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If so, I'm all but certain no one is going to take him. 21-year-old outfielders out of high-A ball basically never get taken

He really falls off the mound when he throws. If he keeps pitching like that, I don't care though

So it seems he's kind of range-y at 2B, but the throwing isn't good?

I think Tyler Wells is a good Major League pitcher that probably every team would like to have on their roster in some capacity. No idea if he's a starter though. If the team wants to stretch him out to see, I can't imagine that will somehow make him an ineffective reliever if it goes poorly

Is McKenna hitting these home runs off premium velocity in AAA? I recall Tony said he has real trouble catching up to Major League fastballs

It sure is

Ellis doing okay so far this game

Hey, did you guys know Dylan Bundy is homer prone?

I don't hate trying him in high leverage, but the guy was pretty good for about four innings for a while. I kind of like him in long relief when one of our other starters inevitably implodes

.790 isn't bad for a catcher. Besides, it's small sample. Looking at Mullins though, you've got to wonder how many switch hitters would be better served giving it up

I like zero homeruns in 25 IP. That always seems to be the Achilles heel of our pitchers

I thought this was the Cody Sedlock 2001 thread. Why aren't we discussing the girl who gave him cooties or the kid who spilled his chocolate milk?

If those grades are real, he sounds like a generational talent

I'd like to see him as a long reliever before we cut him, but I'm super done with him in the rotation

I think your plan is decent, but a lot of our prospects will probably underperform even your modest projections. This isn't a knock on the Orioles so much as it is the way prospects are. I don't think it's likely we can get to .500 for $20M. Possible, but pretty unlikely

I don't recall us having more minor league injuries this year than usual. Wouldn't surprise me if we're doing well in that regard.

With him and Mullins we could have the shortest outfield in MLB!

I meant to say every team. He wouldn't start for every team, but he'd start for a majority of them

see below

There are 13 shortstops that have qualified for the batting title this year with an OPS higher than .700. And Greiner is probably a better defender than a good number of them. He wouldn't be a starting shortstop on any team, but he'd be a starting shortstop on the majority of them. I do agree it's a pretty big "if" that he can OPS .700 in MLB

I'm not okay with my team losing for 4-7 years. But the old system needed a massive tear-down and overhaul and that wasn't going to happen much faster. We couldn't just sign a few guys and maintain our win rate for another 5-10 years

If Greiner could OPS 0.700 in MLB, he would be a starter for sure

What I was asking is when they grade his fastball a 65, they're saying his 50th percentile outcome is an overall above average effective MLB fastball?

Aren't these grades sort of an MLB mid-case?

I hope he backs up Adley at catcher for a lot of years