Yardball85
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30 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:
With Urias joining, only Ryan McKenna is on the 40-man roster and not the player pool.
Kremer was added on the 15th, that was not mentioned yet in this thread.
Glad to see Diaz and Hall working out with team staff.
Now at 56 players, and I would expect Taylor Davis to be cut once Holladay and/or Wynns is demoted to the Bowie camp, as it seems unlikely that the Bowie camp requires 3 and certainly not 4 roster catchers.
I think Diaz and Kremer were the last two players (plus maybe Urias) with any possible chance of getting into a game for the Orioles in 2020 yet to join, and it would likely take multiple injuries and/or illnesses for that to happen.
The last several spots could go to guys like Kjerstad, Grayson Rodriguez, Adam Hall, and Jordan Westburg who, like DL Hall and Rutschman, have no chance of actually playing for the 2020 Orioles.
If Diaz does well during workouts at the alternate site, I see no reason to not give him at bats this season. Same with Kremer getting starts - give them a taste of MLB. I'm sure if they need to, they'll manipulate the service time issues accordingly to make it worthwhile.
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26 minutes ago, wildcard said:
Barring a waiver wire acquisition by Elias which could happen, the roster looks pretty set to me.
Starters: (5) Means, Cobb, LeBlanc, Milone, Wojo or Stewart
Pen: (11) Harvey, Givens, Bleier, Castro, Scott, Carroll, Sulser, Armstrong, Fry, Phillips, (Milone, Wojo or Stewart)
Lineup: (9) 1B: Davis, 2B: Alberto, SS: Iglesias, 3B: Ruiz, LF: Stewart, CF:Hays, RF: Santander, Ca: Severino, DH: Nunez
Bench: (5) Sisco, Andrew Velazquez, Valiaka, Wilkerson, Wynns
Urias DFA'd to make room.
Wilkerson and Wynns the most vulnerable to be replaced by call ups.
That's probably pretty close. I could see Mason Williams sneaking into a bench role over Wilkerson. I could also see someone like Hess/Eshelman/Sheppard over Phillips.
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8 hours ago, ArtVanDelay said:
I think @ChosenOne21 was agreeing with you that the more talented player is obviously more valuable. Idk, i’m as confused as anyone by this conversation. I don’t understand the fascination with terrible players who try really hard.
Brandon Fahey was a gamer! Got his uniform dirty! Hustled!
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4 minutes ago, eddie83 said:
My guess is Ryan will be up fairly soon into the season. I hope we see Diaz in September, not getting my hopes up.
When they showed interest in Puig I thought maybe Santander would be out even longer.
Same re: Santander. Hopefully Mountcastle will get a chance to show he belongs in left field, with Santander in right field. Diaz waiting in the wings, with the possibility that Mountcastle or Santander get some starts at DH.
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Just now, ScGO's said:
Dodged a bullet there
A little hyperbolic don't you think? I'm totally fine with not signing him, but one year and a max of 60 games of Puig would not have been something that required dodging. My guess is when Santander was cleared, they realized they didn't need him anymore.
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4 minutes ago, weams said:
Oh well. It was nice to think about, but doesn't really have much of an effect on anything. Hopefully Mountcastle and Diaz can get some ABs this year.
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Yes! Hopefully he can get into game shape and start in right field come July 24.
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FWIW, Puig to Braves? Makes sense with Markakis out.
Someone also said they saw him in a restaurant in Atlanta. Why can't we ever have nice things?
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FWIW...
*Narrator Voice* It was worth very, very little.
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Just now, Philip said:
Well, we’ll see, at the moment my vote is no, yours is yes, and we’ll see what happens.
Indeed. Cheers.
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1 hour ago, Philip said:
It COULD. That is, the chances are greater than zero. But it’s extremely unlikely given his past, which is the past of a talented guy with issues. But consider this: teams at the deadline who need a talented outfielder will have a plethora of choices. If I am the manager, the last person I want is someone who may decide at a random time, for a random reason, not to hustle. I want someone who always gives 100% of his 40%, and not someone who occasionally gives 40% of his hundred percent.
Right so that's the planet it could happen on. Chances are much greater than zero that someone will want to trade for Puig.
