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Adley and Gunnar are the lynchpins.
There's an argument that Westburg being close could soften the loss of Gunnar to injury. Adley is clearly the most important piece.
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3 hours ago, Roll Tide said:
If I’m the Orioles I like it as it moves them away from the high revenue teams.
Yes, but the Red Sox and Yankees fans fill the park. The gate takes for those games are something the O's will absolutely miss.
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1 hour ago, vab said:
If you're number one in position player prospects you should be number one overall as volatile as pitching prospects are.
Grow the bats. Hope that an arm or two grows by chance. Buy/trade for the other arms.
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5 minutes ago, btdart20 said:
Yes, it could play out like this. We’re obviously not pot committed in 2023. And there’s a lot of evidence that the goal is a perennial contender vs. the shorter termed view of just making the playoffs asap.
Probably will.
GRod can get some strict inning limit starts in AAA for the first couple of months then stretch out for the call-up to Baltimore.
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13 minutes ago, ThisIsBirdland said:
Smart to bring in a guy any team could have for the league minimum today and yet not a single rumor linking him to a team since he was released three weeks ago. Dude was a jerk before this horrific saga emerged; he's a locker room cancer. If it's "corporate woke" to not want to root for a guy who gets his kicks by beating up girls in the bedroom, so be it. As a fan I absolutely want no part of someone like that on the team.
Agreed. The O's shouldn't touch Bauer with a 10 foot pole.
Wherever Bauer signs, he's at least lucky that the National League doesn't have pitchers hit anymore. I'm sure there are some players who would love to put that guy in his place with a fastball to the head.
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On 1/18/2023 at 7:35 PM, Owen21 said:
Damn Angelos! Would love to have Miller back. When I’m having a tough day, I occasionally put on a recorded Miller call. One of my faves is a 9th inning home game 3-2 pitch with 2 down to Hoiles from Norm Charlton with the Mariners in front 13-10. I think you know what happened. Miller’s call sent me running through a brick wall.
It was Georgia Angelos who told Peter that Miller wasn't 'rah rah' enough. Then, Peter made the call to dismiss Jon Miller.
My source is a retired veteran WBAL personality who was very close friends with Jon Miller.
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11 minutes ago, Number5 said:
What would the range factor be on that if he was technically the 3rd baseman on that play? LOL
Entire server farms of analytics computers caught on fire after trying to calculate it.
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It would have to be a lower base + incentives contract, but it's a reasonable gamble.
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4 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:
Frobby's retired, so does he count? I dunno. Maybe.
Is he still a member of the bar association? If so, then: yes.
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I would put him in AAA and keep him starting. If he doesn't stick at SP, then he can come up and contribute out of the pen. With his stuff, it would be foolish to throw in the towel on him being a starting pitcher.
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6 minutes ago, MarCakes21 said:
So let's talk about cost, assuming your predictions are good, and any of them would sign with the O's:
- deGrom for 5 @ $35 per
- Rodon for 5 @ $25 per
- Verlander for 3 @ $40 per
Who do you pick? At those cost, probably deGrom for me.
All three. No salary cap in Baseball.
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9 hours ago, MijiT88 said:
Off topic but 13 years later I have finally made 100 posts
Finally made it out of rookie ball, and it only took 13 years!
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Rodon would be awesome. He'll be expensive, but that's the market.
If they offer a shorter term deal to Verlander, that would also be exceptionally cool.
Rodon, Verlander, GRod, Kremer, <5th starter until Means is ready to roll> would be a legit rotation.
Then, it's just about augmenting the offense.
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On 9/11/2022 at 2:51 PM, Frobby said:
How do we know if he’s under contract, or what the terms are? It’s never been reported. His contract could be up. He could have opt-outs. We really don’t have any idea.
What, are you a lawyer or something???
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1 minute ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
People are saying "the Wall" is too extreme. What about 2021 when I believe the O's set the record for most HR surrendered in a season. Isn't that extreme?
The wall is great. Long live the wall.
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24 minutes ago, Ceciltrav said:
1.White Sox need corner outfielders. Trade Hays, Cowser and Jackson Holiday for Cease and Eloy Jimenez
2. Sign Verlander or De Grom
3. Trade for a marlins starting pitcher
You don't bundle Jackson Holliday at this point.
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Such a great season, even if no playoffs.
O's are in a great place going into the offseason: MLB Roster and minors loaded with controllable talent. A low payroll. Cash to spend.
This is the offseason to make some splashes and get positioned for a pennant chase in 2023. Let's go O's!
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2 hours ago, Going Underground said:
Seems strange that the Orioles can't be on either 1090 or 98 Rock when they are on at the same time as the Ravens. I bet they are the only MLB team that dosen't have regular season games on the flagship station or shifted to another station if their is a conflict. HD2 is not a big thing.
They could also use 101.5 (WBAL-FM) to carry the Orioles. Not sure why they don't...
Edit: it's technically not WBAL-FM. It's W268BA-FM
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55 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:
Would the current development group have had better success with that group? We’ll never know for sure, but I think so. Even in a crap shoot, there are groups who do it better than the others. The former regime was way behind the times.
Gausman could have done more with a better system, but looking at whom the Orioles passed on: they should have still gone position-heavy in their drafts.
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I remember the draft where the Orioles took Dylan Bundy. Anthony Rendon was sitting right there, and I remember @Sports Guy saying 'They can't be this stupid, can they?'
Well, they were. Rendon has over 4x the career WAR of Bundy.
Orioles also whiffed when they took Matusz, Hobgood, Sedlock. Gausman was ok, but the O's didn't get his best years. Rodriguez looks to be legit, but he's still yet to pitch an MLB inning, and the book on Hall is unwritten.
Pitchers are a crapshoot.
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I'd go to more games if they started earlier.
7:05 is a rough start time for me, because I'm up at 5:30 every morning, and work a 10-12 hour shift.
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2 hours ago, Tony-OH said:
I've seen pitchers with new and improved pitches, better use of their repertoires, and he ability to attack hitters in the most conducive way of having success.
Not to mention the vastly more pitcher-friendly Camden Yards.
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Who specifically should the Orioles acquire during this offseason? What price should they pay?
Instead of the low-effort 'O's need to spend' post, it would be more constructive to talk about how they should allocate their resources.
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1 hour ago, Frobby said:
Has the bullpen been great because Hyde has been making great decisions on how to deploy them, or are Hyde’s decisions looking great because the pitchers are doing a great job?
A little of both, I’m sure, but I think you have to give Hyde a ton of credit for how he’s managed the bullpen. He’s pretty much gone with the philosophy that he’d rather pull a pitcher a batter too early than a batter too late, and that’s worked brilliantly. Yet, he hasn’t been shy about using his closer for 4, 5, 6 outs when the situation calls for it, regardless of whether Lopez or Bautista was the closer.
The O’s are 44-4 when leading after 5 innings, 48-1 when leading after 6, 50-2 when leading after 7, 55-2 when leading after 8. When it comes to the bullpen, Hyde has pushed all the right buttons.
And he's on the same page with Elias and Co. The managers throughout the system have been excellent at executing the Front Office vision.
Are the Orioles a legitimate playoff contender (Going into Spring training)?
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They will be in the hunt unless every starting pitcher regresses or gets injured.