FlipTheBird

I am not a Washington football fan, either, for the record.

As a non-Ravens fan here, I like to say that the worst thing to ever happen to this team wasn’t the Nationals moving in… it was football returning to Baltimore.

I’ve heard other people make that comparison before. And Rosenthal knows the team, city, fans and park pretty well given his resume.

Giveth, taketh away.

Or from someone within the Tigers.

Meh. I know everyone’s hoping to see Hall get his velocity back but that’s only half the equation. Even when he had velocity the guy couldn’t throw strikes. I don’t see him having an impact this year.

That’s the price this year. Or really most years at the deadline. It’s perennially the worst time to buy, at least a value perspective. Just how it is.

It’s just not going to happen. Relievers don’t get the consideration. The Orioles very likely faced the future AL Cy Young leader on Friday night.

There's a very good chance by the end of the season this series won't even rate as being Top 5-10. Everything with the Jays and Rays going forward is far more important.

With everything else you've seen with our young players, you think Elias and Co. will rush him up here? It's his age 20 season, I'd bet almost anything he starts at Bowie and gets a mid-season promotion to Norfolk at best.

Holliday is a couple years away. There’s time to sort things out.

Have they shown that they're remotely incapable of paying Ohtani, anyway? Expecting the Mets to give their guys away is just people fooling themselves into thinking a pitcher like Verlander won't cost much prospect wise.

As the Mets don't seem to care about salary, it would actually behoove them to eat a lot of it themselves for a better return.

... I don't think the Yankees are remotely trying to play mind games with a rookie that hasn't pitched well already.

So you're saying if they make moves and it doesn't work, they get a free pass...but if they don't make moves and it doesn't work, it's their fault?

How you evaluate the FO at the end of the year has to be a bit more nuanced than that, though. They could have acquired Ohtani, Giolito and Robertson and still gotten swept in the first round. They could acquire no one and make a run. Or a Vice versa. There’s too much randomness factor in the playoffs to judge a front office’s moves or non-moves that way.

We are well aware that very little leaks from the O’s front office. It is likely that if a trade happens, it’ll just happen with little preamble.

While I don’t like overstating minor league numbers at any level, I do not see the logic in settling on valuing one over the other this way.

Does extending Rodriguez really make sense? He’s 30, he’s had injury troubles and he’s pitching well above his career averages. Seems like an ideal rental - ride the hot hand, then move on.

That seems equitable. If nothing else, this will probably set the bar on pricing. Let’s see where it goes.

Well at least we can put this thread to rest.

The oddsmakers and the press were reallllyy in on the trifecta of Scherzer-Verlander-Price being a major difference maker for Detroit, despite Verlander coming off one of the worst seasons of his entire career. I distinctly remember the TBS broadcast crew saying at the start of Game 1 that they still felt the Tigers were the favorites in the series, even down 1-0, because of their starting pitching. Womp.

Bringing him in for a Friday nighter against the Yanks? Perfection. Some freezing cold takes in this thread, as this has been a pretty popular ticket.

I mean in a perfect world the 8th inning guy and the 9th inning guy aren’t facing the same hitters…

Correct. The Orioles of the International League essentially existed to find young talent, cultivate it and then sell it to the professional clubs at a substantial profit.