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Dang! RM admiring his shot.

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Hey! Hard hit ball.

Good piece of hitting by Mancini.

I don’t put Sale in the lesser category.

That was a CH, so he was either looking for it or he showed great balance. Hard to look off speed vs Sale.

What a swing!

Yes, three months too late for Santander.

Uh, yes. So, do the right thing and don’t let that happen.

Helluva play by Xander.

Zimmerman looked ok for first one back.

Good baseball mind and the young guys like him..

I hope to hell they’re grooming him.

Buck Britton with the insights on Gunnar and “Westie”.

Because the pitchers will benefit from him catching instead of someone else.

Mullins not gonna be taken in again by the sidearm bender. Bad result....

Jones battling, and then not.

Nah. I hear the money is good.

Eh, yes. Let’s see if he can repeat it first before sending him off to the hall.

Good catch. The injuries are a concern.

Bump....seemed a better place for this than the thread about J Harrison. Another poster stated Mancini and Santander aren’t blocking anyone and he’s right in the respect that Mountcastle IS the guy at 1B. I don’t see where either of them fit. Trade up. Second base is more difficult. I’d give Mateo a shot, but I’m not convinced he’s anything more than a reserve even with all the tools. Vavra? Let’s see it. Jones? No thanks. Question-Why not Correa if you’re willing to go big w/ Bryant? Don’t misunderstand, I like the idea of Bryant, but how about both being options? I don’t mean acquiring both, but lay out a big number to either or someone else. And Seager is fine, too. J Baez would destroy Camden Yards with bombs, but his approach drives me nuts. Semien could be a steal. Is A Simmons a reasonable stop gap? Tail end, but can still pick it. Bryant has the versatility to play the OF, but if they nabbed CC they could slide him to 3B in the future depending on decline at the position or if one of Gunnar or Westburg stock at SS. Failing a big name at SS, I like DeJong, but wouldn’t be adverse to Didi either. As you say, down year, but has been a solid bat for his career. The defense will get worse, but he’s serviceable for now. Many ways to go about it.

So, RM-yes. Another poster stated Mancini and Santander aren’t blocking anyone and he’s right in the respect that Mountcastle IS the guy at 1B. Second base is more difficult. I’d give Mateo a shot, but I’m not convinced he’s anything more than a reserve even with all the tools. Vavra? Let’s see it. Jones? No thanks. Question-Why not Correa if you’re willing to go big w/ Bryant? Don’t misunderstand, I like the idea of Bryant, but how about both being options? I don’t mean acquiring both, but lay out a big number to either or someone else. And Seager is fine, too. J Baez would destroy Camden Yards with bombs, but his approach drives me nuts. Semien could be a steal. Is A Simmons a reasonable stop gap? Tail end, but can still pick it. Bryant has the versatility to play the OF, but if they nabbed CC they could slide him to 3B in the future depending on decline at the position or if one of Gunnar or Westburg stock at SS. Failing a big name at SS, I like DeJong, but wouldn’t be adverse to Didi either. As you say, down year, but has been a solid bat for his career. The defense will get worse, but he’s serviceable for now. Many ways to go about it, yes.

Mateo has two, possibly three ML tools up to as many as four. Martin? Not sure he has any.

Possibly....but on this team he’s redundant. The arrival of RM has made it so. I think Mancini could provide some value, but I don’t want the Orioles to be the one which finds out he’s not worth it.