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There are plenty of reasons to knock Davis, but his generosity is not one of them. He’s been immensely generous to Baltimore. To say he should donate his entire 2022 salary just isn’t fair.

This is the most I’ve seen. Lux was a fast riser (May too if I remember correctly). Seems like Diaz + May was about as good as we could’ve got.

I get the sense he's just filling a spot in Norfolk right now. Elias has done that with a few guys this year. When Adley gets promoted, I gotta think he's the got that gets demoted. If there's a catcher in Norfolk that could see some time in Baltimore this year, I think it's Brett Cumberland.

By my calculations, they've spent all but $196k of their allotment. I was under the impression Craig, though he signed for $250k, only counts for $125k. Anyway, I've been tracking. Here's what I have so far. 98.34% of the bonus pool, pending what they give Lloyd.

This is probably a totally separate topic, but does this mean we actually won the Norris trade? I chalked it up as a definite loss over the past few years. But giving up Hoes (AAAA), Hader (stud reliever), & a comp pick (Fisher...DFA’d)...for what Norris gave us, especially in 2014, was probably worth it.

Maybe we can replace mop up duty this year with Custod-ial duty

Lol - Robert is great. And certainly the better player. Still plenty of baseball to impact season-long awards. I’m not expecting anyone to beat out Robert, was moreso intrigued by a weird loophole.

Normal MLB rules are that a player is a rookie until he gets 130 AB’s/50 IP or 45 days on the big league roster. This year is an oddity where players like Mountcastle could play about 58% of the season (35 of 60 games) and still not meet rookie limits. By my count, Mountcastle should be on the big league roster for about 37-38 days. Theoretically, if he doesn’t get to 130 AB’s, he would still have rookie eligibility. Does anyone know if the normal rules would remain the same - meaning Mountcastle could play the rest of the year and still enter 2021 with rookie status? If so, theoretically, Mountcastle (or anyone called up at this point) - with a hot 30 game stretch - could win ROY and still be eligible for another ROY next year. Pretty crazy. For reference, Yordan Alvarez only played about 54% of the Astro’s season last year (87 of 162).

Former Terp. Loved watching him at Maryland.

I’ve been guessing a lottery. MLB wants to discourage tanking and, for the first time, they have the ability to change how the draft order is formed. We’ll see, but I’d be somewhat surprised if it’s purely based off standings.

Gotcha. I trust Elias. And I want to see Mountcastle. Hopefully we get to see him sooner than later.

Fair enough. I hear you. What do you think Elias’ reason for continuing to keep Mountcastle down is?

I agree that I don’t think it’s worth playing service time games. My question was if Elias could be considering holding him out another 75 games.

That’s a good call. I hadn’t thought of that angle.

You have the option. If he doesn’t progress you can non-tender him. In theory, waiting 75 games gives you the option.

After reading Connelly’s column today, it sounds like there’s no timetable for a Mountcastle debut. Personally, I don’t think Mountcastle is a big enough prospect to play service time games with. However, could Elias think it’s worth keeping Mountcastle down for the final 50-55 games of 2020 and the first few weeks of 2021? In theory, waiting about 75 games (in 2020-21) would buy 162 games of service time (in 2027).

I would assume there’s a specific prospect (or an option of one on a list of prospects) that’s been agreed upon.

Connelly made a note that one of the reasons for a PTBNL maybe a loophole to get players not in another teams 60 man pool. Currently you can only trade for players in the 60 man pool, which are essentially borderline MLers and/or top prospects. Neither of the pitchers the O’s traded were gonna get that in return. I’m not expecting much back for either, but I’ll wait to pass judgment. This is a little different than a traditional PTBNL. And neither of them were gonna be on a competitive O’s team regardless.

J15? ?

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-pushes-international-signing-period-start-back-to-jan-15/ Same group of players, later signing period. Could inevitably lead to J2 of 2021 being pushed back to January (2022), as well. Thoughts on the implications for the O’s? Gotta think this can only help as it gives them more time to win over prospects.

Jeff Manto won’t be the answer, but he’s my all-time favorite O’s one hit wonder.

With the tiebreaker, 4 of 5 would clinch the postseason berth. Magic number is essentially 4 at this point. Gotta imagine 3 or more wins gets us in.

Bowie and Erie both lose. Still tied with 7 games to play.