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I don't begrudge them their profits. I just think they have a long history of being untruthful when it comes to their profits and we should doubt the veracity of anything they say on the topic.

I wouldn't dismiss everything Boras says out of hand. For the record I'm firmly in the owners are nothing but money grubbing liar camp. At least the clear majority of them.

With this individual? Lower. If they don't consider him a left fielder than they would obviously rank him lower if he were playing left field. If you mean what would he rank if he was proven to be an average left fielder? Higher, but not at the truly elite level of prospect. SG is correct when he says that after a few choice names at the top a lot of the list is pretty interchangeable. With his plate discipline issues his bat is going to have to be really good to provide a lot of value at 1B/DH. I hope he keeps his above average footspeed and can gain a bit of value with smart baserunning.

That's already happening. The team construction in the KBO/NPB should limit that. Carter Stewart update. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=stewar004car

Are you asking if he's top 50?

I don't think any of us have an issue with the basic idea of it. But this should open the door for including the NPB and KBO.

I would think that the contracts they signed would include language that would force the issue.

I don't think, if he is indeed a 1B/DH, that he is underrated. Move the bat to left and you might have a case.

That isn't the goal.

It's better than the wink wink minor league deals in which the team has an understanding that the player will make the team out of camp.

The 2014 team won 96 games and couldn't pull in 2.5M fans. What do you consider filling up?

No logic to understand. Completely arbitrary.

I'll believe they will spend when they spend. When I found out how happy ownership was with Dan dumping the O'Day contract in the Gausman deal I set my expectations.

So they don't have to pay him. Haven't we already gone over this?

No one.

I think he could theoretically be that piece but that if he becomes that player then the O's won't want to pay him.

Hold up. If you "replace" Santander's offense with the DH Nunez and you replace his defense with a guy who is poor with the bat you end up with a poor bat equivalent at DH.

I wonder if this changes any of the long standing records? Did someone have a 60 game hitting streak in the Negro Leagues? If they did is that now the record?

I think an underslot deal is a lot less likely this year as he will have a significantly smaller pool to play with. Last season they had the largest pool out of all the teams.

It's an interesting story but I think they are making a bit too big a deal out of a 750K deal.

I'll be very surprised if he remains an Oriole for the full length the team could keep under team control.

Calling it mediocre is being generous.

I imagine Schoop isn't accepting calls from Fantex.

This was expected.