ChosenOne21
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I guess so, but anything he does is a bonus at this point. I don't have any expectations
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3 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:
How is this guy available?
Command struggles, apparently
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Cadyn Greiner's home run was a no-doubter off the bat. He crushed it to right-center, probably went at least 400 feet. He had an error in the first where a bouncer he ranged to his right for went off his glove. Not the easiest play, but one a good shortstop needs to make. After that he put on a defensive clinic. He had about three highlight reel plays, two of which were tough ground balls he fielded and flipped to second to try and start a double play. Runners were barely safe at first both times. Cullen's throws from second weren't the greatest, but it might not have mattered. The Akron fans near me were very impressed with Greiner's D and one turned to me and asked if he always played like that. If the newfound ability to hit is real, he could be something special.
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I have no idea if Akron's gun is fast or slow, but Grayson was mostly 97-98 for the first three innings, touching 99 once. Fourth inning he started to hit 96 a couple of times and in the fifth he was 95-96. He threw a ton of strikes--probably too many. Only time they flashed the pitch breakdown for Grayson, he was at 75% strikes thrown. Akron's plan was clearly to swing early and often and they put a lot of balls in play. Grayson might have benefited from being around the zone more and burning a few more pitches to see if he could get chases.
Other notes from the game:
Cadyn Greiner's home run was a no-doubter off the bat. He crushed it to right-center, probably went at least 400 feet. He had an error in the first where a bouncer he ranged to his right for went off his glove. Not the easiest play, but one a good shortstop needs to make. After that he put on a defensive clinic. He had about three highlight reel plays, two of which were tough ground balls he fielded and flipped to second to try and start a double play. Runners were barely safe at first both times. Cullen's throws from second weren't the greatest, but it might not have mattered. The Akron fans near me were very impressed with Greiner's D and one turned to me and asked if he always played like that. If the newfound ability to hit is real, he could be something special.
Tyler Joyner was throwing 90, but it looked like about 80 after watching Grayson.
It was some kid's tenth birthday party and the guy running the between inning "entertainment" had the whole stadium sing him happy birthday. After he realized all eyes and the camera were on him, the kid started doing the worm. Everybody got a real kick out of that. Tons of laughter-
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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:
Acquiring Gutierrez is a bit of a head scratcher for me. The guy has never hit for power, seems like a high error guy at 3B, and not sure how he's part of the future or much better than Leyba as a place holder.
Need for warm bodies at AAA if they start the carousel of 2B/3B at Baltimore?
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Assuming Franco needs the IL, that's who I'd like to see
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2 hours ago, Frobby said:
The question is, what will he be in the longer term? Remember, this is a guy who only threw 32 innings in AA and then missed almost all of 2019 and 2020. He wasn’t likely to be instantly successful in the majors. Let’s see what he is in 2023.
He could be better than he is this year. I doubt he'll be so much better that it's going to be hard to replace the production
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First pitch to Santander, also clearly a strike
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And wow, Astros pitching coach ejected. I'd be pretty pissed too if my pitcher didn't get those calls
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According to gameday, every pitch thrown to Mancini was a strike. Umpire seems to have a tiny zone today
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Gosh, what ever are we going to do without Pop's 5.46 ERA in 28 low-leverage innings in our pen?
I was higher on Pop than most, and I'm not even upset about this. It seems he isn't as good as we thought he was. There are about a million relievers who can put up mid-5's ERA or better. I'm sure Elias can find some. -
If we're DFA Wilkerson, optioning Wells and moving Lakins to the DL, that's three open roster spots, right?
We only called up Mattson and Watkins.
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22 hours ago, connja said:
Yeah but next year isn't looking any better. We have literally nothing (beyond utility best case) in the pipeline before 2023. Think we need to make a move outside the org.
I'd be pretty shocked if at least Adley Rutschman and Grayson Rodriguez didn't debut next year and make an impact. Quite possibly D.L. Hall, too.
Kyle Bradish, Terrin Vavra, Kevin Smith, Yusniel Diaz and Jahmai Jones will also probably debut this year or next. Who knows if any of them will be any good though.
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
Can't throw too many strikes when you have middlin' stuff.
Yeah, but he's missing by a lot
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Where's the Alex Wells with plus-plus command we were promised?
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1 minute ago, Philip said:
I am moderately intelligent, and I will remind you there was a reason the worst team in baseball gave up on him, and it is unwise to look at small sample size, but it is doubly unwise to look at small sample size from two years ago instead of small sample size from last month, the Burden of proof is on him to show that he can hit, and I submit that at the moment he has not shown that.
He hasn't shown he can hit, but he hasn't shown he can't either, IMO. He gets an "incomplete"
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How to be the Shortstop you Never Were by Pat Valaika
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Lopez is lucky his line isn't a lot worse. The defense turned three double plays behind him and got an outfield assist at home. Then Wells came on and stranded a runner.
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I think gameday should be required to put quotes around "shortstop" when referring to Pat Valaika
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12 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
Maybe I’m reading too much into these comments from Hyde but he doesn’t seem happy with Kremer. Wonder if there has been some attitude, “you owe me” type of attitude going on?
Based on that article, I don't see anything to suggest it's more than him being unhappy with Kremer's results
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I don't want to trade Means just yet. Obviously, if someone blows us away...
If we're looking this bad this time next year, I think we probably need to trade him
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When they jumped Jeff Fiorentino from A+ to MLB
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1 minute ago, Gurgi said:
Stewart has done everything to convince me he is not a big league outfielder. He is killing us game after game by being out there. He has no instincts or skills in the field. I hate watching him and always expect the ball to drop or to hit him on the head and knock him out.
Maybe he and Mountcastle can split 1B/DH if we trade Mancini
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Just now, Sports Guy said:
Hard to lead with something you don’t have.
This guy gets it
Would you offer Austin Hays the Scott Kingery deal?
in Orioles Talk
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I'd rather give out 7-8 Scott Kingery deals than one Chris Davis deal
But in all seriousness, Adley is the type of prospect you absolutely offer this kind of deal to. If he fails, you're out what, 30 million over six years? That's not going to cripple the franchise and the upside is MASSIVE