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One of the biggest sign of an elbow injury in not velocity but it is command. So seeing both as a delta is concerning.

Colton Cowser. Have a listen to the Pressbox with Eric_Birdland.

#5 is wrong— my notes were abbreviated. It is his defense they do not like. Not his dad. My apologies!

There were multiple sources (4) at the Caravans and the post was an amalgamation from our notes.

Tidbits from the caravan gossip: beat writers / coaches / players various news comments. Big shout out to my brother and nephew for the help. 1. PA just breathes and blinks and the team will go up for sale when he dies. It’ll be a long, arduous process though. 2. Elias & Rosenbaum have all the input on lineups. Hyde manages the players. 3. Holliday will start at 2nd on opening day and Mayo makes the team bc he’s playing RF too. 4. Grod was very angry at FO by not making team. They had him change grip on slider and told him ST results didn’t matter bc he was going North. 5. They don’t like Kjerstad’s dad at all. Way too involved. 6. Good that Holmes is gone; and Flaherty hated by teammates; 7. they’ll definitely as some point get Cease; 8. they love Mateo for speed & D; 9. Ortiz, Norby, HK more likely to get traded; 10. Means will be a beast this yr; 11. players love new asst pitching coach; 12. will be difficult to extend Gunnar & Holliday bc of Boras; 13. Jordan Westburg is the one they think most highly of (by far) amongst Westburg/Ortiz/Norby and he thinks Westburg is the Opening Day 3B. 14. DL Hall likely to be in the bullpen long term. 15. Urias most likely just to get cut (maybe traded for peanuts but not sure if anyone wants to trade even that). 16. Hyde is a players coach, potentially to a fault (as in, he thinks the players walk over him as evidenced by the paltry attendance amongst star players at the Caravans this year). 17. Dean Kremer is most likely to fade out, particularly if Tyler Wells can rebound. 18. Cole Irvin was one of the nicest guys but was fully expecting to be non-tendered and was shocked the Orioles gave him $2M but still might not make the team.

I wonder how much of a saving was it to sign now rather than wait for Jan 24 for the O’s?

Thinking more realistically about how Mike operates, I would bet Lance Lynn is a target along with Grandel as backup catcher. Offerings would be Hudson Haskins and carter young?

I am getting a Jorge Lopez vibe.

Could injuries be causing the cliff dive? Prior to injuring his hip on April 19th, he was hitting 370/1073. But since , he is hitting 151/540.

I agree as it appears to be a Duquette construction sans the $$ fa pitcher (Ubaldo, Yovanni, Cobb). Work on the fringes to supplement the core.

I have Josh Bell as the #1 fa for the O’s. 120 games at dh and 15-20 games at first. That leaves 20 to 30 games for Rutschman to dh. He would hit 4th and give ease to Santander and M C hitting a few spots down the order. M,R,H,B,S,M,H/S,W,M as the starting lineup.

I believe Elias has more money to play with as the 30 million Bam money comes into play. I look for a signing of Tailon, Bell, and back up catcher by Christmas. Mullins CF Rutschman C Henderson 3B Bell DH Santander RF Mountcastle 1B Hays/Stowers LF Westburg 2B Mateo SS

Tampa is a purely transactional team like the A’s. The Orioles have more resources and can be a hybrid much like the Indians or Mariners. They can lay out for one or two big free agent contracts and extend their own players. They will begin being more transactional in 3-4 years when the first wave of players gets closer to free agency.

What trade value does Hays, Urias, and Akin have as a package deal?