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Aglets last won the day on December 3 2018

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  • Birthday 02/25/1985

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    Elias. Gunnar, Adley, Mullins
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    B-Rob, Melvin Mora

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  1. Problem is the rules don't let you start 6 infielders yet. Westburg may very well be good enough to be an every day 3B or 2B or SS but we have other elite guys that are gonna challenge him for those slots. Either on March 28th or not long thereafter. So by this summer it is entirely possible he could be a "backup" for us by default right?
  2. Good news for Xfinity customers who don't want MASN! and hopefully good news long term for the death of the MASN monopoly. Which took another hit with recent Fubo announcement.
  3. They didn't enter 2018 intending to tank. But circumstances changed. So they sacrificed present wins for the future. I mean, i think you are factually wrong in saying I am factually wrong. At least you sorta kinda give me Bradish.....more than happy to take that. What I sincerely hope most of all..............is when we win the pennant in this year or next.........the very first thing you do is start a thread on here entitled, "Yes we won but it didn't have to be this way!"
  4. Top 10 players on the 2023 O's by WAR and how we acquired them. 1. Gunnar - high 2nd round pick in 2019 draft. (impacted by big sell-off in 2018......to me this is related to tanking but it's true that Elias didn't control what happened to 2018 team although he did control the 2019 draft) 2. Bradish - came back in 2019 Dylan Bundy trade. I would argue this was a pro-tanking move. 3. Adley - 1st overall pick in 2019 draft. Whatever you say about Gunnar would also apply here. Definitely related to tanking. If we don't pick 1st overall in 2019 maybe we don't get him. 4. Bautista - Acquired in 2016. Not related to tanking. 5. Santander - Rule 5 pick in 2016. Not related to tanking. 6. Mullins - Drafted in 2015. Not related to tanking. 7. Cano - Jorge Lopez trade in 2022 with the Twins. I would argue this was related to tanking. People definitely got a little upset with this move at the time. Granted not as much as the Mancini trade. But def related to sacrificing the present for the future. 8. Hays - Drafted in 2016. Not related to tanking. 9. Mountcastle - Drafted in 2015. Not related to tanking. 10. Urias - Waiver claim in 2020. Not related to tanking. So it's complicated. The top 3 players on the team came to the 2023 roster in part because we chose to sacrifice the present for the long term health of the organization. So did we win 101 because of tanking? Yes and no.....it's subjective to a degree admittedly. The majority of the players on that list did not come from tanking it's true. I think it's ALSO worth noting though that we didn't quite end up where we wanted to in 2023. And tanking is 100% related to why we were able to trade for Corbin Burnes and still have the top rated farm system in baseball. So I feel pretty comfortable in saying that although tanking may not have been the sole reason why we won 101 in 2023, it was absolutely a contributing factor...............AND.......... Tanking will be one of the main reasons why we win our next pennant and World Series.
  5. Have we heard any news on Bradish and his throwing progressions in the past several days?
  6. I have been similarly wondering about Burnes....after a pattern of pretty abysmal spring training starts. I decided to do my own research to see what the data shows. It wasn't exactly encouraging. This doesn't prove anything definitively of course.............but it does make me concerned. I went back to 2021 when he won the Cy Young. And i have included his ST stats every year since. He has historically dominated pretty well in Spring Training, especially in the Cy Young year. 2024 has been his worst by a long shot. Maybe (hopefully) that is all meaningless. It very well could be. But I hope we start seeing some improvement in his performance soon. Curious if others have a different interpretation of the stats (included in .png form below).
  7. Our lineup: SS Holliday 2B Wong DH Santander LF Stowers RF Kjerstad 3B Maton 1B Nevin CF Johnson C Perez SP Teheran
  8. Isn't Gunnar the opening day SS?
  9. Kimbrel let up 4 runs in one inning. Not exactly confidence inspiring. I'm sure he will say he was working on something in the post-game..............
  10. Mullins was pulled with hamstring discomfort.
  11. He has one of the highest salaries on the 2024 team. Yes.
  12. TT Bowens getting his work in.
  13. Hopefully we get at least 15 more minutes of content of reporters asking about players' house cats.
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