ChosenOne21
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Gotta believe Grayson is back up soon after this string of starts. Pretty sure his time in the minors has given us the extra year of control, too
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Could be Hays to DL with the All-Star break coming
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Dean Kremer lead the minors in strikeouts once.
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Then I'm not sure why Frazier isn't the DH and Santander the RF. Unless Tony is dinged up or something
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Is Frazier really a better RF than Santander?
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11 minutes ago, wildcard said:
Here is a question:
If Hicks is doing well in 2 weeks, would Elias trade him for a prospect and promote Cowser?
I have no idea what Elias thinks of Hicks. He could have viewed him as a decent stopgap for Mullins, or as someone fixable or who needed a change of scenery. Or he could think Hicks is having a dead cat bounce. I doubt you'd get a prospect of note for him pretty much regardless of what he does until the trade deadline. If someone did offer one, my guess is he'd trade Hicks in a heartbeat and call up Cowser, but who knows?
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It blows my mind that someone that awkward looking is this good at baseball. He'll be fun to watch
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If we trade Fabian, we don't have a good CF prospect above A-ball (don't think Cowser is a CF in MLB, at least not for long). We've got Mullins for, what, 1-2 more years? The Orioles also love him to death. I can't imagine they'll trade Fabian.
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Yeah, everything I've heard says that Prieto and Norby aren't going to be assets with the glove, at least not at 2B
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I could see Westburg being a similar player to Hardy offensively, though he'll probably walk more. Defensively I don't think he's close to as good as Hardy.
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5 hours ago, Sanity Check said:
.....any more than we are convinced the Coby Mayo will be a top tier hitter in the majors. That's the risk, and what makes a trade....there are almost never any guarantees.
Sure. I'm not saying I wouldn't trade Coby Mayo for him necessarily. But that would have to be most or all of what I'd trade.
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I trust Elias in everything. He's done well enough to earn the benefit of the doubt. Doesn't mean I agree with all his decisions or that he's never wrong, but I'm never going to start from, "Elias is screwing up"
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Fortunately this years free agent class is very pitching heavy. No one truly incredible without question marks except for Ohtani, but if Elias is smart and willing to spend there's a good chance we could come away with one or two good starting pitchers
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Santander maybe not. Definitely not McCann and that's because he's not a great hitter. I'm not comfortable making that call on Hicks based on seven at bats.
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Abbot's FIP is 3.79 and his xFIP is like a run higher than that.
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
He was in a slump from 2019-2022.
And he very well could return to being that player. I think he's earned at least a few weeks to show that's not the case. Besides, what are we going to do at first base, Ramon Urias? Anthony Santander?
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54 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:
But the problem is that he hasn’t done that in a while and the BA/OB/slug have been plummeting. We can’t have a guy getting consistent ABs at the cleanup spot to be doing absolutely nothing like he has been for pretty much the entire home stand.
He went 2 for 4 not even two weeks ago on June 18th. He has been in a slump for like ten days.
Look, I'm not saying he should be given forever to figure things out, but this thread is reactionary.-
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You wouldn't have posted this thread if O'Hearn went 2 for 4 today
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/rangers-acquire-aroldis-chapman.html
Gave up their 2016 first round pick pitcher who has struggled in limited MLB action and some 17-year-old.
We could have easily beaten this offer. This looks like the equivalent of Drew Rom and a DSL lottery ticket. Yeah, I know, character issues, but this would have been a huge help to our bullpen. -
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/06/rangers-acquire-aroldis-chapman.html
Gave up their 2016 first round pick pitcher who has struggled in limited MLB action and some 17-year-old.
We could have easily beaten this offer. This looks like the equivalent of Drew Rom and a DSL lottery ticket. Yeah, I know, character issues, but this would have been a huge help to our bullpen. -
I'm no Vespi fan, but he can't be worse than Akin right now
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6 minutes ago, IPlayGM said:
Part time player is a perfect role for him in my opinion. I would be just fine seeing him pinch hit late in a game. I guess the question becomes if you move on from Mateo in lieu of Ortiz, who is your infield bench? Does Mateo stay? Or are you okay with Westburg/Henderson being your “backup ss”?
Don't see why Henderson can't be the backup SS. Or Westburg for that matter.
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1 hour ago, Sports Guy said:
Something interesting about Gunnar is that he struggled early but was walking a lot.
He had 15 walks in April and 12 in May.
But in June, he has only walked 3 times.
Of course, his OPS is much higher in June than the previous months but you have to wonder if he is going too far with the plate discipline.
Its obvious that this is intentional but is this too much?
I mean, it’s hard to argue with the results of June but can that sustain?
I'm sure once pitchers realize he will jump on juicy early strikes, they'll throw him fewer of those and he'll walk more again. We'll eventually find an equilibrium.
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Oh hey, our guys can hit, too!
Grayson Rodriguez 2023
in Orioles Talk
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Reality is they probably don't need to shut him down. The Verducci effect has been pretty well debunked.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article/19497/baseball-therapy-fact-or-fiction-the-verducci-effect/
They should just let him throw however many innings he can as a starter this year. If he gets up to 150, 160, 170, I'm not bothered