I'm all for education but when he signed the contract he made a commitment to play baseball and in a season where he didn't get to play a lot and with uncertainty looming over next season I would have liked him to have been at the instructs.
I disagree that he's so important that a team would have to overpay for him to be dealt. He's still pretty much the same guy the O's got on the cheap last year.
Anyway, bad defense encourages the pitchers to strike batters out!
Why would it have to be a really good deal?
Not as if he's going to be the difference in the team making the playoffs next year. He isn't signed past next season.
I think it will play out like this season with players wanting the maximum number of games and owners trying to reduce the total games played while lowering player salaries by a similar amount.
I don't think it's that easy to find long term pieces on the cheap and I'm not sure Elias is at a point that he wants to start trading the O's more regarded prospects.
Looks to me that the plan is to home grow as much as possible and use cheap stop gaps until the prospects are ready.
Real long term moves involve either trading young assets or taking on substantial payroll.
I don't think I'm being extreme about this.
Yaz didn't show much of anything and it would have been poor use of a 40 man roster spot to call him up.
If you call up a Yaz where do you draw the line in who "deserves" a shot?
Looks to me that all that happened is one more level of appeal is done. I'm not sure why the Orioles are spending money on this since it looks like the chances of them winning are pretty remote.