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That’s actually the team that prompted My comment. The Orioles have backed into the playoffs the last three times they did. All the other times they didn’t make it, they just straight up died in September, or earlier. Would love to see an orioles team get hot in the fall, playoffs or not.

Any team that gets hot at the right time can win a World Series.

This made me laugh

Remember when Buck didn’t believe in the save rule but only the win rule? Then proceeded to blow playoff games because he was overly concerned with the save rule? Ah those were great times.

I’ll drink whatever you’re having

You guys can turn these games where the O’s get three hits and no runs into 30 page threads. Score 11 and shut out the nats in a laugher and we’re stuck on page 10?

Saw this cool tweet and didn't know where to put it. But I liked it.

I'm sure they could. If Elias felt that was appropriate, I'm sure he would.

Ryan Mountcastle has objectively poor walk rates in AAA and people are like "he has nothing left to learn in AAA". I just don't understand. Put him up in the Majors and watch him struggle with walking AND hitting. That'll fix him. That's my grandpa's approach to swimming lessons; he just tosses you out of the boat.

I don't even believe you know what this means. How do you quantify "hurt by AAA competition" because he wasn't called up to more difficult level? This is some boogeyman catch phrase people use because they're upset and don't have a real argument for why.

I think he still only takes one spot. Maybe he put on some muscle in the offseason.

I’m looking at the 2019 IL stats and I’ll tell ya, Ryan Mountcastle isn’t MVP because of his stats. I’m not sure why they decided on RM. Why not like, Bobby Bradley? Nate Lowe? Travis Demerritte? Jace Peterson.

I hope you’re about to tell me

Have you seen the list of IL MVPs? It’ll make you wish Ryan Mountcastle was not on it.

I didn’t initially want to agree with the “mistake” person, but I thought about it it... if you sink significant money into opening a bar and it goes belly up within two years (as many food service establishments do), your lost investment would have been considered a mistake. Even if factors out of your control, predicting the future, are a consideration, losing the money better spent elsewhere would be a mistake. And to an extent, I agree that the selection of a person, not just in the first round but before any other (e.g first pick vs second pick) sets the expectation that for the amount of money spent the selection is the most sure thing to recoup the outlay of cash. It’s a mistake to lose value in that way. I think it gets muddy where you draw the line though; Matt Wieters was our first round pick, become an everyday catcher, several years of good use. But there are two schools of thought: he was worth 10 WAR or he was only worth 10 WAR. Was Matt Wieters a mistake? I bet you have people that will argue both sides just because of the expectations.

*sigh* Can we just for once not be snake bitten and inept

That dang Lew Ford!

Perhaps the Orioles shouldn't have paid him. Tired of the narrative that Chris Davis owes the Angelos' any favors.

I didn’t know this about the taxi squad.

I think the MLB opted out of Shelby Miller

r/NFL on reddit was talking about Devin Hester yesterday; one of the NFL's greatest moments of the 2010s was Hester breaking Deion Sanders' record of 20 career return TDs in Week 3 of 2014. Hester, for those still unaware, was so feared for his punt and kick returns that teams simply stopped kicking to him, preferring to just purposely yank the ball out of bounds where no one could touch it. The equivalent of walking Barry Bonds with the bases loaded. Dennis Green's famous "They are who we though they were" speech was the consequence of Cardinals punter Scott Player unwisely kicking it directly at Hester who, of course, returned the punt for the game winning touchdown and preserved the record of the undefeated and eventually Super Bowl-bound Bears. Insult added to injury for the Cardinals, considering they had the game in hand; up 23-3 near the conclusion of the third quarter.

Same with the Ravens. Different sport, but the sentiment is the same. Well run organizations just get the most out of their players.

Worth stating that not everyone has a career carved out for them in Major League Baseball. If everyone could be fixed, they would be. Lots of money, time, and tech poured into these people. We knew on draft day that DJ Stewart had an uphill climb in this industry.

I feel like they pay people to watch these things and if it’s a problem to fix it. It may not be a problem, or not his only problem.

Let’s check that ESPN power ranking again...