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So both have 4 years of experience, Means is 2 years older, Lopez has about 500 IP vs about 350 IP for Means. What contract do you offer Means when he comes back??

Well John Angelos also said (on 3/31 "And the last thing is, we should be measured by how much we drive all of our profits back into the product on the field. And I think Mike Elias, Brandon Hyde, and this partnership group—of all local people—have done that." Then Forbes came out and showed Operating Income (Profit) of $83M and $67M the last 2 years. I guess he has a different view of driving all the profits back into the product on the field. I can't believe JA isn't getting roasted for that comment after failing to open the books.

OK please step back from the edge, you made an erroneous comment about Gunnar and were called on it. The more eggregious statement was about Mateo "just being an average hitter", why would you want him to climb down from his present pinnacle???????lol

I absolutely agree with all of this but they also need the player to buy in and commit to the new plan. At age 26 last summer Jorge did and it worked until old habits resumed. Muscle memory is a bitch. He APPEARS to have bought in and worked on this offseason. He wasn't 9 times on the top 100 lists for lack of talent and a key piece in the Sonny Gray deal. Didn't work out for NYY (suck it) lol but may for us. We are overdue for some nice things.

yYeah you are giving me toooooo much credit, probably the tenor of the ongoing thread or maybe the wine?????

OK, I will admit when you said Ynoa I thought Cano and just assumed that was his first name.

Stowers performance breaks Sig's Bot, and I'm only half kidding.

Did we not have the same worries, lack of confidence, etc., about Bautista before trading Lopez, that we are having right now about Cano??? What if Cano becomes little Mountain?????

How in the world could you agree to "As a one year fill in why would age even matter? And Mateo already peaked last season. There's literally no where for him to go but down." at this time with the start Mateo has had to the season????????????????? What player are you watching??????????????? That comment by Hakuna had SOME validity on Feb 28 butt doesn't today.

ME will NOT keep every prospect but he WILL NOT make trades to appease your impatience. How did GRod look to you after the 1st inning????? Like a stud who wouldn't crumble, like Stowers said he was.!!!!! John Means was a solid #2 pre TJ and Bradish seems like a solid 2-3 stuff-wise with a little seasoning, To my humble eye, that is a playoff rotation, just maybe not in 2023. Then you still have Kremer, Povich, Seth Johnson, maybe Tavara before you get to Zimmermann, Rom, Pinto who will likely be the next BP wave. could we use an upgrade to say Irvin RIGHT NOW, sure but IMHO, I would try to trade him plus excess IF parts ,for ERod from Tigers who has an opt out after this year. He is under control for 4 yrs-$63M I believe after 2023, aaaan ASB trade just seems logical to me.

Define "BETTER"??? Ortiz is projected to play GG defense at 2B and be very good at SS. I don't know if he has the skills for 3b or not, haven't read anything here about that. IMHO Ortiz is a better, younger Urias who we can control longer. Westburg is a very athletic player who doesn't project to be a GG at any IF position, but his bat is the real deal. Can he make the transition to COF, TBD but we need time to figure that out. We have similar situations with Norby, Mayo, Kjerstad to name a few. Time will tell, hopefully the ME-SIG crystal ball will be clear by ASB.

Well, Bautista couldn't become the MOUNTAIN until we let him try

You can call it "propaganda" if you wish but understand I HATE THE ANGELOS with a passion. However, The Payroll was $183 M in 2017 and according to FORBES, who is the only source of data on this subject, the Orioles LOST $26 M that year. With CURRENT REVENUE streams the O's are at break-even status at a Payroll level around $150-160 M which includes Expenses around $20 M so $130-140 M in Salaries. Does JA still make money even at Forbes break even point, O yes I am sure. Will he continue to run the O's as a business, O yes I am sure. Will he dip into his pocket like PA did, NO FREAKING WAY IMHO.

I am on record as a BIG Mateo homer but, his bat was his calling card as a prospect. He dedicated himself to changing last summer and for 6-8 weeks it worked. IF, and it's a big IF, he has succeeded in re-working his approach at the plate, he is an All Star. With his speed and arm, maybe a transition to CF may be the future for one of Jorge or Jackson.

I feel like Baumann has found his way back from his injury finally and is reborn in the BP. Of the 10 guys @RZNY named above, Voth gets sent down to AAA to start and Givens gets traded at All Star break. If Coulombe cracks I want Hall up here as a RP. Obviously, that depends on his SP performance tween now and then.

He went from being the top NYY ranked prospect in 2016 (ahead of Judge) to freaking Oakland in the Sonny Gray trade. When he didn't lite up AAA they sent him to SD where was rightfully buried behind All Stars. His fall from the prospect pinnacle was a business decision by NYY. He started getting his feet under him last summer with the new hitting coaches. His bat had been his calling card. His defense, to my eye, is phenomenal. He is my SS until Jackson is ready and maybe you consider moving one of them to CF.

Agree, the bad luck can't/won't hold. He has more than 1 Mancini 2019 years in him IMHO, let this be the first, PLEASE.

Sorry, Ortiz is your GG 2B for the Adley-Gunnar years.

Leave him alone and let him settle into his talent. At the end of May if he is still "this guy" make the move. He was top 100 9 times, in 2016 was the top NYY prospect per BA, ahead of some guy named Judge. He was traded by NYY for Sony Gray, then to SD where he sat behind All Stars until being picked off the scrap heap by us. I'm a firm believer that top 100 talent is really in there, let's have some patience to see if it manifest itself.

That's a low blow, 40 years later it still hurts

Why not just send him down to AAA to start "because we want him to get regular work" and bring Hall up in RP role like end of last summer when he had 10 one-inning appearances that were successful??? After the BP gets Givens or Tate back re-evaluate what role you want Hall in and adjust.

If you put the bong over the gas can (with appropriate contents) would that be like sniffing Testors back in the day??? Asking for a friend.

OK, still at work and just checking in on CBS Sportsline BUT.... bringing Voth in with runners on is a freaking recipe for disaster. So Voth allows 3 inherited runs charged to GRod and another 2 run of his own and still gets the opportunity to pitch the next inning ??? NOTE TO HYDER!!! I can't tell the situation but why, oh why, PH Vavra, he of the 0.100 BA for McCann who you are trying to jump start and was 1 for 2 already??? Is this to justify having 3 catchers on the rooster so they can demote Stowers????? Is Zack freaking Jackson so scary we don't bat our former All Star backup catcher we hope rebounds to career level? Why on God's green earth is freaking Santander batting 4th??? You think Sig's computer spit that out????? While I'm at it, why the HELL is Mateo batting 8th with an OPS of .855 behind such OPS luminaries as Henderson (0.582), Vavra (0.282), McCann who got his first hit of the year and was pinch hit for and the aforementioned Sanatander??????? You think a computer comes up with that lineup????? Only logical answer is Hyde decisions - IMH (but biased) Opinion: Hyde makes the lineup and in game decisions. Even with our BP and SP injuries we are better than this. Back to work like a good little dwarf.

That's what I always do (N. Linthicum), big lot, free parking, Beltway access. If you are coming from the West via Rt 70 or 95 or 295 it is easy.

But you play Vavra in RF and he misplays a ball in a competitive game while Stowers sit for what reason exactly, a whopping .347 OPS in 8 ABs vs Stowers .333 in 4 ABs???? This is on Hyde, period IMHO.