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Hays.

Sell low and buy high, the Oriole way!

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As I said on the 20th in the 21st game thread the rainout against the Rays could very well lead to Harvey getting bumped since Castro and Cortes needed the work and Harvey wasn't going to be going north. That is all I think it was.

So Mountcastle only need to up his walks a season to twenty. Seems doable.

That is my understanding. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/sports/baseball/alex-rodriguez-continues-fight-seeking-to-vacate-arbitrators-ruling.html

Pretty sure they have moved on to lozenges.

I don't get the grief, Davis has already set an all time record since signing the deal. What more do you want?

I meant that if they pick up their option. That is why I worded it that way. Just like folks kept wanting to trade for Markakis.

Not since Markakis has left have I seen folks so enamored with a former player that is employed by another team. I'm not going to have to read let's trade X to the Phillies for Flaherty posts all year am I?

They question is, three inning starts or real starts? If it's real starts I think it's a bad idea.

Positively Jake Foxian!

Do you think Gausman was ready when he got called up?

Except Pedro.

For me Trumbo is the biggest reason that I wish Trumbo was not on this team.

Sure, I'm down with that. I'm of fan of distrust until you can verify.

Yea, I'm not much on blind trust. And I don't think it is that likely that the two have had an extended conversation before but neither of us know so we can just speculate.

Exactly how many conversations do you think the two of them had? I'm guessing this was the first one that exceeded a minute in length. I'll agree that if this was the third or more conversation they had on the topic that escalation would be called for.

I don't know if we can trust the minor league numbers if the kids are actively being told to be aggressive and "figure out what you can't hit". Furthermore why are they telling the kids that?

KLaw's Twitter followers send him alerts when Schoop walks.

I think he would give the same advice either way.

But the kid on a TV show might be 20! I was trying to concentrate on the idea of a new addition to an established cast, not trying to make an issue of the age in question.

E! isn't the celebrity's boss. This would be more akin to the producer of a TV Sitcom going public with issues he is having with the child actor added in season six because the original kids on the show aren't cute anymore. If say the guys at the Sun wrote a piece about how Hays and Mountcastle needed to improve their plate discipline that would be fine, and much more inline with what E! does.

I don't think many of us have a problem with what was said, just that Buck went public with it.

Which is good, but do we know if they were the same quality of pitches? For instance you might have the near strike meant to induce a swing or you might have the not so close, I don't want this guy to hurt me ball. It is kinda the counterpoint to Rickard's decease in walk rate. If pitchers fear you you will walk more. If they don't fear you you will walk less. I will say that yes, Schoop did look to have a better approach both last season.