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Is this allowed? Sounds like tampering.

Curious whether you know if we can listen to 630's Orioles game broadcasts over the internet. I know we get alternate programming on 105.7's site during Orioles broadcasts.

Explosivo: "Git off my lawn, you darn kids!"

Likely, Felix's "injury" is the reason to justify a later opt-out date.

My gut says that none of the three is going to opt out. Looks like Harvey is guaranteed to be in the rotation, so he's not going anywhere. Le Blanc could be anywhere from the rotation, to the pen to the alternate site and he's probably staying regardless for now; I get the feeling he and Elias have an honest relationship based on Elias believing Wade is valuable to an MLB team (probably not the only GM across the league) and Wade trusting he is not merely AAA fodder in Elias' eyes. And an injured Felix? Where is he going to go if he opts out? Retirement? The only question mark I see is LeBlanc, but I would not be surprised that if he does not get named to the OD roster, he has a promise to be brought up with in a certain range of time. And in exchange for that promise, he and his agent would be willing to extend his opt-out date by x-number of weeks. So if he does opt-out ultimately, it would be late-April/early-May. But my guess is that he is on the 40-man before then.

Bailey got 4 innings at 2.25 ERA. Rucker got 5 innings @ 0.00 ERA. I have no idea whether this could have been related to ST shutdown. Edit: really low K/9 for both: Rucker 5.4; Bailey 4.5. Returned March 6 or 5? Orioles return Bailey and Rucker to their former organizations March 6, 2020 3:03 PM forgive me for editing Roch's face from this post.

Very early. Seemed too early at the time. Like they hardly appeared in games. As if Elias saw them pitch for real for the first time on the backfields and said, "Oh no, we're not doing this!"

This one makes me feel even better than the first HR. After the first HR, he had a hanger that he missed for a shallow pop to left with a really soft sound to the bat. Good for Trey!

Turd's first ten seasons have resulted in one single trip to the Sweet Sixteen. That's terrible. And inexcusable. Maryland is a prestigious school as a basketball destination. One could say, "but they canceled the tourney last year." That's makes him 1 for 9, a .111 percentage. Gary inherited a team in NCAA jail and guided them to 4 Sweet Sixteens in his first decade. Oh, and the NCAA declared the Terps ineligible for the tournament in his second season, making him 4 for 9, a .444 percentage. After getting the programmed re-established and missing the tourney his first four seasons, he guided the team to 4 Sweet Sixteen trips in the last 6 games of his first decade. Tonight, Alabama proved to be the superior team and that's OK. Some have said that this was Turd's best season coaching here. But it's not about tonight, it's about the weak results over a ten-year period. UM's administration made a mistake by extending his contract. How I wish we could turn the page to a new coach next season.

I agree with you. For those arguing that players can learn what they need at the major-league level, it's crucial to have pitchers learning with knowledgeable, defensively competent catchers. Learning doesn't mean getting into bad habits or not throwing the curve for fear it will be missed.

OK

Yes, LeBlanc has a track record as a starter for the Orioles. Why is it on track for Lopez to be named a starter if he only pitches 3 innings tomorrow but it says something negative about LeBlanc that has has already pitched 3 innings this Spring? And exactly what makes Valdez "better?" Which of us is citing opinions? I cited a few facts and made a guess of who is in the SP competition based on who has started at least one game - a valid basis. Last year for the Orioles, LeBlanc made 6 starts in 6 appearances, Lopez made 6 starts in 9 games, Akin started 6 games of 8 he played. Lopez started zero games in 9 appearances. He only pitched 3 innings in two of those games but that proves he is in your view a more likely starter than LeBlanc because Wade hasn't reached four innings yet this Spring. This seems like yet another episode of "wildcard Hates Wade," the new CNS sitcom following "Bob Loves Abeshola." Cue the laughtrack so the viewers know when to chuckle along LeBlanc may be used in long relief and that's fine. But your opinions seem rooted in your hatred of LeBlanc, not on anything measurable from this Spring or from last season.

Interesting argument. Valdez makes LeBlanc look like Steve Carlton.

Meanwhile, 8 guys have started games. Felix is injured, Eshelman has thrown exactly one inning this Spring. So the last two slots come down to Harvey, Akin and LeBlanc. If your argument is how many innings they have allowed pitchers to work, then Akin is out with a total of 6.2 innings over three appearances. By your argument, LeBlanc gets the fifth spot in the rotation.

Not going to let you move the goalposts. You were clearly talking about Spring Training performance.

How could anyone not be happy with what they have seen from LeBlanc? 2.25 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, .103 BA against, 0 HR, 7.9 K/9... You notwithstanding, of course ?

The best defense is good pitching.

More like "Breakdown Candidate."

I always thought Tate deserved to make the team. Live arm. Never agreed that his option should make him the one to go to the minors.

And it was totally unnecessary calling the flagrant on Scott.

Horrendous officiating. The refs should be embarrassed. Morsell didn't even touch Bouknight and fouled him out. They just called blocks on both ends of the court when offensive players pushed into the defender. They let Bouknight push over a defender earlier and called that a block, too. They called only ONE of three kicked balls -- how can they miss that???

on mlb.com?

Are you watching on a hot link, sc0tt?

But it was fun watching with all of you.

Yup. Except when it is not.