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On 4/16/2023 at 5:01 PM, wildcard said:
2B will come open when Frazier is traded. He is on a one year contract and if they can get something in trade he is gone later this season. Ortiz, Urias, Westburg can battle it out.
Okay, devil's advocate here, but this is a serious question, not just taking exception during this transition from tanking to contending.
So, what if the team is humming along, and we're looking like a serious playoff contender? If we're out of the hunt, trading vets for prospects is a no-brainer, but if Frazier is a contributing part of a winning team, do you eject him, and bring up a prospect who 'might' deliver similar value in his role?
Or, reading your post, do you not think we'll be in contention and can afford to jettison vets like Frazier, and let the kids play?
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On 4/14/2023 at 11:05 AM, HandsomeQuack said:
I don't quite understand the hype on Volpe. He slashed .249/.342/.460 across double- and triple-A (mostly the former) last year. I'm sure he's a great prospect but those numbers don't scream MLB-ready top 10 prospect to me.
But, but, but Jeter! Yankees!
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1 hour ago, Frobby said:
I thought Bradish was super impressive tonight, even though only facing the Nats. He really reminds me of vintage Tillman.
Loved me some Chris Tillman, but could never quite understand how he was successful. At the peak of his powers, I was living in San Diego, would go to Padres games, and wonder the same thing about the tall guy, Chris Young. Only conclusion I could draw, between the two of them, was the high fastball, not at an overwhelming velocity, but consistently at an elevation that it looked enticing to a hitter. Bradish, on the other hand, seems to be able to access premium velocity, and several of the breaking balls in this game were impressive as hell. Bradish tonight moved my smile-o-meter in a positive direction. Yes, Nats, blah blah blah, but if you can't do it against them......
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8 hours ago, Sports Guy said:
They took Cowser because he was cheaper and they wanted money for later. That’s it. That’s the reason. No chance they had Cowser rated the better player with all things equal.
Sooooooo easy to say. And that's my point. I'd love to be able to see some documentation / video / reports, whatever, that reveals whatever the real truth is. You might be guided by the wisdom of Occam's razor and be 100% right. But, I suspect the complete calculus runs deeper, and just like I'd like to know the truth about JFK, and why Susie Hill dumped me in high school, I'd like to know the behind-the-scenes here.
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This is one of the times I wish there was video of the decision making process we could review some day. I'd love to know what they saw / knew / thought about Lawler to pass over him. Or was it they really were super wake-and-bake high on Cowser, and if so, why?
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3 hours ago, Frobby said:
I think with Cano it’s going to be all about command. The stuff is good, as @Tony-OHdescribed. He kind of slings the ball in a way that makes me think he’ll have days where he can’t find the plate. He had a 4.4 BB/9 rate in the minors. That’s not awful for a reliever, but it suggests he’ll have his off days.
THIS. If he loses his release point, I think he'll be walk-city. He appears, in the SSS I've seen him, to have a very wide range of possible outcomes. We can dream he's harnessing that wickedness..... it's been fun to watch.
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49 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:
Big, looks similar, came out of nowhere.
I'm assuming.
This, and the way batters react to the movement on his pitches.
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Watching Cano, I get a really weird César Valdez vibe, except the ball travels at mucho elevated velocity. Kind of gives me Stan "full pack" vibes, but dammmmmm, he's been nails. Please, baseball gods, we've been good, we've been patient, we pay our taxes, and respect women. We deserve nice things.
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1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:
We’re only laughing at ourselves. We gave away someone with that pitch. How many other teams do that?
This mortally flogged equine continues to receive blows and lashes?
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3 hours ago, Fuzzball22 said:
Really bad outfield play the first 2 games.
Cedric Mullins in each game, tough plays, but he should have had them both. And WTF with Hayes on the ground rule double that bounced behind him?
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F'ing devastating way to lose a won game. Getting a karma-is-a-bitch vibe from last year, Hendricks of ChiSox and Stowers, blah.
