Moose Milligan

Move the LF wall back so it’s hard as hell for opponents to hit homers over and stock your team with lefties. Brilliant.

There isn’t room for everyone.

He and Grayson are top 5 next year if they’re both healthy the whole way. Anyway, this is good to see.

I think the slash like is somewhere in that .265/.330/.450 range like others have said. I would have liked to have seen more power from him last year, hopefully that comes around this year.

Why is Cease such a big deal on here

8/9 223. Cards/Tigers got me.

It's not like Kjerstad was some revelation, either. I mean, he looked better but it's not like he really tore it up in his small sample size. A couple homers got everyone all excited, but the bar set by Cowser was a low one to hurdle.

I'm really rooting for Cowser to have a monster year in Baltimore this year for a couple reasons. Obviously, it'll make the Orioles better. Second, I'd like to see the change of attitude around here from posters who were so quick to write him off or include him in hypothetical trades based off his small sample size.

If Bradfield can torment other AL East teams the way he’s tormented the Orioles over his career, I’d take that for sure.

Did they make a WOW offer? Were Carlyle people seen at the most recent Ravens game?

That's a good pull, I'd have figured he'd have been lower, too.

5.8% total. A bit different than this morning but not too much. .8% for Rick Schu, 4% for Curt Schilling, 1% for Ken Singleton

I can see why you say that. And FWIW, I really don't care if he develops power or not. If the power he has is gap to gap and he can stretch doubles into triples, that's great. I really don't care how often (or not often) he knocks the ball over the fence. Tony said that the pitch recognition/strike zone judgement is above average, which is more important to me. SG seems to think that pitchers are going to challenge him more if he's not a power threat and I can see why he says that but I disagree a little bit. If the speed is that legit, if the base stealing threat is that legit, he's still a threat...just a different type of threat. They're still going to try to get him to chase out of the zone, they're going to try to make him get himself out, which is why the pitch recognition and plate discipline is so important. If they throw strikes and IF (a big if) he can get the bat to the ball, then he's still a threat to beat out a grounder, take an extra base, etc. But in this day and age where stealing bases is encouraged, we just saw Ronald Acuna steal 70, IIRC it's been awhile since anyone has stolen that many. So what could we expect from Bradfield? It's hard to say but I think it's safe to say he's going to be a terror on the basepaths. Like I said, I don't care about the power, his offensive game is about getting on base and stealing bases, that's where he's a threat. The lack of power, IMO, doesn't matter. Brett Butler is an interesting comp though, I am not sure how welcomed he'd be in this day and age. IMO, he's a bit of a forgotten player, he was one of the better leadoff hitters in the 80s and 90s, I hardly see him mentioned anywhere these days. But if Bradfield's career turned out like that, I'd be really happy with that, too.

9/9 113

Cowser/Ortiz.

Orioles grid today.

For now, I'm dreaming on a Kenny Lofton type career.

Good.

I will rage if Bochy wins the Manager of the Year award. And I like Bochy, he's a great manager but I do believe he's a bit adored too much (I didn't say overrated). Also if Bochy wins manager of the year, our guy Uli is taking the crown from Frobby for being the ultimate jinxer around these parts.

It's so hard to say and no way to tell. I said 2026 but who knows.

9/9 129.

Ooof, this one looks rough. No stats category today.

Later first round pick? Maybe, I dunno.

Doesn’t seem like it. Just a coincidence and the terrible kids names from the 2000s that just had to include and X or a Y are making their way to the professional ranks/workforce.

I’d take that risk as long as he’s not the only rotation piece we add.