ChosenOne21
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There goes Tommy Troy. Pundits in shambles.
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Orioles should just do BPA. Best Pitcher Available
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1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:
Arjun Nimmala SS
I think there's an excellent chance he'll be gone by the time we pick
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Gonna go out on a limb and say it will be someone no one has tied us to. Elias tends to defy industry expectations.
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Yeah, I don't think he's THIS homer prone. It's concerning, but you have to believe it will normalize somewhat. I'm more worried about the walks.
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17 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Here is what the Rangers gave up for Chapman,
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/rangers-acquire-aroldis-chapman.html
Two DSL lotto tickets. Chapman has some baggage, but also is dominant on the field.
Ragans is in AAA
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51 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:
You're nuts.
I don't know that I'm a believer in Austin Hays. His BABIP this year is .387 and he's often injured and often struggles coming back from injuries. Plus he's about to start costing more money in arbitration.
If his 2021/2022 is more of an indicator of his true talent, and you can find a team that believes this isn't just a career year for him, I'd send him packing for pitching. At that point he's basically a 2-win OF and I'm sure we can mostly replace that internally.
As for Santander he was basically replacement level/slightly above until last year. We have better defensive options, and he only has one relatively expensive year left before free agency.
Losing either player would be taking a hit this year, but if it allowed us to acquire multiple years of MLB starting pitching through a trade, I'd send one, maybe both of them out.-
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1 minute ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Who do we take out of the rotation though? Are they really that much of an upgrade?
Kyle Gibson and yes.
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I would absolutely send them Ortiz/Norby and more for any of those guys.
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Exactly the people I wanted as well. Glad I'm not running the Orioles draft.
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3 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:
If only Ben Joyce were in this draft.
I like the idea of taking 3B Brayden Taylor and him being in Bowie this time next year. Just keep doing what we do best. Don’t get cute. Put ourselves in position to always have a loaded group of position players for a 162 season. Then make trades to acquire pitching.
Ben Joyce has a 4.50 ERA this year, and a 5/4 K/BB in limited MLB action. His ERA was worse in AA before the Angels called him up.
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2 hours ago, Frobby said:
Why not? I don’t think it’s that unusual. There are a ton of guys hitting in the .340 - .360 range in the International League this year.
1 hour ago, Ohfan67 said:I think the poster meant that he won’t hit .350 for a full season in the majors.
Yeah, I meant MLB.
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4 hours ago, deward said:
If Prieto can maintain his average near where it is right now, I think he'd sneak into the back of some top 100 lists.
There's no way he's going to finish a MLB season in which he had significant plate appearances with a .350 average
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1 hour ago, deward said:
He can play anywhere if he can keep hitting over .350, but yeah, something like Alberto's 2019 might be a reasonable expectation, except that was Hanser's peak and it might be Prieto's baseline.
Alberto's 2019 season was like 3.5 WAR and he hit .305/.329/.422. It was also the only year he really graded out positively with the glove. If anyone thought that was Prieto's baseline he'd be a top 100 prospect for sure.
Is he capable of a season or three like that at his peak? I'd say it's possible. But I'm guessing for most of his career he'll be the kind of guy we're not going to miss.
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8 minutes ago, deward said:
Prieto isn't good enough defensively to make for a good utility infielder. Ortiz would be much better in that role, but I suspect both are future trade assets.
That said, I would like to see Ortiz get some run as the starting SS until Holliday knocks down the door.
Yeah, Prieto is kind of a tweener for me. Not enough glove to be a utility infielder/super sub and not enough power to slide down the defensive spectrum. He reminds me of Hanser Alberto, though I think he could end up a bit better than him.
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Hicks is a free agent after the season, so there's that, too. If someone offered an organizational top 20 pitcher for him, I'd probably ship him out. We'll be fine without him. We'll be fine with him.
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4 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:
I'm not all in on O'Hearn just yet, however he's making it hard not to be a believer.
Let's keep in mind that the O's hitting coaches allegedly fixed Mateo and we've all seen how that's played out. Maybe O'Hearn doesn't regress to what he was, maybe he does.
At the very least, he's earned the right to keep playing so we can find out.
Swings are complex. They may be fixed only to break again soon after.
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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:
Now look at O'Hearn's career numbers. Look at how much rope he got in KC. Look at how he got a contract with the O's for 1.4M after putting up those numbers.
Folks are being ridiculous.
I'm not saying no one would give him a chance for O'Hearn money if the Orioles cut him. There's certainly the potential to be better. But I think it's obvious why people are down on him, and given the choice I'd rather go with O'Hearn. Mounty's approach at the plate seems inconsistent with the organization's philosophy. He might do better in a different organization. But Mounty has been trending down and O'Hearn is trending up (albeit in a small sample size).
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2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Assuming he doesn't get demoted he's going to be arb 1 coming off a down year. He's probably looking at O'Hearn money.
Folks here are oddly down on Mountcastle. You would think, going by comments here, that he was one of the worst players in the league.
If he qualified, he'd be 127th out of 151 in OPS. He's also a poor defensive first baseman. So far this year, somehow, he's been worth 0.2 WAR. I think it's fair to say he's one of the worst players in the league. Replacement level first basemen aren't exactly exciting players
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I'm pretty sure Grayson has been down long enough to be 6+
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At this point, calling Irvin a 4 is generous. He's more like a 5/swingman, maybe.
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Ryan "Wheelz" O'Hearn
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18 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
With Cowser up, should we sell high on Hicks? Will Hicks be happy being a platoon player or not starting everyday? A couple of days off a week might actually keep him healthy. But... with his health, we could trade him while he's not on the IL.
Is anyone buying? He was DFA'd like a month ago.
That said, if anyone offered any kind of interesting prospect for him, I'd print his plane tickets myself. Not to say he doesn't have value to this team, but we can do without him, especially now that Cowser is up -
1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:
Sure, why not.
Agreed. He's had some MLB success. Let's see if he can do it again
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