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1 minute ago, Philip said:
I think there’s no planet on which anybody who doesn’t want him now will suddenly want him at the end of August. Regarding his lack of hustle, because no one knows when he’s going to not hustle, it is dangerous to ever trust him, and they all know this and are currently acting accordingly. Top 15 Prospect? No. Not even in the best of all worlds, Which this is not
Eh, I disagree, especially with the uncertainty of COVID. If COVID knocks a team's starting outfielder out who is healthy now (or any type of injury), Puig becomes a lot more attractive. The reason he is not signing now is because no team needs him right now. That could change.
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2 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:
http://www.snacktimefantasy.com/puig-benched-for-not-hustling/
http://twinsdaily.com/blog/1281/entry-11640-should-we-be-upset-with-yasiel-puig/
There are many many more,
But, You get the idea.
Okay, so even if he isn't the best hustler or grinder out there, there's still no downside to signing him. You sign him for the 60 game season: at best, you get something for him on August 31 (maybe you can steal a top 15 prospect from someone desperate) and Diaz comes in and assumes his role. At worst, he provides some entertainment, takes at bats away from the likes of Dwight Smith and maybe DJ Stewart, and he's onto bigger and better things for 2021.
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For all his antics, Puig seems like a good guy. For whatever that's worth.
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15 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
The talk is that Smith and Santander aren’t in camp yet. Perhaps they will opt out? Who knows. And even if Smith is here, who cares if there is no playing time for him?
Stewart deserves a look but Puig doesn’t stop that. Mountcastle will find at bats at first and DH.
Zero downside you this move.
Exactly. Plus, just as a fan who plans on watching at least 50 of the gmes, this will make the summer more enjoyable. In a lost season, there's nothing wrong with that.
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1 hour ago, Moose Milligan said:
David Eckstein!
"Give me 25 David Ecksteins with their 87+ career averages and I can win the World Series," said no one ever.
Steve Pearce is a gamer. - Jim Hunter.
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As others in this thread have stated, it would make sense to add at least the following players to the 60 man roster, even if some won't play this year:
- Diaz
- Kremer
- Mullins
- McKenna
- Akin
- Mountcastle
- Urena
- Rutschmann
- Rodriguez
- Hall
(with the latter 3 being unlikely to actually play for the Orioles). If Diaz, Kremer, and Mountcastle are on the roster, it will make the 60 games a LOT more interesting and important.
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7 hours ago, OrioleDog said:
My toss-up guesses vs. the OH list:
Let's battle - who would you rather have in your system?
Opening lines:
wOBA: Kjerstad v. (4) Mountcastle
SP4: Baumler v. (8) Lowther
3B: Mayo v. (9) Gunnar
2B: Westburg v. (16/17 Hernaiz/Adam Hall)
CF: Haskin v. (19) McKenna
IF5: Servideo v. (21) Bannon
Shooting from the hip without looking at stats, but:
Kjerstad
Baumler
Gunnar
Westburg
Haskin
Bannon
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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:
But if he hadn't been on the team they only would have averaged 10.6 R/G.
Lol. He carried them to that nice 11 number!
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37 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:
I can't believe the Orioles are seriously considering Nick Gonzales at #2. This has to be a ploy to aid in their negotiations with Martin
I sure hope so. Gonzales had a monster year in a park that I believe the team averaged (AVERAGED!) 11 runs per game.
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2 minutes ago, weams said:
Thanks weams. 50 games would be weird. More off days? Playoffs starting in September? An All-Star Break?
I imagine it will be something like 5 games a week, on average, for ten weeks, from July 4 through mid to late September. Still better than nothing.
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On 5/26/2020 at 2:05 PM, Moose Milligan said:
This team needs talent. Period.
This. Thread ender.
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1 hour ago, Obando said:
Per Ben Badler’s latest Baseball America 2020-2021 J2 International top 40 prospects list, the Orioles are expected to sign a 15-year-old catcher from the Dominican named Samuel Basallo for a bonus of near $1.5M. Basallo, who turns 16 on August 13, is ranked #31 on the top 40 list. He apparently was connected with the Yankees previously, but now he’s expected to sign with the Orioles. This is great news, especially on top of the expectation that we will also sign top SS prospect Maikol Hernandez of Venezuela, who is ranked #35 on this list. The $1.5M bonus for Basallo would be by far the most we’ve given a J2 prospect, not only since Elias became GM, but possibly in the history of the Orioles. If this news doesn’t make it clear that the Orioles are a serious player in Latin America now, I don’t know what will. I am very excited to say the least!
Starting C when Rutschmann departs as a FA?
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Santander is back!
in Orioles Talk
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Excellent news.