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Fastball averaged 89.9

I didn’t think prior seasons could be added to “complete” a full year - not for purposes of free agency, anyway. Unless Wikipedia is wrong (could be!): “If a player is on the major league roster for 171 or fewer days, they do not earn a year of service time, and partial years cannot be combined.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_time_manipulation#:~:text=If a player is on,for eligibility for free agency.

How does the option affect his service time? If he stays down 15+ days - does he not get credit for the season?

LOL - Jud Fabian thinks this guy strikes out way too much.

I spent a good part of 2023 fantasizing about the potential of an extra pick if Gunner won ROY. Boy that was wasted energy!

Stupid question - any chance there is a Drew Storen type, nearly ready closer, within range of our three first rounders? Someone that could help this year? (Yes I know even Storen needed seasoning - best example I had…)

I dunno, I personally can’t recall a game where he threw/almost threw to the backstop 5-6 times.

Not a great sign that he looked pretty rattled by the moment. Wildest he has looked…ever? Not just the balls either - location.

Beavers the last 4 weeks: .303/.396/.592 7 2B 5 HR 13:17 BB:K He was cold in May for sure, but pretty good otherwise.

Here we all were thinking Gunnar might earn us a pick with a ROY run. And Yennier might be running away with the ROY instead. (But wasn't a Top 100 prospect = no pick.)

#FreezingColdTakes

LOL. Negative WAR every season he’s played. I guess they wanted to answer the challenge of finding someone actually worse than Chris Davis.

Lots of good points on why this is not a terrible move. I’d be OK if he lived up to his 3-year average. But sadly he’s 35, and career aging trends are not on his side. He also finished the season in horrendous form - about a 10 ERA, with an OPS against over 1.000 in Sep/Oct. Hopefully they didn’t pay him much.

Interesting that he was starting to crush it in 2019 at A+ and AA with the Twins. Then he was traded to Miami - to your point, who seem to have not helped him. Then he had the pandemic year between offsite and the Bigs, and he's been stalled since. Maybe the O's can get him back on track.

Gotcha, I had it wrong. Back to my black hole!