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    Orioles make an offer to Yasiel Puig. UPDATE: Puig to sign with Braves Tests POSITIVE for COVID 19

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    5 minutes ago, ScGO's said:

    Wilkerson needs to play in 25 games, get most of his reps at 3B/2B/or COF, only swing against righties, and learn how to steal a base.  He is fast, and has good sprint speed analytics. He's just never developed into a base stealer.  But if his job is to play defense, steal a base or pinch run, and he can put up something close to the .783 OPS he had against lefties, he's a piece.

    *scribbles on clipboard*

    ”must... rework... entire approach... to baseball”

    Let’s see, oh yeah:

    ”Develop the tools... you have.. yet to excel with... in over nine years... of professional and collegiate... baseball... experience”
     

    Think I got it. I’ll let him know.


     

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    Orioles make an offer to Yasiel Puig. UPDATE: Puig to sign with Braves Tests POSITIVE for COVID 19

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    4 minutes ago, survivedc said:

    I was for signing Puig but I think most people here would be for signing him to a 1 year deal if we were a contending team. The idea is that he will stunt someone’s development here (which I don’t buy) as he won’t be part of the next winning squad.

    Just saying that if the Braves have room for six outfielders (three of them are amazing prospects at the MLB level) and they still desire to add Puig to replace Markakis; I dunno what to tell you. Braves look like a better franchise than the Orioles at present.

    Orioles make an offer to Yasiel Puig. UPDATE: Puig to sign with Braves Tests POSITIVE for COVID 19

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    12 minutes ago, ScGO's said:

    Stop? Puig takes 200-250 ABs away from the others.  Why is Hayes, Santander, Stewart, Mountcastle, Diaz, Williams, Smith Jr, Wilkerson, Velasquez not enough?  I'd even give McKenna some hacks.  Signing Puig is a Duquette Era move, not blaming Dan as he was handcuffed, but this is suppose to be a different team with a different, more pragmatic and proactive approach, than the team Dan had.

    Evidently it's a 2020 Braves move who just won 97 games, and have a young outfield of Acuna, Riley, and if not Nick Markakis then top prospect Cristian Pache. Oh and don't forget Inciarte and Ozuna.

    But sure, keep telling me that Smith, Williams, and Wilkerson are suddenly in line for storied Orioles careers because we didn't sign Puig.

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    9/4 Player Pool - Lowther added

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    48 minutes ago, wildcard said:

    Players put on the 60 (now 45) day IL are paid their major league salary.   I don't see the O's doing that with Blach.  O's would DFA him from the 60 man roster but the O's will pay Blach a minor league salary.

    JMO.

    Well specifically in Blach’s case because he’s basically org filler. But if Rutschman (god forbid) gets a season ending hangnail they’d have to be able to have the option to place him on the 45-day IL even if he’s not on the 40-man.

    9/4 Player Pool - Lowther added

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    46 minutes ago, SteveA said:

    That last one you included is interesting.   The 60 man squad is specifically defined as the 40 man roster plus a taxi squad of 20 players.   So if we only have 37 guys on the 40, we can't add 23 non-roster guys to the 60.   Only 20.   That's how I read it.

    I would think that is true, they would not want teams like the Orioles to purposefully DFA a bunch of players and keep stacking their taxi squad. Because let’s face it: I know, you know, everybody knows that a lot of the Oriole forty man is filler.

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    9/4 Player Pool - Lowther added

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    8 minutes ago, SteveA said:

    Since Blach is not on the major league roster, I don't think the 45 day IL applies.

    I'll speculate that there is no reason why a non-40 man roster player can't be placed on the 45-day IL. It doesn't require a move on or off the the 40-man. I just looked up the rules and it's not direct about how the 45 day IL can be used.

    https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-announces-2020-regular-season

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    There will be a 10-day injured list for both pitchers and hitters, though the 60-day IL will be reduced to a 45-day IL.

    http://m.mlb.com/glossary/injuries/10-day-injured-list

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    Teams will submit lists of 60 players eligible to play in 2020 -- the 40-man roster plus a "taxi squad" of 20 players, and there will be no restrictions on position players pitching. Rather than a 10-day injured list for position players and 15-day injured list for pitchers, there will be a 10-day injured list for all players in the shortened season. The 60-day injured list will be reduced to 45 days. The 7-day injured list will be unaffected.

    9/4 Player Pool - Lowther added

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    6 minutes ago, SteveA said:

    without having to bump someone off which I *think*, if it isn't an injury move, would be like DFA'ing them and you would risk losing them.   (If someone knows the rules on moving guys off the 60 man better and wants to explain them, please do!)

    That is my understanding; a player needs to be designated to come off the 60-man. There is an exception for COVID, where three or more players that contract coronavirus they can come off without penalty. Injury cases requiring the new "45 day IL" works the same as it does now; they come off the roster but no exposure to other teams.

    Martin and Blach haven't been officially moved but surely will.

    MASN coverage

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    14 hours ago, billw76 said:

    I've been doing this for the last few years. PIA(Private Internet Access) VPN, an Nvidia Shield TV so I can download the PIA app, problem solved.

    It costs me $125 or whatever the MLBTV season pass costs plus $6 a month for PIA, well worth it to be able to watch any game I want.

    Are you sure that’s what PIA stands for? Because it sounds like it should stand for something else.

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    MASN coverage

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    1 hour ago, Sanfran327 said:

    So wait, when baseball resumes, people in MD, DC, and VA won’t be able to watch O’s games because of blackouts??

    You can watch on MASN.

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    Ghiroli: 2017, the team that gave up.

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    51 minutes ago, weams said:

    Rebuttal from @OFFNY

    The 2017 team had one of the all-time worst starting rotations in the history of baseball, and they somehow managed to go 71-68 for more than 3/4 of the season before falling apart at the end.

    Just looking: the 2017 Orioles rotation had a franchise worst 5.70ERA and 45 wins (which is 57th most out 66 Orioles seasons). The bullpen picked up the other 30, which is 8th most bullpen wins in O's history (34 wins being the most, and for reference, the magical 2012 bullpen with Jim Johnson and his 51 saves had 32 wins). The 2017 bullpen was fairly pedestrian but hardly a problem for the 2017 team.

    Going back to 1954 at the start of the franchise in Baltimore, the 2017 Orioles had the 15th worst starter ERA of any team in baseball. If you take the all time worst starter ERA's across the league, you'll find that 45 wins is not uncommon for terrible rotations. The '99 Rockies had 49 wins with a 6.19 ERA. The '03 Rangers had 47 wins with a 6.24 ERA. The '01 Rangers had 51 wins with a 6.00 ERA. There are others and it's not a short list. The 2017 Orioles rotation and their 45 wins, while bad, were not special.

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