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Why is your "TAKE" on ALL Orioles transactions, that the Orioles only acquire players that other teams don't want anymore but all the other 29 teams make trades between themselves as being even up trades???

He was part of TRADES, not waiver claims, not DFA, and certainly not "GIVEN UP ON" August 1, 2016: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Nick Green (minors) and Erik Swanson to the New York Yankees for Carlos Beltran. July 24, 2018: Traded by the New York Yankees with Cody Carroll and Josh Rogers to the Baltimore Orioles for Zack Britton.

I voted that all of them will just to be obtuse.

Quality versus Quantity The quality of his at bats does not garner giving him a greater quantity. IMO

The last time the orioles swept the Yankees in the final series was 2015. The sweep was needed to get to .500 Ball Since 2008 to present the Orioles have only ended the Regular Season playing the Yankees in 2016 and 2015.

So lets say that can find Bonds or such with various mature dates that would follow out until the end of the deferment, could they not purchase these and have it over with with one lump sum??? Take a one year hit and be done.

One would wonder if the club makes a one time payment into an interest bearing account and let the deferred payments come out of it.

In what way "Better" than Mancini, Stewart, Smith. Offensive or Defensive. Defensive, in center, he is better than those mentioned. Offensive it is too small a sample size. As a corner outfielder I have not seen enough to allow for an informed decision. At the corners he would need to outplay Santander/Mancini offensively to get a nod. Better than Mullins when he is 3 years older. Hays play in center at age 23 changes things a bit as far as who is to be a keeper out of this list. Mason Williams age 27 Trey Mancini age 27 Dwight Smith age 26 D J Stewart age 25 Anthony Santander age 24 Cedric Mullins age 24 Austin Hays age 23 Wilkerson is super utility, not in the outfield mix in my opinion.

He was non-decision in his last game' Armstrong picked up the win in relief.

Just a thought in reality, the L A Dodgers have scored 7 or more runs in 52 games. Is that to say that there have been 52 other in game pitchers that are tanking??

6 by J J Hardy in 2005 ???

In 2016 the management team that is gone again did not draft any catchers in the June Draft. 114 catchers were drafted.

In 2014 the Orioles took ZERO Catchers in the June Draft. Talk about lack of increasing depth. 116 catchers were taken in that draft.

That was my thought. The Orioles also took Maverick Handley out of Standford in the sixth round this year. Jordan Cannon, Catcher/Relief pitcher was taken in the 10th round out of Sam Houston

With all this Sisco being Toast talk I do believe that a reminder is needed for some. Currently the Orioles number one catcher by default is Pedro Severino. He was a member of the Washington Nationals right up until March 23, 2019 when Management claimed him off waivers. Catchers and backup players without options or that are part of a roster crunch always are waived at the end of Spring Training. If our front office does it Due Diligence then Sisco's replacement on the Twenty-Five may become available again next spring. Chance has one option remaining so there is time for him to "Get it right" another year in Spring Training or Norfolk. This entire thread seems to be populated with more opinions than facts with little thought to a broader picture of things. Thankfully this board is not running the Orioles.

Thank Goodness. I had wanted to get the Homerun allowed record far enough out that no one could reach it. With Hess that might just happen.

Fixed It, Thanks,

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/09/orioles-and-royals-lineups-17.html https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/09/trumbo-making-it-back-to-active-roster.html

The question would be what is the floor for losing teams in 2020. Bottom 2018 47 Wins 2017 64 Wins 2016 59 Wins 2015 63 Wins 2014 64 Wins 5TH from the bottom 2018 64 Wins 2017 68 Wins 2016 68 Wins 2015 68 Wins 2014 70 Wins If the floor improves to 68 Wins that can change he outlook of any season. The floor would have risen by 21 games over what the Orioles did last year.

Sorry, couldn't take no more of a certain poster. Although i have him on IGNORE, others seem to feel a need to feed.

One is the slash line of the DH spot from 2018 (.227/.290/.400/.690 26HR, 71 RBI) The other is the slash line of the DH spot from 2019 (.264/.328/.487/.815 27 HR, 80 RBI) Improvement from one year to the other is what rebuilding clubs should do. This improved DH slash line is mostly because of Renato Nunez. Trying to make it sound like Renato Nunez is not worthy of a roster spot on this team is something only a poster with "Sour Grapes Attitude" or " Limited Intelligence Capabilities" would postulate. IMO

Which is better: .227/.290/.400/.690 26HR, 71 RBI .264/.328/.487/.815 27 HR, 80 RBI

I can agree to that

Sisco was a High School draft pick. If he had went to a 4 year college, he would have been draft eligible in 2016. Question would be, how many of the catchers taken in the 2016 draft have out performed Chance Sisco???? Only Will Smith of the Dodgers is your answer.

49 Games 141Plate Appearances 132 At Bats 7 Runs 23Hits 3 Doubles 0 RBI 7 Walks 28 K's.174 BA .216 OBP .197SLG .413 OPS