Moose Milligan

I really only want Tate to make the roster because I know how much @Can_of_corn adores him.

A zip tie is a good way of describing him. I think he's close to being a lock but it wouldn't surprise me if he's not in the rotation by the end of the season.

Maybe Wojo isn't a lock. I dunno. But let's go with 7 out of the 13 spots. So the conversation is really about who's fighting for those 6 spots. 2 in the rotation, 4 in the pen. For me, when it comes to the rotation I think it's LeBlanc and Stewart. Stewart is still young enough with some upside, I think Elias is going to want to get a real long look at him and give him every chance, unless he's a complete disaster. LeBlanc has been a decent pitcher before. Of course there's all of ST for these guys to pitch themselves out of rotation spots.

Vinny Cerrato was such a bumbling doof as a GM for the Redskins, I can't imagine him trying to speak about other sports.

IMO, @wildcard, Means, Cobb, Wojo have more than a chance - they're pretty much locks. Same with Harvey, Bleier, Givens, Castro in the pen. As bad as our pitchers are, there are some locks. I don't believe that the OD roster from a pitching perspective is as wide open as we'd like to think it is. How that plays out for the entire season is a different beast, for sure.

Really, just want to see him stay healthy and maintain velocity all season. I'm really not sure what to expect.

Ok.

If our sorry sack team pegs him to be a utility guy, what would a decent team view him as? He's gonna be a utility guy no matter where he goes. Stevie's best chance to get any kind of playing time, most likely, is to stay here.

Well, for good reason. Seemed like a good dude, could absolutely fly on the basepaths and in the outfield. But couldn't hit worth a lick.

Yeah, you're right. But it's the Sox so...y'know...!$%#'em.

He flashed a little last year. I don't think he's nearly as bad as Wright was. That's about all I got. There's some upside, it looks like. He might turn into the next Wright...the difference is that Wright was afforded chance after chance. I'm still willing to see what Armstrong can do before writing him off.

Was at the gym this morning, this Red Sox fan that I talk to is BITTER. Put a little spring in my step, not gonna lie.

Verdugo looks like he's a pretty good player. And he looks like a douchebag, too...so he'll fit in well in Boston, at least from that perspective. I'll like this trade a lot more if he crashes and burns.

Ugh, man...those are some ugly numbers. I think we'll be on par with last years team. Too many question marks in the rotation to make me think they'll be improved by a degree that's worth mentioning. I agree that the defense should be improved but if they still can't keep the ball in the yard it doesn't matter. Even if they still somehow give up 50 less homers than last year they still gave up a ton of homers. Would love to be wrong.

I am. Considering there aren't many other options, they're going to be ML outfielders.

And the Jays, too. They're a couple years ahead of us but we're always going to be having to duke it out with at least one of the Yanks/Sox and Jays/Rays.

I'm sure. Mason Williams, DSJR...don't have long term futures here. Maybe one of them does as a 4th outfielder. And everyone here knows that the OD outfield should look very different than the outfield that'll finish the season.

Much ado about nothing.

I agree. And Bichette and Biggio can get better, too. Bichette was already pretty damn good last year, Biggio has some pop. Those two both had a higher OPS than Vlad, actually.

Every family has a grumpy uncle at the Thanksgiving table.

And yet we spend an inordinate amount of time here with you here daily.

Elias can't be running the Orioles in full autonomy because Davis is here and @Can_of_corn told me that means that the Angelos tribe still has to be making the decisions. Because we all want to like Elias and think that he's a smart baseball guy and if we like Elias and think he's a smart baseball guy there's no way a smart baseball guy that we like would keep Davis on the roster because we all like each other and think we're smart baseball guys and none of us would keep Davis on the roster.

I liked Stevie. Not sure what anyone expected of him last year. Yeah, not the best ballplayer around but he played hard, hustled, did whatever was asked of him. For a "blue collar" town like Baltimore, you'd think a guy like Stevie would have been better received.

I liked Villar, thought he was a solid player. Bundy, I think we see eye to eye. I was never really enamored with him. A great start would surely be followed up with a disaster. I agree that you finish 5th with them or without them, though. Connolly was more looking at overall win totals, not climbing the standings.

I don't know if Igelsias offsets Villar. Iglesias was 1.5 last year, Villar was 4.0. Now does Villar do that again this year? Not sure. Our infield defense got a little better but as far as having someone at the top of our lineup that our opponents have to respect, we didn't get better. I thought last year was entertaining, too. They didn't roll over for anyone. They would take a beating and come back the next day and act like nothing happened. Looking forward to you trying to keep up with your daily ray of light posts.