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2 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:
Ruiz can sometimes look the part of an everyday 3B. He should not play against LHP. It’s time for him to produce to get cut. Everyone is talking up Franco. I wouldn’t mind having Marwin Gonzalez.
Ruiz hits lefties better than righties. He is helpless against RHP.
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6 minutes ago, OFFNY said:
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Nolan Ryan only won 8 games in 1987 ...... yet he finished 5th in the National League Cy Young voting that season.
Aside from his less-than-stellar 8-16 overall record that season, Ryan led the Major Leagues in ERA (2.76), Strikeouts (270), FIP (2.47), Hits-Per-9 Innings (6.548), Strikeouts-Per-9-Innings (11.480), and Strikeouts-to-Walks Ratio (3.103.) He also led the National League in ERA+ (142.)
That may be one of the most extreme examples in modern MLB history in which a pitcher's W-L record didn't begin to tell the whole story of the kind of season that he actually had.
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It’s almost like wins are not an accurate measure of how well you pitched
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Seems like a great trade.
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1 hour ago, Frobby said:
Not available to non-members. Any Orioles prospects among the 13, and if so, what do they say about them?
The thing that stood out to me was they consider him “an overall offensive threat.”
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The Os had 47 last time. Hopefully that numbers gets bigger this time.
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18 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:
Thanks for the update and reinforces why the team is cutting payroll and expenses.
Expecting to see this sign hanging from the warehouse.
Also why they let all the MASN people go.
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3 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:
Here's the current MLB starting pitcher free agent list if you want to speculate on who the Orioles might be targeting.
I kind of hope it's Arrieta so I can watch the fireworks here
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4 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:
Not sure how that’s BS necessarily. Pretty common for streaming games. For example, I can stream big ten games on fox sports app, but I need a cable subscription to access. This is still positive news in that it will allow me to watch/listen games when I’m not home or in range of Orioles radio broadcasts
I’m excited to be able to watch when I can’t be in front of the TV.
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8 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:
I don’t have a BA subscription. Of the players drafted in the top 9 last year, where are they on this list?
5, 62, 44, 37, 19, 57, 51, 85, 86.
FWIW Fangraphs had him 7 pre-draft
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15 hours ago, Yardball85 said:
I really did write the paragraph, yea. Imagine that!! I said the situations are obviously different, but it is possible for a team to trade off major assets and not suck for the next 3-5 seasons.
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).
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7 hours ago, wildcard said:
Enjoyed the article.
If the O's need a roster spot I think they will put Goudeau through waivers to try to get him to AAA. A 28 year old, 27th round pick that has never done well passed AA.
And I think Shaw is a former 1st round pick with a lot of power. The O's are at least going to want to see him in ST to see what Don Long can do with him.
JMO
I wonder if Lopez and Goudeau are here to buy an extra year of service time for Baumann and Lowther (and Wells and Smith).
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1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:
None of these guys have been put in our top 30 yet. I wonder if any make it once it is updated
Tony said he thinks so on the previous page
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2 minutes ago, LookinUp said:
So the most expensive signing was a catcher and Elias says some guys now rank up with our top prospects.
What's the over/under on the trade Rutschman threads? I say they begin in January 2022. Wildcard starts the thread but SG comments about 27 times.
He won't be ready until AR is in arbitration
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39 minutes ago, wildcard said:
Exactly what we should expect. He can compete for the Jorge Lopez for the #5 starter until Baumann or Lowther are ready. I doubt Elias is done adding potential starters.
Or #6 starter. Not sure how many innings to expect from the guys next year. Might need some kind of six man rotation.
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On 1/8/2021 at 7:08 AM, Can_of_corn said:
They've managed to convince hitters that it's a safety issue.
I assume if the industry cared very much they would stop using the balls with the slick surface.
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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.
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I'd rather let Bannon, Urias and Valaika play than Villar or Robertson.
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5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
I think it's a great idea to judge his defense based on his MLB highlights.
In other news I was just looking at Stevie Wilkerson's MLB highlights and what a center fielder!
Check out this guy:
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1 hour ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
I'm sure the buyout of the lease would be part of the purchase price. A lease is not keeping a team in a city their owner doesn't want to stay in.
It is keeping them out of Tampa (and stuck in St. Petersburg) for the moment. It’s too bad.
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2 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
First off the information was available before this year. That stuff was purchased before the 2019 season.
https://www.mlb.com/orioles/news/orioles-pitchers-using-technology-in-camp-c304073646
Secondly it doesn't change the point I was making. You stated, I'm paraphrasing because I've already directly quoted you numerous times, that no harm can come of him working to refine a breaking ball. I don't agree and I think there is at least a possibility that the better course of action will be to concentrate his efforts into improving other parts of his game.
That article actually says that they did not have Rapsodo in 2019.
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3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
How does that change anything?
The principle is the same.
It isn't accurate to say that "it can't hurt to try to get better". Certain courses of action are more likely to end up with favorable outcomes.
It changes everything. He didn’t have the information to help before. Now he does.
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51 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
If you spend resources to attempt to refine a third pitch when you could instead be expending those resources on some other way to improve you could in fact be hurting your overall development.
To bring up Gausman again, I think, in hindsight, he would have been better off working on the command of his FB/Change/Split instead of screwing around with various types of mediocre sliders and curves.
Except the team had not purchased the equipment. Now they have.
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3 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:
Not everyone is capable of developing three plus or even average pitches. Two solid pitches with a third "show me" pitch can be better than using a poor third and fourth pitch.
Perhaps, but I think that mindset doesn’t fit in with this regime. Can’t hurt to try to get better.
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Isn’t he rated higher by scouts?