Yardball85
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18 minutes ago, owknows said:
Which is (as we have previously established) inversely proportional to OBP.
LOL - this is true
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36 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
How about we try a method of just acquiring good players and not worry about trying to find someone that we can fix?
A simple, yet innovative solution! (One I have been clamoring for all offseason)
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1 minute ago, waroriole said:
You’d think at some point Roch would be embarrassed of his reporting but he seems to have no dignity.
If the Orioles traded Santander for a 25 year old Single A reliever, Roch would find a way to defend the Orioles.
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7 minutes ago, LTO's said:
Astros just traded for Bligh Madriss and added him to their 40 man. Doesn't mean he's making the team and this doesn't mean O'hearn is either.
True, but Roch did mention O'Hearn as a solution to the Orioles need for a lefty first baseman, as if this move accomplished that. Fair to think the Warehouse tells him to try and peddle these moves to try to sell them to Orioles fans.
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12 minutes ago, Ripken said:
I was not serious. 2/33 would have been good with me.
Good.
So much for actually taking the offseason to improve the team.
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8 minutes ago, Ripken said:
He wanted two years though. That's way too long.
Not sure if you are joking or not (sometimes I am like Sheldon Cooper with my sarcasm meter), but two years for Josh Bell, who is 30 years old and has played in at least 140 games every year since his rookie season, is not too long.
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6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Two years and 33 million.
But the payroll is essentially zero. They can afford to sign better players instead of taking "fliers" on players who might figure it out in the big leagues (Cordero/O'Hearn) or have not had success for years (Mazara).
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5 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Career splits:
vs RHP 907PA .716 OPS
vs LHP 164PA .501 OPS
Platoon bat. No shift. LH power plays up in OPACY.
Should've just signed Josh Bell, a better player.
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7 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Dom Smith wanted everyday ABs. Same with Hosmer. O’Hearn was available for cash. I’d like to see us double down and make the same exact trade with the Braves to bring back Lewyn Diaz. Let Diaz and O’Hearn battle it out in ST.
I think I'd prefer giving these at bats to Franchy at this point.
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1 minute ago, owknows said:
Not a ton of MLB AB's
Career .849 OPS MiLB
Masher HR numbers
Has an option left
No solid 1B option at Norfolk
Seems like a reasonable flyer.
As a Nevin replacement, sure. As a player to actually make an impact this year, no.
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6 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Fits not fills. I am a little puzzled why we didn’t just make a small trade(cash considerations) with the brave for Lewyn Diaz. I think he is similar to Mateo, and Urias, as a toolsy guy that just needs ABs. I think those ABs could’ve came in ST and maybe some time in AAA.
Why can't they just... try to get better players? Dom Smith just signed for the Nats for one year 2M. Even that would have been better than this. The cheapness is absurd.
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What a joke. This better not be all they do to satisfy the need for a lefty first base back up. Though the way Roch is talking it up, it appears that it just mighjt be.
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20 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
We do have one spot to fill that us currently filled by Vavra. It would be nice to have a another OF bat. I assume Gunnar is the backup 1B as of now. The lineup as of now,
1. Mullins L CF
2. Adley S C
3. Gunnar L 3B
4. Santander S DH
5. Mountcastle R DH
6. Stowers L RF
7. Hays R LF
8. Frazier L 2B
9. Mateo R SS
Urias, McKenna, McCann, Vavra
I’ve been thinking that Tommy Pham or one of the remaining 1B/DH types are a good fit. Profar probably wants everyday ABs, and I don’t think we’d give him the money he wants.
Not that this is wrong (in fact i agree iwth it, except I don't think Pham plays first?), but it is absurd for Urias to be on the bench. The only thing that makes sense is trading him or Mateo.
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Just now, Yardball85 said:
Agreed - there is no reason Urias or Mateo, who both put up solid WAR last year, should be on the bench. That is why the Frazier move made even less sense - if they can get a decent SP for Urias or Mateo, it makes the Frazier signing... a little less bad.
Changing solid to "good." 3.6 for Urias and 3.4 to Mateo.
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12 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:
The trade Market should be picking up now that the holidays are over and the infield FA market is thin. I have to think that we signed Frazier so that we could deal Urias or Mateo.
Agreed - there is no reason Urias or Mateo, who both put up solid WAR last year, should be on the bench. That is why the Frazier move made even less sense - if they can get a decent SP for Urias or Mateo, it makes the Frazier signing... a little less bad.
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13 hours ago, Sports Guy said:
Well if they don’t want to trade ML pieces and Miami doesn’t want prospects, you bring in a 3rd team.
That said, Mountcastle could be different because he can be replaced on the roster and they could still sign Hosmer if they want as well.
Yes, lots of options. Let's hope the Orioles are creative and open enough to make something work with Miami
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7 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
Mountcastle makes a lot of sense. Probably have players we could put at first. Mountcastle and Mateo to Miami would be a good start.
But the Orioles supposedly do not want to trade major league players, or add position players via free agency that could help. So it seems their bizarre strategy this offseason and stubbornness may preclude a realistic trade with the Fish.
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18 hours ago, Camden Yards said:
For the Orioles to make the playoffs we are going to need a few of the starters to outperform these predictions. Even if we have a great bullpen, we need to probably get to the 15-20 range. How accurate are these projections usually?
Sounds about right. It is fair to assume that the starters (Voth, Kremer specifically) overachieved last year, and the Orioles did not do anything to improve the rotation.
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4 minutes ago, waroriole said:
I think most people don’t trust Hyder to sit the veteran who sucks, like with Odor last year. My concern is he’ll cost Stowers ABs.
A very legitimate concern. Would love to see Stowers get the RF job and move Santander for a starting pitcher.
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10 minutes ago, RZNJ said:
If Elias trades for a pitcher that is in Eovaldi and Bassitt's class and possibly uses Mateo or Urias in the deal, would that make sense to you?
Sure, it would make the signing of Frazier, instead of putting that money towards an Eovaldi or Bassitt, make more sense. Let's see if that happens.
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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:
It should have said sliding that 8 million toward a pitcher who's pretty good instead.
Would have been nice to put that money towards an Eovaldi or Bassitt. But for some reason, the Orioles were unable to sign players at a position of need and, instead, spent $8M on their fourth second baseman.
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1 minute ago, owknows said:
It's not out of the realm of possibility that Frazier could add 2 WAR to this club.
The question is whether the 2 WAR he adds could not have been added by some combination of Vavra, Westburg, Mateo, Urias, and Ortiz, and at the same time contributed to their development without costing the team ANYTHING.
We get it. You want the Orioles payroll to be as close to $0 as possible to the Angeloses can keep all the money.
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Update - he is owning it now. Good man.
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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:
Yeah because that’s what a hacker would do. I’m sure whoever hacked his Twitter 10 years ago had a grudge against Angelos.
This is a great way to end the year. New guy in a senior level position hates his boss (welcome to the club) and the Orioles look like the incompetent boobs they are.
Yup. Just own it. Say you were a young and passionate fan back then and it was 12 years ago if you are trying to save face. No need to make a bold face lie in your first (second?) day on the job.
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Orioles acquire Ryan O’Hearn
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Not that I wanted Hosmer, but he would have been preferable to O'Hearn.