? Westburg? O'Hearn probably stays because he is a lefty. I think you could move Mountcastle because he cant play anything but first and DH. Someone might give us a bullpen arm for him.
  8. I am interested only because it would make the starters a stronger unit. He probably could pitch to 3.8 to 4.2 era. He could be a 3 or 4 starter and push Wells into the bullpen. Wells might be a closer if we have trouble there. I know there is not a right to a job on a MLB team. I know if a player is extremely disruptive teams might not want to take chance on a guy even with a one year league minimum salary. We could use Bauer especially because we wouldnt have to trade for him. Wouldnt have to give him a long term contract. Would have him on a low salary. I personally would bring him in for an interview and grill him a couple hours on his life his mindset and his goals. If it sounds okay I would jump at the chance to sign him. Nothing he did was illegal. It was weird. But it was consenting adults. I wouldnt let it stop me. If there was a video out there of him doing it.......that is another question. I think I would pass if MLB knows that crap is out there. That would be too much to see. But I want to win it all this year. I would reach out to him and give him an interview.
  9. That draft of 2019 has a chance to be legendary for the Orioles. Adley, Gunnar, Stowers, Ortiz and others. Very strong.
  10. I would think some team will break and give him a shot. One of the teams that have a chance to win it all. But maybe there is an unofficial blackballing thing going on with him. Like Bonds and Canseco said happened to them.
  11. What is an Ar35? Is this Rutschman? Was MASN fanboying too much about Adley and Tony got annoyed and called them out?
  12. https://www.mlb.com/video/orioles-unveil-dr-baseball-academy If posted already just remove. Elias speaks about the new facility. It looks pretty damn good. It seems amazing to me because I can remember twenty years ago reading about how little the Orioles did in Latin America. FINALLY we are putting in the work where 1/3 of the talent is coming from. Seems they are doing a lot to educate the kids who wont make it also.
  13. Thanks...must of missed it. They put up all the cocaine Pirates we are family dope heads?
  14. Force him to sleep in different hotels as the team. Make him sit in the bullpen area in a private little hut we build for him. Buy him some blow up dolls so he can punch them instead of real women.....and we should be good. Make him communicate to the coaches and team and media via Zoom. Put an ankle bracelet on him so we can make sure he isnt hanging out with any of the real talent in the off time. Or just give him a contract for minimum and if he does not work out you cut him. Its not rocket science. If he can get outs and shut his mouth I say take a chance. If he can push a good arm like Wells into the pen then it makes the team better.
  15. How can this list be legit without a certain 12 year old boy with a glove stealing balls from Tony Tarasco?
  16. I want Sports Guy to go roast the Chicago White Sox board because they didnt do much more than Ortiz and DL Hall.
  17. Orioles really laying a stinker today....I am behind on the DVR it is in the 7th right now for me.
  18. I think they want this a done deal for Opening Day. Just a hunch.
  19. Gurgi

    2024 Red Sox

    I heard it said that Latin American players are more open to signing these early contract extensions. I have no stats to back this up. Just something I saw written before.
  20. Rooting for ex-Orioles after they leave always troubles me. I want the player to do good but dont want the Orioles to have been moronic with how they treated the player. Like Arrieta. Gausman doesnt hurt anywhere near as bad because Gausman stuggled with TWO other orgs before finding it in San Fran. Arrieta was almost instantly CY freaking Young when he got the hell out of Baltimore. I want DJ Hall to be good but not Smotlz for Doyle Alexander good. Does this make me a bad person?
  21. Where would of Jeter been better at? Second? RF?
  22. I am using a chrome browser so maybe something to do with that? Or not.
  23. I was getting it also. No idea what was going on.
  24. I feel all the modern knowledge on how to spin the ball and how to throw at high velocity would over power the Yankees. They used very heavy bats and would not do well with modern fastballs being 94 mph. I imagine if Ruth and Gerigh figured out and used a light bat they would likely be very dangerous. But over all they played when 90mph was blazing fast. Most of their guys wouldnt hit our pitching. Then bringing in the bullpen in the sixth inning and going with four guys throwing high ninties....would destroy their batting chances. We would shut them down. Then the lack of chew and less smoking and alcohol of the modern game. I think we would win 115 games a year in 1927. I respect the old guys....but the game has 100 years of development. The 2024 team would destroy the 1927 Yankees.
  25. Jackson Holliday looked good. I think we have a keeper. Maybe Norby can make the team as a backup infielder and get some at bats from Jackson when there is a tough lefty on the mound?
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