ChosenOne21

Aaron Hicks was activated off the DL.

Clowns occasionally say true things. That said, I think Cano and Grayson's chances at ROY are basically zero.

I wonder if our inability to sign anyone had something to do with the fact the team had been terrible for years and many considered our modicum of success last year to be a bit fluky. After this year where we've had clear success and are clearly on the rise, I wonder if we'll be better able to sign players if the dollar amounts are close.

We have as good a chance as pretty much anyone. We've got one of the best records in baseball and are showing no signs of slowing down. I could count on one hand the number of teams who I think are more likely to win the Series than us.

Ugh, not me, thanks. I would never want a player on my team who had a bad game. Who knows? He might do it again!

I guess I'd consider it if he got really bad results at the end of the year, or his fastball was topping out at 96-97 in the first inning, or something like that.

If he keeps throwing 6-7 innings per start, he'll be at 150 by mid-September. Would you really not let him pitch in the playoffs because he threw 170-ish innings in the regular season?

Playing .700 ball over a month and a half is pretty incredible for any team. Sure, it could happen, but I'd say the odds are always against it.

Beat me to it faster than the Orioles beat Yu Darvish.

Oh, look, O'Hearn had another bad week. Time to talk about cutting him again.

This is called Simpson's Paradox for those interested.

What the heck is an RBI guy?

I'm sure he won't if any other team will put him on their ML roster. O's made it pretty clear they won't.

I know. Wild, man.

I thought we were talking about hit tool. Didn't you say something like it was the most important tool, just ask Derek Jeter? If you're talking about the total package as a hitter, then yes, he wasn't a good hitter.

He could in his, admittedly short, prime from 26 to 28. He hit .305, .283, and .270. League average BA those years was .252, .245, and .244. Standard deviation on BA is about 0.20, so each 0.20 above average is ten points on the scouting scale. So for those three years Alberto's hit tool was roughly a 75, a 70, and a 60. But he wasn't valuable in two out of three of those years because he didn't do anything else well.

The dude has some serious bat speed/wrists

Yeah, but you need more than that. Hanser Alberto says hi.

Dude, I'm a year older than you. Relax. We've got decades.

My guess is they didn't like what they saw in the rehab appearances and figured why not see if anyone signs him so they can at least recover the pro-rated portion of league minimum salary.

I have no idea how to look this up, but I'd be surprised if he hasn't been this selective over 50 PAs somewhere in his career. I wouldn't give him too much credit. Four of those were nowhere close, and yes, while he's swung at pitches like that before, I'm not ready to call him Joey Votto yet either. I would love nothing more than for Ryan Mountcastle to hit like this forever, but he's got a track record of looking good for a month before becoming, well, Ryan Mountcastle again. I'll start hoping and getting a little excited if he does this for the rest of the season.

If he keeps up this trend of being more selective, yeah, he'll be special. But we've been down this road before, so I wouldn't bet on it lasting.

The tiniest of sample sizes, but this guy looks really good for a 10th round pick.

He hasn't been an unhittable menace, just a well above average relief pitcher. Honestly, if he's a true talent 3.00-3.30 relief pitcher that's still great.

Dammit, he paints the corner three times, then the waste pitch he throws off the plate gets hit. Dude can't catch a break