terpoh

What if we took on the Yelich contract too? What would it take in that case?

Asking the Reds to trade Lodolo would be like Asking the Orioles to trade Grayson Rodriguez for prospects. Not happening. He is a building block for them.

If we were in the race and Santander was at peak value it would be a little head scratching to trade him unless Stowers and Cowser are just raking as well.

The ballpark is not nice, but the surrounding area, pier and downtown St. Pete are great. Just not a great place for a stadium for all the reasons you listed. Asking people to drive over a bridge 30-40 minutes to watch the "Tampa" team is not appealing, especially when you figure not just downtown Tampa but the Tampa metro area which stretches even further north and east and is even harder to get to St. Pete. I went to both the July and August series against the Rays. Really enjoyed St. Pete both times.

You have anything to back up those "facts?" Also you listed those cities and asked if they are "desirable" not if their crime rates are high. I'd venture more people vacation or seek trips to Tampa/St Pete than to Baltimore.

Tampa and St. Pete are awesome.

There goes the theory that hes just backup/utility depth.

Signing Correa, albeit to a short term deal, is more exciting than anything we've done outside of the Bedard trade and the Tejada deal.

And Connolly is also the guy who says our most pressing and important question of the offseason is whether to trade Santander.

Elias says there are multi year offers out there currently for SP. So either "multi year" means 2 to Elias or Connolly is only giving his opinion

Ryan McKenna?

Lodolo is a stud, not sure the Reds would be willing to trade him. He's DL Hall to us if DL Hall came up as a starter this year and produced 11 k/9, ERA+ of 122 and almost 3 WAR. No chance we would be trading that away. I just dont see the Reds doing it personally because I know we wouldnt do it if the tables were turned. Its also funny that when Lodolo was shutting down the Orioles earlier this year, even though he was a top 40 prospect, I remember people in the game threads complaining that we were getting shut down by a "no name" pitcher.

You are severly discounting a lot of players from that era. Jones, Markakis, Machado, Wieters, JJ Hardy, Davis, Britton, Tillman, Miguel Gonzalez were all core players to that special 5 year run. Chris Davis hit 197 in the 5 seasons from 2012-2016 JJ Hardy won three gold golves during that time. Zack Britton was a shut down reliever for 3 of those 5 years Chris Tillman was in our rotation for all 5 of those years and was our defacto "Ace" during that time timeout question Miguel Gonzalez was in our rotation for 4 of those years and very good for three of them Markakis was only there 2012-2014 but is absolutely a core oriole Manny Machado was a three time all star and 2 gold gloves during that time all while being one of the youngest and brightest up and coming stars in the game

Today could be the day that finally mathematically eliminates the Orioles. The only possible track to the post season is 6-0 and either the Rays or Mariners going 0-6 or 0-7. Any combination of an Orioles loss or a Rays/Mariners win officially eliminates the O's.

This one is a the top of the list for me as well. We had just won two straight against Houston and 3 straight over all while Seattle was starting to falter. Back and forth game, but that 2 run homer by Tony seemed to have put us over the top. And to lose that game in that fashion seemed to have been the start of the recent struggles which ended the playoff hopes.

One thing I will say as well - he has looked far more comfortable in the OF vs when he first came up.

Very close to 2 on no out and not scoring again if not for heroic slide by Stowers

I would say when the Orioles get two runners on, the opposing team has us right where they want us. Its usually followed up by a strikeout, pop up and groundout.

In 18 at bats?

Wonder if he'll pinch hit Stowers for Aguilar in the 5th against the Sox RHP reliever?

His numbers have been similar but he has also had a lot of bad luck which would certainly push him higher in BA and OBP if those reverse. Just the eye test but he has looked more selective recently as well. Maybe a small sample size, maybe a trend in the right direction.

I'm hopeful that Mountcastle will continue to develop and will settle around .325 or better OBP most years as a result of a higher batting average but also hopefully with an improved batting eye as well.

A lot of work, thanks for putting that together. I believe we should be 4.5 behind Tampa however, not 5.5. Meaning we would have to make up 5, not 6 games. Obviously none of these scenarios are likely. but going 8-2 and Tampa going 3-7 I guess is possible. They do have a very difficult schedule remaining. Would've been great to have not lost the two games this weekend, and not to have lost both games to Detroit. We'd be right in it.

Seems like a great deal for Seattle, if that what it takes for a TOR #1 guy then sign me up.

I could see tonights lineup being potentially horrendous against one of the best LHP in baseball. Chirinos is either going today or tomorrow, so could see Hyde getting him in there vs lefty. Also giving Adley complete day off vs tough lefty and since Aguilar HAS to DH. Gunnar is 0 for his last 10 so get him out of there with a tough lefty and get Urias back in there if hes feeling better. He wont want Vavra vs. lefty either, so although the alternative is also a lefty, Odor veteran presence is better suited. We all know McKenna is the one vs. tough lefties as well. Hays LF Mountcastle 1B Santander RF Urias 3B Aguilar DH Odor 2B Mckenna CF Chirinos C Mateo SS