ChosenOne21
-
Posts
1433 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Posts posted by ChosenOne21
-
-
About fricking time! Congrats to the young man
-
47 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:
Don’t really want to go looking, but I trust that Elias won’t just give him away.
It sounds like multiple teams are interested in Mancini. If so, perhaps a bidding war brings his price out of "give-away" territory and we get an interesting prospect or two
-
Yeah, I can't imagine Vavra's 2B glove is that much worse than Odor's and his bat is probably much better
-
Jackson Holliday signed for 8.19M
-
1
-
-
Getting the $3.1 million to take Porter would be rough. We'd basically have to save 500K on Holiday, spend the 800K 4.9% overage, 10K all our signings from rounds 5-10, underslot one of our other early picks by 400K and assume no one else in the first three rounds is getting anything overslot
-
58 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:
I don’t like that Elias seems to have put pitching on the back burner. The thing about Martin is he’s more of a table setter and Cowser is a power bat. Neither is currently lighting it up. Cowser was on fire at their current level. Looking at Martin he is either being coached differently or his psyche has been affected due to the fact that the Blue traded him. His drop off was substantial.
I too wish Elias would draft more pitching. Cowser isn't lighting it up? Have you seen his statline in Bowie? I wouldn't trade Cowser for Martin right now. I don't think anyone would
-
It is kind of funny to me that the people who hate Elias's draft strategy never complain anymore that we didn't take Austin Martin second overall
-
Yeah, I get he's not a pitcher, but if you read his writeup, he sounds pretty talented. They must be confident they can fix the holes in his swing
-
1
-
-
And now the Cubs are blowing up the board
-
4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
Berry before Lee is crazy to me.
I agree. Berry's bat must be ultra special, because he screams 1B/DH to me
-
Just now, RZNJ said:
Broken record. You know they haven't gone over before.
Has anyone gotten close to the 4.9% ever?
-
4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Also, 70 grade hair.
Much better than his dad's 20 grade
-
1
-
-
I have to wonder if Holiday won the "tie braker" with Jones because he's left-handed
-
I don't think anyone saw the Kumar Rocker pick coming
-
2
-
-
I'm happy with this. It doesn't feel like much if any of a reach. I would have preferred Jones, but there's a ton to like here
-
I've been pushing for Jones as much as everyone else, but I'm starting to come around to the idea of drafting Johnson underslot. I think a lot of people are sleeping on him and there's a good chance he ends up a better MLB player than Jones. End of the day, I'm still in the Jones camp, but I won't be upset if we take Johnson
-
59 minutes ago, Frobby said:
I don’t know why you say he’s an expensive rental. He’d cost about $2.6 mm for the last two months of the year. That’s not expensive at all.
My bad, I thought he was owed considerably more than that. Still, teams are only willing to pay so much for a rental
-
16 minutes ago, Frobby said:
I think you are underestimating the value of Trey’s offense and the number of teams that need help at the positions he plays. Trey currently has a 120 wRC+. Here’s where various contending teams stand at positions he plays:
DH: Seattle 71, Cleveland 74, Padres 81, Mets 82, White Sox 92, Cardinals 94
1B: Boston 77, Houston 79, Cleveland 99
LF: White Sox 71, Braves 77, Cardinals 91, Boston 93, Yankees 95
RF: Padres 75, Boston 84, Braves 85, Philly 87, Tampa 89, Seattle 94, Cleveland 99.
In short, there are plenty of contenders for whom Mancini could be a very big offensive upgrade. And sure, you might not want him in the OF full time, but the fact that he can play those positions is a plus.
We could maybe use him to buy a prospect if we kick in some money. The fact he's a large upgrade doesn't mean teams are going to trade good prospects for an expensive rental. I think best case scenario we get a lottery ticket or two, but maybe I'm wrong about that. If someone offers you a good prospect or two who you think can be a contributor, sure you trade him. I just don't see that happening.
I don't want Mancini in the outfield at all, and I doubt contending teams do either. -
As has been said before, I don't think we're going to get much for a positionally limited hitter who hits about 17% above league average, is a free agent in three months, and isn't cheap. Honestly, keeping him around probably increases our chances of a playoff berth this year more than anyone we'd get for him would increase our playoff odds in the future
-
26 minutes ago, SpOkane said:
Park effects. Needs moved up to Bowie.
Yeah! He'll be back to hitting .470 once he gets out of that cavern that is Aberdeen
-
1 hour ago, wildcard said:
You are being hyperbolic. No one bats .000 if they are a regular. And whether a great defensive player plays can depend on whether he is a key part of helping his team win.
Oh, I'd probably bat .000 as a regular
-
Given the state of our organizational pitching, I'm not trading DL Hall for just about anyone. If they wanted to talk position player prospects for Montas, maybe
-
Urias needs to be playing every day for a while. All he's done since he came back from injury is hit
-
I feel like at the major league level we've had fewer pitchers need Tommy John than most teams. I'm guessing that's true for the minors as well. Still, it's going to happen sometimes no matter what you do. It's just unfortunate
The market for short stops
in Orioles Talk
Posted
Mateo would make a pretty good utility infielder/defensive replacement/pinch runner. Keep him for now and let Gunnar/Holliday take over SS when they're ready