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    How many games will the Orioles win in 2021?

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    1 hour ago, foxfield said:

    Barnaby, I beg your forgiveness. I have been working for hours without rest. Please forgive me for my misguided post. The Orioles WILL run the table in 2021-2027 and the ensuring period of greatness shall be known forthwith as the Orioles era of greatness as foretold by Barnaby Graves. 

    Probably, the ensuing era of Orioles greatness will be called the "Barnaby Graves Era." 

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    4-3 vs the Hated Bosox!

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    4 minutes ago, scOtt said:

    Like a lobstah roll? Never had one.

    Had my first ones recently. There are two styles. One is cold, like shrimp salad. The other is what I ate - warm, just lobster covered in drawn butter

    Orioles @ Boston OPENING DAY! 4-2

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    2 minutes ago, Moshagge3 said:

    NYC cameras must have picked up something else because nothing on MASN made me think he got him.

    Looks like his sliding mitt hit Mancini's glove while he had stepped off the bag. I don't like these types of calls being overturned.

    What are you listening to right now?

    in Music

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    On 8/8/2005 at 9:38 PM, orangedive said:

    I've been listening to Arcade Fire, a Le Tigre live show, a live Sleater-Kinney show, and Rilo Kiley, recently.

    I played a Sleater-Kinney song on WRNR in 1997 as a guest DJ. Took only 20 years and a TV show to get them played on another Maryland radio station. again.

    Reese McGuire DFA'd

    in Orioles Talk

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    5 hours ago, wildcard said:

    I don't see that as criminal.  He didn't expose himself on purpose.  He took responsibility for his actions, apologized and paid a $500 fine.  It embarrassing but I think he learned his lesson.  I would be alright with him joining the team if he is an upgrade over Sisco as a catcher offensively and defensively.

    I think it's highly likely that he was hoping to be caught by a very attractive young woman who would either watch or help out. Or maybe any woman. Or a dude, who knows.

    If he just wanted to rub one out, he could have done that in two minutes and been finished and driving away.

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    Interesting Cuts

    in Orioles Talk

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    6 hours ago, Ruzious said:

    30 homers, 93 RBIs' - all-star!  Go to your local nursing home and do a poll.  Don't mention fwar, or you better bwar..  

    Sorry, but still "no." That mature crowd would disregard the HRs and RBIs and think poorly of Odor's offensive production because of the Ks and horribly low batting average. They did that with a far superior player, Dave Kingman. While a favorite of the little kids, the adults tended to think he was a mediocre talent. Through modern statistical analysis, it appears Kingman was undervalued by most fans. Also undervalued because of the huge number of Ks and middling batting average was Bobby Bonds. 

    While that crowd may have been surprised to see a second baseman putting up those counting numbers -- they were rare from a middle infielder back then -- nearly all older baseball fans would have a low opinion Odor's offensive output.

    Interesting Cuts

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    1 hour ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

    Could the O's trade Davis for Odor and pay the difference in salary.  O's don't seem to be able to cut Davis, but I doubt the Rangers would have a problem.

    If they choose to start the year with both Valaika and Urias on the roster without pursuing Odor at (I'm guessing minimum), you might think they have certain feelings about Odor.

    And if this season doesn't count, there is no reason for the Orioles front office to embarrass both themselves and Wade LeBlanc by cutting him for Liriano.  Won't print the tickets . And makes the organization look duplicitous to potential free agents. Senseless to reap distrust when you know you are not going to compete for a playoff spot.

    Having said that, there may be room for both Francisco Liriano and Wade LeBlanc on this team.

    Strangest fact of O's 2021 ST

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    12 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

    I don’t know..That frozen pizza brand Elios is hot garbage.

    And not the only one in the freezer section.

    Also, Papa John's. The box tastes better than the pie. "Better ingredients" than what? Wonder bread and ketchup?

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    Strangest fact of O's 2021 ST

    in Orioles Talk

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    7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    If a team isn't trying to be competitive do the games really count?

    The O's won't suffer a bit if a rusty Mountcastle gets a start at first in July.

    Yeah, OK. 

    But I would still get him a couple of innings of in-game play. Doing things helps all of us get more comfortable. I don't think an inning or two here and there would have changed any roster construction. They found a way to get Wilkerson in two games at 1B and Valaika in five. Maybe those innings logged at 1B changed the calculus, but I doubt it. And if/when either of those guys gets innings at 1B this season, they are definitely going to be rusty at the position regardless of the Spring innings. I'd rather make a player at the core of my team comfortable than worrying about the near future of utility players in a non-competitive season.

     

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    Strangest fact of O's 2021 ST

    in Orioles Talk

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    Mountcastle played 75 MLB innings at 1B last year and 192 in LF. I would have figured out a way to get him a couple of innings at 1B this Spring. It's likely he will be transitioning between outfield and infield in some games this season. Might as well get a taste when the games don't count.

    Orioles getting excess vaccines

    in Orioles Talk

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    3 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

    I don’t know?  I don’t know what’s on the doc.

    Of course, asking for ID as proof is apparently the worst thing you can do in this country, so not sure that would work either.

    And that would have been the last straw for weams. This thread would have been locked if it hadn't previously been.

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    Orioles getting excess vaccines

    in Orioles Talk

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    1 hour ago, now said:

    Those injury figures include your brands too. For example, from trials: "For Moderna 81.9% experienced any systemic reaction. Grade 3 reactions (considered severe) were experienced by 17.4%. This is 79X more likely than the incidence of severe Covid in the Moderna group." (source) That's from just one risk-benefit analysis. I'm not intending to hash it all out here... just wondering why the O's and MLB aren't showing more caution toward their valuable human assets, regarding this experimental gene therapy with such minimal possible benefit to the players.

    I'm going to get right on this article right after I read your source's articles about the 200 reasons why the Earth is flat and exactly what is going to happen once the Kraken is released.

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    The Catching Situation

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    20 minutes ago, Philip said:

    Sisco has a career -.1 fWAR

    Severino has a career .06 fWAR, and both seasons with the Orioles, he was negative on both offense and defense. His WRC isn’t much below average but no, it doesn’t compensate for his defense.

    They are here because the Powers prefer them to the immediately available alternatives, and I think that is a poor choice. But oh well. They are here till they aren’t, and no one will mourn their departure.

    Using bbref's dWAR, Sisco is at -0.4 career, -0.3 in 2020. That's pretty bad and he seems worse than that. Meanwhile Severino is at 1.1 career and 0.4 last season! That's even harder to believe.

    It's not that I think either flavor of dWAR is useless, but I do not think either one should be used as the sole, indisputable measurement of players' skills. And I don't believe that any GMs limit their player evaluations to any single statistic or formula.

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    The Catching Situation

    in Orioles Talk

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    On 3/22/2021 at 9:00 PM, Can_of_corn said:

    Except the part that their history of defense in the majors isn't that bad.  It is only to your eyes that the bar is raised so high their offense must be phenomenal to compensate.

    Both Sisco and Severino are rated as being above replacement level for their careers.  So the people who judge this sort of a thing for a living, feel their offense has historically compensated for their defense.

    Only those who limit their judgment to a single statistical formula.

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