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    MLB Offseason Moves/Rumor Thread

    in Orioles Talk

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    13 hours ago, emmett16 said:

    Terrible take.  99% of players that get paid feel an overwhelming stress and anxiety of living up to the payment and work even harder to prove that they are worth it. 

    Source?  Trust me bro or Just think about it?

    Competitive Window- 24' roster

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    Clearly we have blast off and have opened the competitive window

    Thinking about the roster make up one year from now as we build upon the success of this season.

    Infield-best depth

    Mountcastle/ options in house are ok-Santander/O'hearn/etc-can Mayo or Kjerstad force their way?

    Westburg for me at 2nd Base

    Henderson at 3rd

    Holliday at SS-next August

    Ortiz is the back up MIF

    I like the idea of a vet infielder and would be ok with Frasier coming back.  Norby for me is depth or a trade chip

    Catching

    AD

    McCann -comes back-buys time to see how Basallo progresses - decision needed by 2025

    Outfield-

    I think this is a spot to add a free agent/trade

    Hays/Mullins/Santander all return

    Can a prospect take a spot?  Lots of options but so far no one has knocked the door down-maybe it happens over the next year.

    Mayo/Kjerstad/Cowser/Stowers/Tavera/Fabian/Haskin- lots of options.  Would love to see a trade or a signing

    Pitching

    A few aces (maybe) and a lot of mid rotation guys in free agency.

    Hall/Povich/Mcdermott -not sure they step up in the next 12 months for the 24' playoff push

    2023 season certainly opened our competitive window and the guys are getting battle tested.  However it ends we had great opportunity to evaluate our system.  Now we need to step on the gas pedal to push us to the next level- 

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    Hicks activated, Cowser optioned

    in Orioles Talk

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    It's the right move for this team at this time.

    Even heading into next year these prospects are going to need to kick the door down and force their way into the lineup.  

    Mullins/Hays/Santander all return in 24'.  

    Cowser didn't force the issue and struggled to make the jump.

    Stowers/McKenna/Vavra/Kjerstad -maybe one steps. up

    With our infield having plenty to sort through I feel like the outfield is a place we should upgrade heading in 24' via free agency (tough) or trade.

    Kolozsvary out, Ortiz back

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    I envision the long term goal would (maybe next summer- 14 months or -maybe spring 25')

    Ortiz 2nd

    Holliday SS

    Henderson 3rd

    I would like to see Ortiz get more and more reps at second this year 

    So far this year

    Games by Position: 2B (4) 3B (3) SS (3)

    While I appreciate the value veterans bring- we can't expect to play all the rookies at once if we are competing year after year.  Getting Gunner and Ortiz up to speed this year would be huge.  I wish we could do the same with a Cowser/Westburg but that's a different thread.

    Next summer you hope you add a Holliday (might be a stretch) 

     

     

     

     

     

    How big is Gunnar?

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    My son is a prep player and has been invited to various summer ball events (PBR/PG) Scouting Events (ECP/Area Codes) as well as direct meetings with MLB scouts/teams

    There is not a standard measuring approach.

    Some tell him they use his on-field size with spikes on and others make him wear only socks, some are just stated so every kid is an inch or two taller and weigh more.

     

     

    Eve Rosenbaum on the evolution of the Orioles’ hitting program

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    This echoes a lot of what you see in the baseball development world at the you/high school/ collegiate levels.

    Pitching side- everyone has a velocity program and velocity in prep/collegiate baseball is higher then ever.  Command of multiple pitches is the hardest component.

    Every one wants the barrel to ball skill as the exit velocity can be attacked in the kitchen, weight room and rotational training, especially with over weight/under weight training. 

    As a point of reference- Gunnar Henderson's exit velocity topped out at 93 mph 12 months before he has drafted.  

    https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=460812

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    Wins Above Average, by position

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    I feel like this is why we need to continue to demonstrate patience in 23'.

    We need another year to determine who are impact players in our system and who are the role players.

    It would only make sense to sign or trade for impact players at this stage in the rebuild.  I do not feel like we should cash in our pipeline chips yet- I feel like we need another year on many of these guys to see what they can become.

    Signing better role players might block guys in the minors-especially in the outfield.

    If we can acquire impacts players then by all means do that- 1-3 SP or 1-4 hitter- regardless of position then sure.  But does a Mancini type signing really help us win in the new window.

    Position Players for the Competitive Window?

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    While 22' is certainly more competitive, we are not competing for the playoffs.

    2023 is likely be another step but my guess is our competitive window is 24-28'

    Who is still around, who should be dealt, what do we look like?

    Catcher- should be set

    1st-Mountcastle- turned 25 in 22'.  27-30- should be in his prime

    2nd- Vavra?  Move over one of the SS?  Too early to tell on Norby and Prieto looks good early.

    SS- Could be solved in the farm system- Henderson, Westburg- 

    3rd-Likley to solved by one of the players above if they can't stick at SS, or Mayo.

    Outfield- do Cowser, Stowers, Kjerstad- all make it??  Diaz.  Hayes will be 29 in the summer of 24'.

    Mullins, Santander- too old, too costly for that window?

    Arms- hardest part to tackle- pitching prospect are fragile.

    I feel like arms and infielders should be the focus on the draft, trades and free agency in the two years leading up the window.  Outfield has the greatest potential to be solved from what we have now.  

    Does that lead us to Jackson Holliday- a High School SS- do we go with Brooks Lee a College SS?  Avoid the OFs due to our depth?

    Arms and Infielders

    Next year's SS Free Agents

    Shortstop: Tim Anderson (club option), Elvis Andrus (player option), Xander Bogaerts (opt-out), Carlos Correa (opt-out), Didi Gregorius, José Iglesias, Andrelton Simmons, Dansby Swanson, Trea Turner, Jonathan Villar

     

     

     

     

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    They asked Mancini and Santander to defer money

    in Orioles Talk

    Posted

    Maybe the reason is more business minded then dire.

    These are one year deals.

    The team knows revenue at the Yard will be down and the product they are putting own on a major league level will be low quality.

    So for this year they defer until revenues rebound.  

    The Davis deal is the 'big lump" that many other rebuilding franchises didn't have to carry- to this amount.

    I am hopeful this is more business minded creative thinking then a sign things are so rough.

     

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