Moose Milligan

I don't even think you'd get that for him. I mean, maybe you would but I think teams realize that those Dominican lottery tickets have the potential to be more valuable than some 26 year old quad-A organizational filler type. Anyway, he looked pretty good yesterday, still didn't strike out enough batters for me to think that he's turning a corner of some sort. But maybe his ERA will be more aligned with his FIP (which isn't that bad) as the season goes on.

So you need the validation from CoC to say "I was wrong."

I'm not sticking up for the grumpbucket CoC, but are people not allowed to change their mind on things when new evidence is provided? Seems to be a pretty bounded mindset.

The black jerseys are okay, I hate the O's hat though. Dunno why they'd miss an opportunity to wear an all black cartoon bird hat...or a black hat cartoon bird hat with an orange brim.

IIRC, they only used those uniforms once or twice.

Nats batters have been helping him out these past two at bats. Robles swung at some pitches way out of the zone, Escobar struck out on a slider in the dirt. And there's Trea Turner.

Called 3rd strike. I give Scott credit, that was a nasty backdoor slider.

Tanner Scott is ****ing around with his slider that he clearly has no command of.

Tate's up.

Nope, according to Kevin Brown. "Tanner's not a command guy, never has been, maybe down the road he will be," offers Jim Palmer.

JFC, Tanner Scott again!

Is it called Roulette if every chamber is loaded?

Per @bobmc's draft tracker, looks like Trendon Craig got 250k: https://www.mlb.com/draft/tracker/2021/all/team/orioles

You're still probably upset about how they got screwed at the CWS, and rightfully so. That was awful.

Anyway, I'd be kinda stoked if they can land Trendon Craig.

Hate to see it. Hopefully it's no big deal and not something that leads to larger problems down the road. SG! Speaking from experience?

Elias has his black belt in being available to the press, answering questions while at the same time saying absolutely nothing. It's not even a black belt, it's like a higher level. Basically, he's like Bruce LeRoy from The Last Dragon, he's got The Glow when it comes to answering questions and not giving anything away.

Hey, an over slot! And by a good chunk, too! What'll it be, OH? Happy that they went way over slot for an 8th round HS talent? Or are you guys going to bitch, whine and complain that it wasn't the RIGHT HS talent? I know what I'm betting on! Don't let me down!

I'd agree, I don't want to see AR hitting .188 but I'd still be thrilled with a .260/.390 batting average/OBP out of AR.

I'm fine with him making mistakes in Baltimore, too.

****ing stupid. Should have gone back to the Spiders. What idiots. This is arguably dumber than the Bullets going to the Wizards.

I'll take a swing here, Froberto Duran. On the surface, yes, walks aren't productive as hits. There's the chance for extra bases, putting pressure on the defense, etc. But I know with a walk that the pitcher has thrown at least 4 pitches. If it's a goal of an offense to get to a bullpen, I want to drive that starters pitch count as high as I can and walks can play a big part of that. In regards to not wanting the OBP to be drive by walks to an extreme degree, I think Barry Bonds would beg to differ. I'm seeing seasons with a .341 batting average and a .529 OBP.

I can't stop laughing. I'm going to be labeling things the "full Grayson" from here on out. The girlfriend might get lucky tonight and I'll unleash the full Grayson, etc, etc. In regards to AR, I'm really happy about his on base percentage hovering around the .400 mark. It's nice that we won't have to worry about his plate discipline and chasing pitches when (if he ever) gets called up. The other thing I took from that blurb is that he's got 130 pro at bats and he's doing more than holding his own in AA. Let's not forget he hasn't played a whole lot. I'm assuming CoC's fear of a labor dispute is what's holding him back from being promoted to Baltimore, that's what I'm going to keep telling myself anyway. Labor dispute or not, he should be our Opening Day catcher next year.