Enjoy Terror

Going with Hays as the player that’s going to drag this team to the finish. Hunter Harvey is going to settle in as a real nice closer by year end.

Forgive me if I'm being extremely dense; why would a batter in the lineup ever be a pitcher?

Was kind of curious what the other teams were doing in terms of rosters and observed that the Royals have 19 players (of their full 60) that have no major league experience. Eleven of them have been drafted since 2017. Kind of an interesting way to structure a roster that you can't remove anyone from. Seems like the Royals might be committed to playing some first rounders this year. Similarly, the Indians have 16 non-roster invitees and only 4 have MLB experience. Meanwhile, all 44 players on the Orioles 60-man so far have major league experience.

I have a friendly bet that the Orioles will win more than 25 games.

Wondering what Adrian Sanchez did to the Nationals to be the only 40-man guy not invited

You think Mullins will be on there but not McKenna?

Saw the Braves signed a catcher out of Calvert Hall this week. That’s fun

I forgot the O’s are only 39 on the 40-man.

‪Just thinking about how many times I’m going to hear the phrase “small sample size” from Baseball Internet over the next five months‬

The real quiz, then, is who is our “extra 20”? Can we guess? Pitchers: Eshelman, Leblanc, Milone, Kline, Brady Rogers, Cervenka, Blach, Hanhold, Valdez, Jannis (Alvarado, Jimenez, Mattson, Shepherd, Zastryzny, Diplan also crossed my mind) Hitters: Valaika, Rondon, Wilkerson, Davis, Urena, Williams, Valentin, Herrera, Holaday... McCoy? (Also Diaz and Bannon as considerations) Which four do we add to our 26-man roster? Guessing Milone, Leblanc, Williams, Valaika.

I am curious as to what Puerto Rico is like these days. I have a pal that flies his family down there on vacation frequently because it’s domestic and has nice beaches. I never even think about it as a tourist destination but I guess it is.

Curious to watch Ryan Fuller's twitter to see if we sign some of the other guys in his camp.

I’m not sure you think about me at all, but I’ve never been on Team Mountcastle and i have some memory of you putting me in my place about my opinion of him.

Im being nitpicky but Puerto Ricans are subject to the Rule 4 draft.

Not an easy question, and I'm not sure it's one person. I see Chris Davis and Renato Nunez swapping time now at 1B/DH/bench with Mancini on the mend, but that's important because Mancini's absence doesn't give Davis more at bats; those will go to whatever outfielder comes up. My current thinking is DSJ in left, Hays in center, Santander in right, Stewart off the bench. But this an extremely inflexible situation in the field; virtually no platoon advantage, poor outfield defense on its face. I truly don't see how Mason Williams is not your fourth outfielder. DSJ's and Stewart's only usefulness (if any) are redundant in this lineup.

Tim Anderson, Xander Bogaerts, Trea Turner

Guarantee you were thinking Ian Snell, who pitched six seasons for the Pirates.

Was looking at the NEC and the only two major league position players so far since 2013 are Nick Dini and Ian Miller. Evan Scribner is the only player from that school in recent memory.

Maybe since no one likes baseball anymore they can take all these unused players they just signed and turn them in for a Chinese finger trap, stuffed animal, or pack of gum.

Was reading that BJ Ryan is the pitching coach at Louisiana-Lafayette where Brandon Young was signed from. Likely a relationship there.

I’m just not going to care any significant amount about a partial season. They’ll play the games and have a championship, but I’ll never consider the season anything more than an exhibition. It is an automatic SSS; people here hate the SSS. The marathon is important. I don’t watch Shailene Flanagan for her sprinting.