ChosenOne21
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This is really hard to answer because we haven't really seen Norby play and who knows what Prieto is going to look like as he adjusts to MLB. I'm not especially impressed with Vavra, and Prieto is going to have to add power to have a MLB future.
I think Norby is the best combination of ceiling and probability, but it's possible Prieto has a higher ceiling
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Happy birthday to the young man! Hope he's healthy and has a monster season
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12 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:
So that's on the 40 man right? Like D.L. Hall?
My understanding is that anyone on a team's 40 man roster is ineligible to play major or minor league baseball until the lockout is lifted. I believe everyone else can proceed as normal
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2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
Do you think you could drop Babe Ruth onto a field in 2022 and have him play at a high level?
Well, no. He's a rotting corpse
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My favorite comp for Ryan Mountcastle is a more athletic Mark Trumbo. They're both low-plate discipline high-power hitters. Trumbo had a career .249/.302/.459 line, while Mountcastle is at .270/.324/.492. Take out Mountcastle's hot 2020 and you get .255/.309/.487
In the minors, Trumbo hit .275/.330/.478. Mountcastle hit .295/.328/.471
I do think Mountcastle will have the better career when all is said and done, but he doesn't have his decline years dragging down his career averages yet either. Although Trumbo's best season was his age 30 campaign with us where he hit 47 homers and OPS'd .850-
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3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
I don't get how 88-92 with ordinary life gets a 50 grade.
"It plays up due to his high arm slot and downhill plane he generates" or something like that from the scouting report
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I never get how three average MLB pitches and plus control/command leads to a grade of solidly below average, but somehow it does
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We've signed worse
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Someone else made the Steve Brault comparison, and I agree. This guy is rich-man's Steve Brault. Would have rather just had Brault for less money
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Maybe they're planning on making Urias the full-time SS?
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7 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
"Cavalry"
This team needs a Jesus miracle though
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Just now, LookinUp said:
2. Spending 10's of millions on a middling team will make it less likely for ownership to spend when it matters. That's my opinion, but it's informed by what you also seem to know...that the Angelos family is not coming to the table with deep pockets.
I think the idea here is that we aren't spending on a middling team so much as we're putting the pieces in place for a year or two from now when we're ready to be competitive
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Just now, Sports Guy said:
And that’s the problem. They just want to sit on their hands and wait. Let’s see what happens this year and then we will spend! Well what happens if things don’t pan out for the 2022 season? What if Adley and Grayson are what we expect but Stowers shows he can’t hand upper level pitching, Hall is hurt or showing he is a reliever, Westburg stalls, etc…you can’t just sit back and assume everything is going to work out. You have to go after things.
That's an awful lot of "What if Elias reacts this way" for my tastes. I'm disappointed they don't seem to be spending this offseason. If they don't do it next offseason, I will be extremely unhappy with the direction of the franchise.
Unless a miracle like 2012 happens and like everyone they have in the wings/pick up on waivers ends up being really great. But I'm not counting on that -
Remember when we signed Ubaldo to 4/50 because of one good half season? That's what Metz feels like to me.
That said, the O's should really be looking to land a mid-rotation arm and one of the eight or so amazing infielders this offseason.
Personally I think this was the offseason to start spending, but I don't know 1% as much as Elias about the state of the franchise. If we don't spend next offseason, then something has to have gone horribly wrong -
Why not try him as a starter? Worst case can't we just put him back in the pen?
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Team speed for chrissake!
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1 hour ago, wildcard said:
There are so many guys the could come off the 40 man roster before opening day. It would not surprise me to see any of Jones, Nevin, Martin, Diaz. Smith, Fry, Kriske, Krehbiel, Mattson, Bannon either released or traded for younger prospects.
Mattson clearly has compromising pictures of Elias. I'm starting to think maybe Bannon does, too.
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On 11/14/2021 at 4:33 PM, Can_of_corn said:
With the top rated farm system shouldn't we be at the point in which we are using all 40 slots for our own guys? If someone can't make another team's 40 why would we want to add them to our 26?
In a world where everyone makes perfect decisions, yes, we would. It's entirely possible some other team leaves a guy off their roster who is better than/Elias likes more than our top 40. I think it's fine to potentially expose our 40th best player to take advantage of such an opportunity
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I really don't get the Dorrian love. Neustrom is a much better player
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Why would we trade for Ty Blach if he was a minor-league free agent at the end of the year? Couldn't we get anyone we could actually keep?
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You have to hit at least so well to win a Gold Glove. Look at Derek Jeter!
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I wouldn't go speculating on most crypto, but stuff like Bitcoin and Ethereum seems pretty safe long-term but volatile. I bought into Bitcoin and Ethereum at one of the worst times this past year, and my crypto portfolio is still up like 30% in six months. Granted, both are strong right now and could dip lower, but the trend has pretty much been up, up, up since crypto became a thing
Then again, my mutual fund that is basically the 30 biggest companies in the US is up 14% over the same time frame with much less risk and volatility so
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Yeah, I don't think I'm interested on anything more than a minor-league deal
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I went Bradish and Baumann here, but it could easily be Bradish and Vavra. It's hard to pick Vavra because he was hurt most of the year, and I'm pretty sure I remember hearing he had defensive issues
Buying an "optionable" pitcher
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MLB and MLBPA talking about limiting the number of times a player could be optioned in one year got me thinking. A player has three option years (sometimes four). Once those years are used, removing them from your roster makes them a free agent.
Would it be possible to sign an out-of-options player to a contract where, in exchange for extra pay perhaps, he agrees to resign with your team on a minor-league deal for an already agreed upon amount the first three or four times you cut him during the year? This basically has the effect of giving the team an "optionable" pitcher and might create job opportunities for and give some stability to a class of fringe Major Leaguers.
Good idea or is this just breaking the rules?