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54 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Sure, Seattle has over 160 confirmed cases.
But why should that interfere with the report on the Red Sox cheating?
Shouldn't MLB be able to do more than one thing at a time?
It shouldn't.
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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:
I'm not saying the Coronavirus isn't important but why should it delay the announcement of the Red Sox punishment?
Just seems like they keep looking for reasons.
Any coronavirus cases in a MLB city yet?
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9 hours ago, SteveA said:
What does "karaoke" mean in reference to an outfielder? Hollander says that Mullins chases a fly ball back towards the track, karaokes, and comes up with it.
Hollander is easily my least favorite of the new additions to the broadcast team.
I assume he meant Carioca. It’s a strength drill that most athletes do as part of a warmup
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34 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:
I may have liked The Iowa Baseball Confederacy better than Shoeless Joe. But it's been 20+ years since I read either. Maybe 30. Something about a 6,000 inning game that lasted for months though epic storms and supernatural events.
Me too
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8 hours ago, Philip said:
I think it is increasingly likely that Mancini is going to be traded, and Mountcastle will replace him.
it would solve too many problems and cause none that would be considered significant at the moment. The only question is, what does Texas have to offer that we really want?
International money?
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On 2/29/2020 at 8:48 PM, Can_of_corn said:
Why is one ok but not the other?
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FYI - they listed Hays and Mountcastle in the Top 20 Rookies article in the section: Ten More Rookies To Know.
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22 minutes ago, Frobby said:
It’s tough to comment on defense without seeing the games.
Velasquez has made a couple of nice plays at short, not sure if he is consistent or not on routine plays though.
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8 hours ago, LA2 said:
I agree--I remember consistently feeling in close games that season that, if we can get to Trumbo's turn in the lineup with men on base, we had a good chance. I just looked up his clutch and RISP stats and they largely bear that out. There was also the curiosity of him having extreme reverse-platoon splits that season: he was a terror vs. RHP (.932 OPS), i.e. in the preponderence of his at-bats.
Trumbo had great opening and closing months of the 2016 season and it was his two-run homer that kept us in the wild card game until Buck's eternally mystic decision in the 11th inning. Personality-wise, he and Adam were a curious study in contrast of leadership style; I think they somehow managed to complement each other. If you look at the roster, in fact, one could say that team had a lot of unit leaders (Britton, Wieters, Hardy) and more balance than we give it credit for. It also had the unforgettable Hyun Soo Kim: .302/.382/.420/.801 (116 OPS+).
There wouldn’t have been extra inning playoffs without his bat either
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21 hours ago, Frobby said:
Has anyone seen the rest of BA’s top 30 for us? I’m trying to put together a spreadsheet of all the various top 30 lists for the O’s. I don’t have BP’s list either.
11 Kramer
12 Lowther
13 Hall
14 Wells
15 Rom
16 Zimmerman
17 McKenna
18 Stowers
19 watson
20 Sedlock
21 Fenter
22 Knight
23 Hanifee
24 Greiner
25 Hernaiz
26 Pop
27 Tate
28 Urias
29 McCoy
30 Bannon
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16 hours ago, OrioleDog said:
As a Baltimore City College HS grad now in Arlington with a Nats fan wife and a 4-year old who was counting balls and strikes last World Series that I'm not yet sure how he's going to turn out, I do feel a keen sense of gratitude and appreciation for those in the DC Metro area who grew up with and have stuck with the O's.
I can't place specific memories before my Age-6 season, and hope 2 years is enough for Adley etc. to outgrow Scherzer/Strasburg for those key formative years, plus I can't even help myself but to like "Enormous Problem in this Area" Juan Soto a little bit too. He just looks too much like Eddie in the box (as does Adley) for the banked childhood affinities in my reptile brain to really resist.
So thanks Eve, and....do a good job, do a good job, do a good job.
My kid didn’t even know DC had a team until he was 7 or 8. He thought people were wearing Walgreens hats
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One other thing he did on an ongoing basis was replace people with negative WAR for someone slightly better. The back of the roster was constantly being improved.
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7 minutes ago, weams said:
That fits with my perception.
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1 hour ago, weams said:
Like it or not here it comes. Maybe those 800 fans can stage a fourth inning walkout to express their outrage.
Oriole Park would be empty
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5 hours ago, jamalshw said:
Baseball still has much more variety than any other sport. No other sport has varying distances in its field of play. That in itself provides some variety.
I'm onboard with a universal DH, but I wonder if it opens the door for more playing time for no-hit SS or C types. I also wonder if/when a team will use the DH to replace said light hitting defensive whiz rather than the pitcher (when, say, Ohtani or Bumgarner are on the mound).
The universal DH could also open the door to more two-way players. While you don't have pitchers hitting as frequently. You have more opportunities to use a pitcher at the plate without the threat of using him in the field, too.
In MLB the DH has to be used for a pitcher.
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7 hours ago, weams said:
That’s too bad. The real question is does that mean no AL/NL?
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
The 2013-2016 Orioles were not an attractive landing spot for free agent pitching or Dexter Fowler.
I had blocked Fowler from mind somehow
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10 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
Aside from the players that wouldn't even consider the team.
We’re there any from 2013-2016? Not given you a hard time, just don’t remember any. I think sucking is why most people don’t want to play for the Orioles.
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2 hours ago, atomic said:
Yeah anyone can play a lot of positions badly. You could put Chris Davis at Shortstop if you wanted for example. And Beckham is even worse at Third than at Shortstop. His high strike out rate and his low OBP make him very un-fun player to watch. Add that to his upcoming suspension and he might be an even worse hitter if he stops taking PEDs.
I don't see the need to bring Beckham even on a minor league deal. It is like rubbing salt into our wounds. If you are going to get someone awful at least have someone who we haven't seen before.
Like Steve Wilkerson?
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6 hours ago, Philip said:
His defense is awful. There’s a reason he’s bounced around so much even though he was a 1-1 pick.
no thanks.
Steve Wilkerson isn’t exactly Ozzie Smith out there
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8 hours ago, Sir_Loin said:
According to Roch who quoted multiple sources, the O's have interest in Beckham for a MiLB deal.
I had been think that he was a good fit, but didn’t feel like braving the reaction
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23 minutes ago, tntoriole said:
130.4 WAR to Jeter’s 72. 8 batting titles. First induction class in Hall of Fame.
#1 and #2 seem really clear cut to me
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32 minutes ago, Frobby said:
Whoever voted against him is a jerk, and my hero, simultaneously.
Somebody didn’t vote for Ripken.
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3 hours ago, DirtyBird said:
I was just doing a projected 26 man roster and came back to this thread. It really looks like when Mountcastle is promoted is when Davis will have to be removed from the roster.
I totally agree with your lineup.
SP Cobb SP Means SP Stewart SP Wojo SP Akin or Hess SP/RP Bailey RP Fry RP Rucker RP Armstrong RP Bleier RP Kline or Tate RP Harvey RP Givens RP Castro C Severino 1B Mancini 2B Alberto 3B Ruiz SS Iglesias LF Mountcastle CF Hays RF Santander DH Nunez Bench DJ Stewart or Wilkerson Bench Wilkerson, Urena or Martin C Sisco If Mancini isn’t traded, I totally agree. He has to go at that point unless he can magically hit again.
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