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I take the Light Rail in from N. Linthicum. Cross the street (Eutaw, Howard) to the corner of the Convention Center. There is a hot dog vendor, been there forever. 2 jumbo dogs and 2 sodas for $10. The other side of the stadium by Pickles-Sliders has lots of vendors (sausage and peppers).

Absolutely, maybe Perez finds the Ubaldo pothole. We can't option Perez, Coulombe, Voth, for sure. Not sure on Givens, Tate when they are ready, maybe not Gibson either. After the ASB we will know if ME is serious about this year's team or not, by his actions or inaction. With all the drama here re: Stowers not getting a fair shot (guilty), I don't disagree with sending him down. I think it would be a good idea to establish the same sense of urgency under anyone who can be sent down (does Mounty have options).

Or you bring up the 1B at Norfolk (Diaz) who was hitting as well as O'Hearn and Lester, and put him in the 1B rotation with Mounty. I like Santander well enough but he is unlikely to be here long as he slows down more and gets more expensive. He can be RF-DH for as many ABs as he is healthy and producing.

ALL HE WILL DO IS JUST PISS OFF THE ANGELS!!!

The bolded part above made me think, why not "formalize" the Norfolk shuttle, have ME take it out of Hyde's hands, so to speak. I'm of the opinion Hyde sets the lineup mostly, manages by his gut, plays favorites, and wants to keep almost everyone happy. We get 5 cracks to burn an Option so let's fully utilize them. Only 1 of Vavra/Ortiz here at any given time, same with O'Hearn/Diaz. same with Stowers/Cowser. I know Westburg is deserving but until one of Vavra-Urias-Mateo-Frazier is moved he is in a holding pattern. Only folks NOT in the rotation are Adley and Mullins and anyone WITHOUT OPTIONS. In the BP pick 2 short guys and 2 longer guys and rotate them as well based on performance and health. I would even include Bautista and Cano in the mix along with Akin, Baumann, Zim. Same thing with the SPs, stumble over 2 starts (Grayson excluded), Irvin comes up. Whoever is up gets 2 weeks to show value or else goes back down. Show value, you get to stay until you don't. Establish a culture of urgency, that the Team's performance is foremost. Basically, 1 move per month per player in each group over June-Sept.

He will only be at 75 pitches after 7 Roy, so they will bring him back out ad he will strike out the side in the eighth. IMHO

I used to just stand in shallow water and when they swan between me and the beach just swing my leg and splash them onto the sand and pickem up.

I grew up rural so I understand Ben and even had a Minnow bucket. My mom made sure I didn't end up with the accent though.

Ohtani isn't a lefty.

Slinkys don't go up lol. At least not without outside help.

I really don't think Frobby believes, sees, or was implying any correlation between the light show and the blown saves. Me personally, I would save the light show for after a save has happened, no matter who does it.

I agree that it's too much but I do like the Omar whistle. Maybe hold the light show until the save is realized? That would give you more time to anticipate Omar coming.

Technically, you are correct as he got enough ABs in 2022 to lose his prospect status but in the 2021 rankings he was #7 ahead of Westburg, Norby, Ortiz and only Cowser of the current crowd was ranked higher. He was a top prospect in the best farm system in MLB. He just hasn't capitalized on his shot.

Here is the link for the Banner article, the JA quote is about in the middle. https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/sports/orioles-mlb/what-we-know-new-york-court-of-appeals-opinion-masn-orioles-nationals-RTJ7FEG6DBDR3HUTEQMCT6STLU/

It's a JA quote from about a week ago. I'll find it and post a link tomorrow. I'm an older fart than you are lol.

So basically you are saying he "Stowers-ed" it lol. JK, ducking

Corn is correct here and in those days PA was willing to head to head with NYY

OK, nobody else is venturing in so let me play ( from old, impaired memory). I'll further complicate matters as I was one of the few to vote against the Davis contract. What if the O's didn't win the last 3 against NYY in 2000 so they "COULD" have drafted Tex vs TEX? In 2008 when he was a FA, PA, in DIRECT competition with the hated NYY, would have opened the checkbook further (the "MEGA" offer that never came)(can't remember what we called it). Tex would have retired an O's Legend and be in line for the next bronze statue, revered in MD like Cal. Buck NEVER would have needed to bring Davis from TEX, at FREAKING ALL!!! Tex is on our side in 2012 so we DON'T lose to the hated NYY in 2012 ALCS. The STUPID Davis contract crap never happens (revisionist history, I know), Walker gets a chance here.

Interesting, Where does that leave Mayo who doesn't appear fleet of foot per this metric? Secondarily, could Westburg transition to COF basically replacing Kjerstad in RF? If not does he beat out Ortiz for 2B? Trying to tease out the tradeable pieces for ASB pitching acquisitions.

