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Glad to see another poster shares my thoughts about Wells. As far as Lopez and Fujinami. The outside is exactly where they should reside.

A lot like me when I lived in SoCal. Weams was on the board then and it felt like I had my own ambassador into Baltimore baseball culture through him. He also introduced me to some cool people, including Tony, who I met in Baltimore during the 2014 season when I visited with my brother. I had followed the team since they beat the Reds in the ‘70 series and I never looked back. My guys were Brooks, Frank, JP, Paul Blair and Belanger. And of course, Earl. Brooks would be happy.

Awesomeness

Wth???

Ditto, and also for me, Fujinami.

I still think Wells could close. He looked even more comfortable last night. Yes, the Nationals, ok. But his demeanor and the stuff play up out of the pen. Outside of the last outing Cano had I’m more inclined to think Wells can strike out more hitters. Definitely glad they brought him back.

I’m continually amazed at the fascination with minor league stats. They’re good for some predictive value, but especially for pitchers, what’s the stuff like? Do they have above average velocity? Will the secondaries play at the highest level? I remember telling people Tanner Scott was going nowhere when they said he should be released. They give guys with plus velocity a lot of room. Moreover, if the other offerings are average to plus there’s something with which to work regardless of what the stats say from a particular season. Heck, they have a guy on the ML roster now who’s ERA is 7+! I’ve seen him walk the bases loaded twice! Another guy has a 6+ ERA. And this isn’t taking in more predictive stats. What’s the common theme? They both throw hard and the overall stuff is good. Now, I’m not sure either of them are ML pitchers-especially on a playoff team, but somebody sees something.

Paul Blair certainly played so shallow you had to think he was fast to turn his back and track down balls the way he did. No idea where he would rank on the list.

Because he’s awful?

Easy inning.

Please no.

Webb looks refreshed.

How dare you bring facts into the discussion!

Hicks has been far more productive than Mullins. Mullins has the edge defensively.

Yeah, he's not bad overall.

That's not happening and the the price has down. I like Cease, but he had better produce before he's considered a potential ace.

That's a good call. He has great stuff and I'm sure he'd like to out of there. A good buy low candidate, but the WSox aren't giving him away either.

Not a good AB and he's making me look bad.

No

GrayRod looking the part of an ace.

He should be flogged.

He looks ok.

Mullins can break out of it. The GS in Houston was huge. One big hit and it can change.

I would welcome it, but I don't see it happening.

As would be his inclination.