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1- If he's actually a #2 it won't be long until he's out of the O's price range. 2A- Archer signed a 6 year $25.5 million extension with Tampa Bay and they flipped him for Meadows, Glasnow and Baz. 2B- Shields signed a 4 year $11.25 million extension (3 option years) with Tampa Bay and they flipped him for Myers, Odorizzi, Montgomery, and Leonard.

1- Yea, if you don't have the guts to take the risk and extend him early then you either flip him or non-tender him. If you wait until he "proves" himself you end up paying full retail anyway. Most of the risk and none of the reward. 2- You have been watching the Rays right? You have seen what they are getting back for their already signed pitchers? If you can lock a pitcher into a below market deal it absolutely increases their trade value. Of course that is predicated on your experts agreeing with Szymborski.

1- Would cost control his arbitration years 2- Could make him a more attractive trade piece. Ideally you would make any potential free agent years options. Offer him 4 years at X with team options on years Y and Y+1. If you do think he's a #2 going forward then it's probably a smart decision to make even if you don't want him past six years.

Not for the Rays.

Then trade him anyway?

360P baby!

You would have to remove those removed due to ineffectiveness.

Afraid of lawsuits.

I think it's a lot easier to find a couple solid guys who can get through six pretty often then it is to find four of them.

The key is to be peerless.

I'll make the argument that he is. I don't think anyone has been this bad for this long and kept his job. Folks said that Ryan Howard would be a comp for a Davis deal gone bad...Howard at least still hit a bit during his decline.

Grayson.

Few changeups are thrown lefty-lefty.

Yep. I have also been an advocate. It is a natural progression.

By better I mean more valuable given commonly accepted metrics.

I'd like better players, advantage Stewart.

Certainly won't be getting the Blue Jays radio feed.

2019- Nope 2018- Nope 2017- Nope 2016- Nope 2015- Nope 2014- Nope 2013- Bingo, 667 for Machado. The last time an Oriole hitter had 660 at bats was 2013.

Murph cares and isn't that enough? To me it would just be doing your due diligence as a professional. "Hey Don, Davis mentioned a visible change in his mechanics, care to shed a little light on that?" He is still part of the team and I don't think the reporters should go out of their way to avoid questions that the coaches might not want to talk about.

I mean originally why did he pick up switch hitting? If you can bash lefty on lefty why wouldn't you just do that?

But he had a triple batting lefty on lefty in the game the other day. That's clear evidence that he can do it.

If he could hit left handed pitching while batting left handed why would he have ever bothered to switch hit?

Sure hurt him to play that game in the outfield against the Red Sox.

I don't know. I'd think at least some reporters for some outlets are down there even if say MASN wasn't willing to spring for a ticket.

Obviously his .600 batting average on bunt attempts in 2020 is sustainable over 600 at bats and 200 bunt attempts.