So we have Westburg, Kjerstad, Mayo, all serious bats. Using the Fangraphs site (disclaimer: old man with new toy) from Just Regular, we have Speed (base running efficiency) ratings for Westburg (7.0), Cowser (6.8), Kjerstad (6.2) and Mayo (3.8). For reference Norby (4.4) and Prieto (4.3). What does that tell us about the foot speed of W, C, K vs M,N. P if anything? Better at reading the play or reaction time or "baseball smarts" or nothing at all. All the ratings are against their League peers where 5.5 is very good per the Fangraphs metrics. I ask, not for the question as parsed, but to hopefully enable the decision WHO IS YOUR 1B OF THE FUTURE? That pre-supposes that RM doesn't correct his errant swing decision methodology (we'll save JM for another day).Can W and K make it as COF leaving 1B to M?? There seems little doubt C can be COF and maybe CF if we find ourselves in a post-Mullins world. Still sorta Cowser-related in a tangential manner.

Yeah but Omar was the sorta good guy.

The highlighted column is for Speed (base running skill) from Fangraphs. Wagner isn't hitting yet but he is 2nd in the league out of 88 qualified players so yeah base running is a plus. 1 Mike Jarvis PIT A+ 25 105 9.5% 19.0% 0.50 .217 .314 .489 .803 .272 9.3 .212 1.5 16 1.3 .357 109 2 Max Wagner BAL A+ 21 120 11.7% 27.5% 0.42 .180 .300 .350 .650 .170 9.0 .215 0.6 13 -3.8 .304 77 3 Terrell Tatum CHW A+ 23 123 19.5% 25.2% 0.77 .305 .450 .495 .945 .189 8.9 .435 1.0 26 9.6 .436 158 4 Spencer Jones NYY A+ 22 111 6.3% 35.1% 0.18 .275 .315 .588 .904 .314 8.9 .373 0.7 19 4.1 .386 127 5 Eddinson Paulino BOS A+ 20 118 6.8% 19.5% 0.35 .248 .305 .385 .690 .138 8.9 .298 1.8 14 -2.5 .317 84 6 Loidel Chapelli CHW A+ 21 102 16.7% 24.5% 0.68 .268 .412 .488 .900 .220 8.7 .352 0.4 20 6.0 .412 143 7 Jaylen Palmer NYM A+ 22 105 14.3% 34.3% 0.42 .216 .333 .330 .663 .114 8.6 .346 1.3 12 -2.2 .317 85 8 Kevin Kilpatrick Jr. ATL A+ 22 135 17.8% 28.1% 0.63 .215 .366 .374 .740 .159 8.4 .299 -0.2 19 1.1 .351 106 9 Drew Gilbert HOU A+ 22 95 6.3% 22.1% 0.29 .360 .421 .686 1.107 .326 8.3 .424 0.5 24 11.2 .483 186 10 Jordy Barley WSN A+ 23 83 10.8% 31.3% 0.35 .250 .325 .403 .728 .153 8.2 .362 0.9 11 -0.8 .331 93 11 Aaron Palensky NYY A+ 24 92 9.8% 21.7% 0.45 .333 .413 .728 1.141 .395 8.2 .346 1.1 24 11.3 .490 191 12 Tsung-Che Cheng PIT A+ 21 115 16.5% 16.5% 1.00 .274 .395 .547 .942 .274 8.1 .306 -1.0 23 7.4 .418 147 13 Dru Baker TBR A+ 23 103 9.7% 28.2% 0.34 .311 .388 .411 .799 .100 8.1 .443 2.3 17 2.7 .373 119 14 Alexander Vargas NYY A+ 21 103 8.7% 28.2% 0.31 .258 .330 .495 .825 .237 8.0 .322 -0.1 16 2.2 .367 115 15 Frederick Bencosme BAL A+ 20 92 15.2% 16.3% 0.93 .240 .363 .360 .723 .120 8.0 .295 0.5 13 0.1 .344 101

Agree with all this. Also, with better attendance the Revenue will increase. The unknown variable is how much profit JA will want. The last 2 years the profits were $83M and $67M, is he saving that for inheritance taxes??? Per the Forbes data, the breakeven point was about $130M for Payroll plus Expenses (Salaries around $100M plus benefits and other costs that aren't defined). Salaries are about $65M now including Active, Injured, and Retained (Davis $5.6M) but not Deferred($15.1M) so depending on how you count you have $20M to $35M in Salaries to play with.

So, for reference, Westburg and Cowser are 26th and 28th out of 133 players with scores of 7.0 and 6.8 where 7 is excellent and 6 is great and 5.5 is very good per Fangraphs. Kjerstad is 26th out of 80 players rated 6.2, while Prieto and Mayo are 51st and 54th with ratings of 4.3 and 3.8. While this measure is more about baserunning than pure speed, it supports the eye test that Kjerstad moves pretty well. As for Stowers he rates a 3.3 while Ortiz is 6.0, Norby at 4.1 and Vavra at 4.4. Maybe that explains Hyde's decisions to give Vavra RF ABs over Stowers .

Especially when Mayo and Prieto are 51 and 54 with numbers around 4 so I am good with a 6.2 for the big man.