Pickles

I think you're right. Everybody is focusing on the starting rotation, but getting the bullpen some help is likely to be just as if not more valuable.

If he's the fifth best pitcher in your rotation, then you're going to the playoffs. I just don't get people acting like that's a bad thing. People do not appreciate the dearth of pitching depth across the league and the value of a dude who posts up every fifth day and gives you 17 outs. If you're really putting numbers on these guys, fairly, then Kremer's like a #3. There aren't 90 starting pitchers better than him.

Then if I'm Mike Elias I say, "Good luck." You're not going to get a global top 25/30 prospect that is major league ready like Cowser or Kjerstad. If you get someone ranked higher or in that range, they'll be further from the majors. Ortiz is probably a top 50 prospect who is also major league ready. You're not getting a second piece like that. Not gonna happen. You haven't acknowledged one of the valuable aspects of the Orioles' prospects is that most of them are pretty much major league ready. These aren't 19 year old crapshoots. That part of our package is going to be unparalleled.

The bolded is of course what needs to be answered to get a per capita average. It sounds like you premise right though according to your experience. I was only trying to go to Game One, and I know that is was very difficult to buy them online at the opening. I had a friend who was unable to do it. I do wonder if because it was Game One that changed the pricing. Anyway, I think it's good the O's reward their season ticket holders. Should only grow the season ticket base. They should advertise these kinds of things when promoting. 2 years ago that might have been funny, but there should be a lot of playoff baseball in the O's future.

I might have paid more because I went Game One?

Then I'd say good luck and let's revisit this in the fullness of time.

Idiotic statement that you immediately ran away from? A rebuilding team doesn't give a crap about DeJong. Only you do. Another Casey Kotchman. An embarrassing reminder that you wouldn't know talent if it was making cuckold videos on the internet with your wife. Which it probably is. I can give my opinion whenever I want to, boy. That's what this is. A message board.

Well, lucky you. I paid 200 to sit in the nosebleeds. I bought from the team when they opened them up to the general public online. I was lucky to get them. So we're talking more like close to 5 million for the tickets for the series, not to mention concessions, which at 25 a head comes to 2.5 million for the two home games, and parking at 60 (yes) bucks a car times 20,000? comes to almost another 2.5 million for the two home games. I think it's very safe to say the O's made more than 1-2 million.

Half the board is trying to trade of Kremer too. LOL.

I know you downvoted me you little cry baby, but my point was extremely valid (A rebuilding team is not going to let De Jong block anybody), but I very much agree with you here. Cowser and Kjerstad are both top 25 prospects, who are both major league ready, who are you getting better than one of those? Who is going to headline with something better than that?

You think it's that little? You've thought about it more than me but seems really low. 45,000 tickets at 300 a pop is like 13.5 million dollars.

CHI can have one of Kjerstad, Cowser, or Ortiz and then another guy in 10-14 range. Prospects do bust, but you get your choice of some pretty primo ones so don't be stupid and make a good choice. Or go and make a deal with somebody else, but I bet you can't get a better prospect than one of those three from anybody else.

Nobody is passing up on Ortiz because of De Jong, except for you.

Kremer is Sports Guy being too cute by half.

Where do you rank Ortiz on the global prospect scale? I think in the group mind here, he's a solid 50-75. Kjerstad and Cowers more like 30-50. Who is the global top 25 prospect the White Sox are seeking for two years of Dylan Cease?

Knowing how to pitch is nice. Being able to pitch is better.

To be clear, I wouldn't make either trade but my preference is completely about wanting nothing to do with Bieber. I'd much rather give up 1 year of Santander than 6 of Kjerstad.

The Cease trade. And that's getting more in my price range.

And tbh, I don't hate to deal Santander. I'd rather deal off the top than from the prospects; I just don't like Bieber.

I don't know. That's Elias' job.

A prospect 4-6, and 10-14, and 20-30.

I won't say clearly. I probably shouldn't have said "pretty easily" or whatever. If I was a betting man though, I'd take Santander next year, but it's no landslide. I think looking at the information I have, I don't like Bieber's trends. Now, I know they have information and expertise that I don't have access to, so if they do it I'll assume they have good reason to and I'll be interested to see how it plays out (and of course rooting for it to work out magnificently).

Sure, there are no guarantees in anything. But aren't there maybe better guarantees than a guy who's K rate has halved in 4 years, and who pitched 11 innings in the second half last year?

Huge mistake? No. Wrong? No. Not what I would have done? Yes.

Snell was extremely mediocre from 2019-2022. Either you don't understand what I'm saying, or you don't know Snell's career.