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Was rumored to be a part of a bid with Leonsis a year or two ago.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"Puts his nose on it" for hitters (used twice last night - once on that nice Santander single) is a favorite of mine.
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28 minutes ago, Jagwar said:
Cowser and Norby both K
Westburg hits a scorcher off the pitcher's mitt, infield single
O'Hearn doubles, somehow Westburg doesnt get a good jump with 2 outs and holds at 3B
Lester walks (really like his patience)
Haskin K's on a borderline called strike 3
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.
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17 minutes ago, RarityFlaherty said:
Does anyone know if the cheaper single team package for MLBTV gets you the minor league games for that team? Or do you have to do the full package to get any minor league games?
The press release I read said that it is both the full and single-team packages that give you milbtv.
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This thread keeps getting pulled off topic. Do we just need a new Frazier thread so people can let off some more steam?
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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.
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27 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:
What some people tend to forget is the player that would be playing in their place very well may have done the same thing and more in the many, many other chances where they have failed because they are not good players.
The Orioles can bring up a career minor leaguers and they will have a moment or two.
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.
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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.
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13 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
I don’t think he’s a fluke. I think he’s more of a guy putting it all together when MLB playing time, opportunity, and coaching. At first, he had to worry about SS defensively. He’s got that locked down. Then he was able to get coached up on his batting. Now he’s taken off, and confidence is a hell of a drug. Watch out.
Nobody would have predicted that after trading Mancini, it would be Mateo that would be really helping to drive the offense.
We had a 30/30 guy last year in Mullins. Well Mateo is going to be real close to around a 20/40 year.
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.
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30 minutes ago, Just Regular said:
BP published its midseason Top 50 this morning. Numero uno.
https://www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/article/75892/2022-prospects-the-midseason-top-50/
They like all the Tier 2 Orioles for Top 50 border and place the Five Guys you'd guess 1-6-43-50-54.
Let's see if Heston can catch Tier 2. Druw Jones I'm guessing would land in Tier 1.5. I'd guess if those seven guys have solid to good summers and everyone is <44 days, etc, Adley-less offseason lists could look like 3-5-15-33-38-42-45.
And then Jordan Westburg does whatever it is in the power of an NCAA guy with "only" a ~$2.5mm bonus to do.
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.
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21 minutes ago, RZNJ said:
At least your consistent. If your scouts unanimously said he had the best bat in the draft in 10 years and he was likely to average .300 .400 OBP, 20 homers + per year. You still wouldn't take him?
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.
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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.
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Dropped in to see if there was any gold here as we face Dick Lovelady. I will pan elsewhere.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Luke is down to #10 on his Twitter feed. Great info and insights, as always.
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The saddest thing to me is that D&D have taken all of the fun out of fan speculation - and therefore some of the satisfaction and/or welcome surprise at eventual resolution. One of the things that gives smart shows life beyond the time it takes to view the episodes is the effort fans put in to trying to figure out how loose ends might be tied up or intersect. That is only fun (aside from the lesser pleasure of hate-watching) when the viewer thinks that the writers have as good a handle or better on the narrative than the viewer (great examples are Breaking Bad and The Americans). It is just disappointing.
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Pos takes his turn: https://joeposnanski.com/hitless/
QuoteOn Monday, just 6,585 people showed up at Camden Yards, the smallest real crowd ever at the place despite it being a warm evening, and Davis went 0-for-5, and you wonder: How much longer can this go on? We don’t watch sports to see Greek Tragedies. But sometimes that what sports gives us. I hope he gets a hit tonight.
Bloomberg: Carlyle Group/David Rubenstein In Talks To Purchase Orioles
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If we can have an invested owner for the duration of this Adley through Basallo run, I will be overjoyed.