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6 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
His progress may be the most exciting story of the offseason. He should shoot up the rankings if he keeps this up in AA. Big question to me is defense. He clearly can hit and hit for big time power. Who would you rather have right now, Cowser or Kjerstad?
Both, please.
Looking at the roster and getting a strong "San-tan-der is / should be the odd man out" vibe, depending on what we could get for him in a trade.
Hays, as a 4th outfielder / Merv Rettenmund '69-'71 type role, opens spots for both of them. McKenna is Norfolk filler waiting to be needed. e tu, Stowers?
Man, it's nice to be talking about these "issues."
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Probably would have gone with MM if he was healthy, but HK it is. At the time, I thought AM was a lock for the pick. I'm glad M.E. is running the show and not ME.
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52 minutes ago, waroriole said:
DL Hall. He has the same ability to leap up the charts as Gunnar. The talent and arm is all there. It’s just a matter of refining his command.
This is an excellent point. If DL can establish himself in the rotation, and GRod meets expectations, 40% of our rotation just became "pillars". And these two are replacing the #4 and #5 guys. I think this would be a huge development in our outlook for '23 and beyond.
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8 minutes ago, DocJJ said:
I saw that he ranked 590 out of 594 pitchers in 4 seam fastball success. Opponents hit .321 against it with a whopping slugging percentage. Speed was fine- close to 96 MPH average. Experts say the pitch is too straight. It get hit a ton because it doesn't have velocity. Can anyone work with him on changing his grip or something to give it more movement or sink or something?
Tony did an excellent breakdown of this very subject. I've never linked to another thread, but its here somewhere.
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That is very cool!
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1 hour ago, ThomasTomasz said:
Also, the Twins made an offer on a deal close to $300m based on the medical knowledge they had with him on the team for a year. Either way, this is odd.
I agree. Way weird.
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3 hours ago, Frobby said:
I would grade it incomplete. There’s no way to grade an offseason on 12/15 unless you assume that’s all the moves the team will make.
Rational brain has no ability to dispute or disagree with this.
Fan Brain is short circuiting and freaking at low voltage.
Free agency is the one area to add players that can make a difference. (if you have payroll space, which we "do", air quotes)
With a free agent of some repute for a position, the prospects in line for that position can be traded for upgrades elsewhere.
I'm having the same queasy feeling as when Jimenez was pitching and Britton was sitting.......
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1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:
That really is the kind of contract a young, up and coming team that needs to make a splash for a #1 would want to make. But what do I know.
Jon Lester / Cubs.
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This kid is going to be very easy to root for.
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On 10/10/2022 at 7:32 AM, Frobby said:
My gut instinct is that Goldy’s better offensive numbers will win out
Winner.
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Is Gunnar Henderson the greatest Orioles prospect since they moved to Camden Yards?
Not sure. Manny was a great, hyped prospect, as was the Switch Hitting Lesser Deity.
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What's fun is that GR will be replacing our #5 starter, which means 20% of our games go from being fringe guy to potential top of rotation guy. Any starter we sign (dream on Verlander deGrom et al, but whomever) then replaces #4. Now 40% of our games have mucho dramatically improved starting pitchers. This trickles down... longer quality starter outings and less early exits trickle down to fresher bullpen arms. The starter arms Hunger Gamed out of the rotation become bullpen options, etc.
Add DL Hall to the potential rotation calculus, and we might just have a recipe to piss off yankee fans for the next decade.
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Be still my beating heart.
Watching him late last year, he just looked like, well, he belonged. It was interesting to compare / contrast him and Stowers, Kyle had his moments, but there is just an "it" factor that Gunnar has that you can dream on.
(AR has it also, but just seemed more, well, expected)
Thx, Tony for your work in putting together these rankings / evaluations. Much appreciated.
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The 2023 Bullpen Thread
in Orioles Talk
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I'm hoping it didn't strike midnight for Perez. He's simply not the same guy as last year. Concerning.