VaBird1

Isn’t he rated higher by scouts?

Ruiz hits lefties better than righties. He is helpless against RHP.

It’s almost like wins are not an accurate measure of how well you pitched ?

Seems like a great trade.

The thing that stood out to me was they consider him “an overall offensive threat.”

The Os had 47 last time. Hopefully that numbers gets bigger this time.

Also why they let all the MASN people go.

I kind of hope it's Arrieta so I can watch the fireworks here ?

I’m excited to be able to watch when I can’t be in front of the TV. ?

5, 62, 44, 37, 19, 57, 51, 85, 86. FWIW Fangraphs had him 7 pre-draft

And the way they do it is the way the Orioles have to do it to be relevant. Good international scouting every year and effective domestic draft modeling so they consistently have a decent farm system (in addition to their money).

I wonder if Lopez and Goudeau are here to buy an extra year of service time for Baumann and Lowther (and Wells and Smith).

Tony said he thinks so on the previous page

He won't be ready until AR is in arbitration ?

Or #6 starter. Not sure how many innings to expect from the guys next year. Might need some kind of six man rotation.

I assume if the industry cared very much they would stop using the balls with the slick surface. ?

FWIW Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel when writing about the draft put the Birds in the category of “most intellectually progressive clubs” with the Astros, Milwaukee, and Cleveland.

I'd rather let Bannon, Urias and Valaika play than Villar or Robertson.

Check out this guy:

It is keeping them out of Tampa (and stuck in St. Petersburg) for the moment. It’s too bad.

That article actually says that they did not have Rapsodo in 2019.

It changes everything. He didn’t have the information to help before. Now he does.

Except the team had not purchased the equipment. Now they have.

Perhaps, but I think that mindset doesn’t fit in with this regime. Can’t hurt to try to get better.

I hope he is more focused on pitch design if he has two really good pitches. A third pitch would be huge.