Can_of_corn

Well, the O's can't just be signing some middling Catcher.

Cool. Still don't want to give him a QO.

Going forward is twisted since Witt has signed an extension.

I think at least some of us would be going Hey it's cool we have Gunnar and Witt both but geez, McCann starting 120 games at Catcher is kinda killing us. And I'd be posting about the O's trading Heim away for nothing even more often than I already do.

Career numbers aren't relevant for who you would have rather drafted. It's about what they do in the years of team control. I think most of us feel that Witt will put up more career WAR than Adley, he debuted at a younger age and should age more gracefully.

Why do teams spend money on middling players? Are they stupid? Or maybe it's not that easy to predict who is going to be "middling" from year to year or even worse, multiple years in advance.

I don't agree with that. TTTOP is a thing. I think most teams would rather face a Starter for a third time over getting into the pen.

Wasn't there one season in which they had zero (or close to it) at the break? 2016 team had six.

I don't get why anyone gives him any attention. It's a ball.

They also don't work the count enough.

I've been to the trop. Went to a gun show there once.

You mean in 2027?

His numbers are better than his MVP year.

Going to be hard with Gunnar, and Westy that guy that's a better player than Gunnar, both in the same league.

The Yankees are a lot more likely to face the Dodgers or Orioles in the playoffs.

Gunnar is better and younger.

Ironically if the O's were a weaker team he'd have a better shot at making the team. There are going to be enough O's making the team that Ryan might get squeezed out by rule requiring every team to have representation.

I wasn't accusing you of anything of the sort and I agree that we have a lot of season left.

Josh Naylor does exist.

He leads AL 1B in OPS. He's clearly a better defender than Vlad. Not sure what else you want to use as criteria.

I'm not declaring anything but you have to keep in mind his numbers are up while offense is down. If you don't count his 2020 season (126 AB) this year, thus far, is a clear step up. OPS+ by season: 114/108/117/140.

So I guess the one run was enough after all? Huh. How about that?

I'll admit I was a bit annoyed when he didn't swing at that 3-0 pitch. I figured it was a mistake and that they weren't planning on giving him anything he could put that bat on.

If five doesn't hold up the loss isn't on Santander.

I was reading more than posting. Did post one song. I'd have posted two but the second was against board rules.