badmamajama

According to MLB's own top 200 rankings, they have him as 10. So if their comp is Schwarber, either their own rankings are pure crap or they believe Schwarber to a better player than most do.

Meh. Upside is he's a lefty power bat. And though he's not fleet of foot, it seems like he has a + glove and arm. Speed isn't a big issue if you can get a good jump and read on the ball. Downside is he's probably not gonna win a batting title and strikesout a good amount. You can't teach speed but you can plate discipline. Still was a top 10 talent on a lot of draft boards. Like I said, meh. Rather would have had Martin.

Since the Nats moved to DC in 2005, the O's average rank in attendance has been 20.7 and averaged 2.1 million fans. They have constantly beat out 8 teams in attendance (TB, KC, Mia/Fla, Pit, Cin, Clev, Oak and CWS). In the same time have beat all but 7 teams (NYY, Bos, StL, CHC, LAA, LAD and SF) in at least 1 season of attendance. The Balt. Metro area has a population of 2.8 million. This doesn't count an a city like Frederick (who is included in the DC metro area) but is an O's stronghold. Charlotte metro: 2.5 San Antonio metro: 2.5 Portland metro: 2.4 Vegas metro: 2.2 Austin metro: 2.1 Indy metro: 2.0 Nashville metro: 1.9 Memphis metro: 1.3 I say that to say this, If the O's are relocated, it'd be a crime. Constantly outdrawing (or drawing as well as) 10 other MLB teams or relocating the team to a metro area with a lesser population because of Angelos' brothers incompetent ownership or Manfred's pettiness.

All. Of . This. I give this a D and the Schoop deal a C. If the Intl $ gets them VVM it jumps to a C, if not, a F. I just feel as deep as ATL minor league system is and this was the best they could do even with the Intl $$$'s and DoD's salary.

Wait, this wasn't supposed to happen again for the rest of the season after Wednesday.