FlipTheBird

I’d have to mull on it, but it’s definitely fair market value. That we as fans kind of “know” it’s for 1.5 years of Burnes and that’s it (as it’d be an incredible surprise if they even tried to extend him) dampens it a little.

I’d have to mull on it, but it’s definitely fair market value. That we as fans kind of “know” it’s for 1.5 years of Burnes and that’s it (as it’d be an incredible surprise if they even tried to extend him) dampens it a little.

I’d have to mull on it, but it’s definitely fair market value. That we as fans kind of “know” it’s for 1.5 years of Burnes and that’s it (as it’d be an incredible surprise if they even tried to extend him) dampens it a little.

I don’t believe RT meant to say “New Jersey” so much as “new jersey.” As in a different set of laundry to root for, as the approach the John Angelos Orioles are taking probably isn’t going to be one you’re happy with.

Huh? He’s 18, in A ball and putting together a promising but not earth shattering year. This is a guy that’s years out on every level. And that’s ok.

That’s because a lot of posters here are incredibly fickle and need to take a breath sometimes. Irvin certainly isn’t a guy we’re going to rely on to start in October, assuming the O’s stay on course for such things. But tonight he had a solid start. He looked far sharper than Sunday, when he gave up 1 over 5IP but labored dramatically in doing so. If the lone complaint is “he made one bad pitch across the whole start but fortunately Mullins caught the ball,” then everyone here just needs to relax, say good work Cole, and move on to the next appearance.

What is a certified 1 or 2? I just want to get a grasp of how you’re qualifying it. Comparable names, maybe?

He’s 100% not pitching tomorrow. Cano didn’t throw a lot, though, and obviously didn’t have to pitch in Thursday’s massacre. I imagine he’s “closer” tomorrow if needed.

But with 15 other buyers, there’s a lot of guys available. To outbid, the O’s may indeed have to dip into some of the prospects that are more prized here.

If you’re not trading anyone except for a certified guaranteed controllable ace then you might as well give the front office a holiday. That player isn’t available from anyone.

Ortiz is, I was more addressing the many other names I’ve seen thrown around that are being pulled from the “players posters don’t like as much as flashier prospects” list.

If the bullpen was a little more stable I’d suggest going to a 6-man rotation for a little while to help manage innings… but that does not seem likely.

I would agree that Mayo’s stock has risen to the point where you’d ideally only include him if we were getting a controllable piece in return. Thus far the only name I’ve read about in most of these trade threads that would qualify there is Dylan Cease, and I don’t even think there’s been much word that he’s actually available. More just speculation seeing as the White Sox are a bit of a quagmire right now.

The purge of 2018 was an abysmal failure in large part because the people orchestrating it on the Orioles side had conflicting objectives (cutting salary became too important), and because they waited too long on some guys (Machado) which drove prices down. The earlier stuff? Just poor organizational management. It’s how they wound up stinking for a decade and a half. Mike Elias will certainly try to get the best deal possible, but you don’t get controllable top-tier talent for spare parts. And rentals can come at increased cost now, too, simply because the expanded playoffs create more buyers.

There are a lot of folks here who only want to trade guys that, due to the organization’s current depth, are sometimes viewed as “second-tier.” It’s an emotional decision, I get it. But I agree with you - to land top line talent they’ll have trade more than “second-tier” young players. There’s a lot of attachment to prospects, despite the fact that many won’t develop into more than league average players, if that. Still a gamble. Who’d have thought that, among the *position players* in the team’s system circa 10 years ago… the guy performing at the highest level right now would be Christian Walker?

That’s baseball sometimes. You’re not going to strike everyone out. We know what Irvin’s capable of and what he’s not. If he can find his rhythm and even pitch to last year’s standards it’d be a boon at this point.

Reports saying it’s something with his hamstring… could go either way. That’d be a tough break for the Cards, as Montgomery was on a bit of a heater and his price tag was definitely rising.

There is no auto-runner in the postseason, you are correct.

For fans. The Oriole players very likely have no strong feelings about the Yankees, other than seeing them as another opponent.

To be fair, Home Run Report on Twitter says it would have gotten out of 22 parks, including Camden.

There is absolutely no logic to any of your assertions here, it’s all emotional.

And he paused because he was devastated he just missed it (and he knew it). He did not mean to scare, haha.

This stadium, man, they all play. I’ve hit balls in co-Rec softball that would get out there. It’s wild.

Need the arms. Zimmerman latest victim. The thread’s obsession with the kid’s hair and nose ring is…odd.

If we didn’t play so many “close games,” Hyde probably would use Cano down 1. But give that the O’s oh-so-rarely bury the other team, Hyde is forced to spread innings around so he doesn’t kill his guys. He didn’t run Vespi out there just to get work. He did it because he’s got 5 more games to play this week with no day off and he’s got to find some sort of balance in that.