MouncastleandMcCormick

If we can have an invested owner for the duration of this Adley through Basallo run, I will be overjoyed.

Was rumored to be a part of a bid with Leonsis a year or two ago.

Firestick, VPN, and other steps that can be found online. It's not seamless, but I tried MLBtv+VPN and had even more problems. I am happy to pay a fair price, but MLB makes it unreasonably hard to do so.

Given what we have seen from Mateo, in terms of both his failures across all aspects of his performance and what we can see of his reaction to those failures, I'm not sure why anyone would trust him late and close on the basepaths.

From NBC Sports: Mets released RHP Dylan Bundy. This certainly feels like the end of the road for Bundy, who struggled to a 10.08 ERA, 1.96 WHIP and 21/7 K/BB ratio across 25 innings (six starts) this season for Triple-A Syracuse after signing a minor league deal with the Mets back in late March. The 30-year-old righty made 29 starts last year for the Twins before the club declined his $11 million club option for 2023.

"Puts his nose on it" for hitters (used twice last night - once on that nice Santander single) is a favorite of mine.

I like Westburg's bat a ton, but he sometimes seems slow to react in the field and on the bases - or seems to have a tough time making a split-second decision.

The press release I read said that it is both the full and single-team packages that give you milbtv.

This thread keeps getting pulled off topic. Do we just need a new Frazier thread so people can let off some more steam?

I recommend the accompanying podcast: https://player.fm/series/baseball-america-2150939/ep-2023-baseball-america-top-100-prospects-podcast Best Orioles talk is 30 min in, when they turn to Holliday. In short: - all the projectability you could ask for - showed signs of being #1 prior to the draft and only confirmed those takes since - BA has more faith in him reaching ceiling because he is with Baltimore - Likely #1 prospect this time next year (would be first time with a team having three different #1s in consecutive years) - "is going to be a monster" - Not sure I heard this before, but only once since 1990 did one team have back-to-back #1s with different players before this year (Drew and Ankiel) Elsewhere in the podcast, discussed typical Gunnar things and without saying it directly, they have Grayson behind Painter because Painter has already carried the load of total innings per season and has his share of 6- and 7-inning starts. Grayson has the highly-graded pitches and is favored by some front offices. They credit the Os for good drafting and development, but heap praise upon the more difficult task the Dodgers have done in having the third-most Top 100, guys while also being annual pennant favorites. Something to aspire to.

Yep. Or further still, playing better players can take games when we needed hero moments and turn them into comfortable wins and take tough losses and put them more in reach. Odor is like the outfielder who consistently gets bad jumps but makes a hell of a show catching a few a month.

Grayson. Had to really think about Holliday. I think Norby might be somebody that will be undervalued at 2B, so able to be retained cheaper.

This seems impossible, but the longer this goes on, it makes you wonder how much more impossible is in store. Melvin Mora didn't start getting regular playing time until he was 28 and still wound up being one of the most valuable Orioles for eight or nine years. The odds are maddeningly small, but we've seen it before.

Their TOP 50 podcast dropped last night and is free. Check it out on your favorite podcast service. Lots of Gunnar talk. Also, their top 10 talk is really interesting in terms of how they view prospects with holes in their games differently due to their org. They don't tie this directly to Gunnar, but note that he is the only one without holes in their top 10 despite having them in the recent past. Pretty great stuff in the first third of the show. Still view him as more than likely a 3B. Spent exceptionally little time on Grayson.

Basically, you are describing Kirby Puckett (who started at 3B when he entered college). He's often what I think about in terms of a Johnson ceiling.

Just have to say that we are now more than halfway through the top 30 and there is no sign of Zach Watson. This excites me to no end. An elite defensive outfielder who OPSed .781 in Bowie would have been the thing to hang your dreams on in years past.

Dropped in to see if there was any gold here as we face Dick Lovelady. I will pan elsewhere.

Posted something about him on Twitter earlier this year. He ended up with close to 50 MLB wins and $8M in earnings. I would hope he counts his baseball career as a success.

C+ for now. I like Cowser, Rhodes, Norby, and Craig a lot. To tack onto beantown's thoughts, they clearly sold out for their strategy, without hedging at all. Approach this year was always going to be more important in light of the Covid data and scouting challenges. Elias clearly thinks his team has some unique and valuable insights that trump conventional wisdom. Honestly, I would be more comfortable with a bit of a hedge, but that's not the management team we have. Hopefully, that ends up being for the best.

Like this pic a lot. SG and others are asking for some high-volatility, high-ceiling bets. This guy is one. I hope there aren't signability issues. Seems like a guy willing to bet on himself.

I'm at the point now where I really want to see the Os try someone like Jannis. Knuckleballers often catch on late and can eat innings. I don't see the harm in giving it a try.

Luke is down to #10 on his Twitter feed. Great info and insights, as always.

Mike Devereaux had a .307 OBP with the O's. After watching Smith hook a homer down the line a couple of weeks ago, I keep thinking of Devo as an unlikely but imaginable ceiling.

Pos takes his turn: https://joeposnanski.com/hitless/