NelsonCruuuuuz
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19 hours ago, Hallas said:
In what universe does this make any amount of sense? Yusei Kikuchi was available, as was Zach Davies and Matt Kuhl: all way preferable to this guy if we wanted depth. I can't believe we just forked over 7 million for a guy whose ceiling is maybe an eyelash over replacement level.
I actually think Elias is crazy. If this is the kind if depth he's going to sign then we will never be a winning franchise under him.
By the way, I really wanted us to hire Kim Ng, and I'm increasingly convinced that she is going to guide the Marlins to the playoffs before the Orioles make it there.
I wanted Kim Ng too. You know she would have been amazing and nobody would work harder. Elias still riding on the coattails of a franchise with a culture of cheating.
I am often critical of Elias simply because people like all or nothing. Dude isn’t the worst but many huge alarm bells. And this? Honestly this looks borderline nuts.
If this is what you wanted, just resign Harvey and save $5 mil+ AND get a better pitcher. Let that sink in as you twist like a pretzel defending this move.
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6 hours ago, Sports Guy said:
Oh darn, I was so wishing you would keep up this captivating conversation of you calling me for something that wasn’t even true.
I so look forward to the next conversation. I’m sure it will be as enlightening as this one.
Always such a class act you are…
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Trading Means? Disgusting. Particularly when it’s not even selling high. And question to the board (Elias cult defenders): point to some astute trades/signings/waiver claims that have impressed you. Tyler Wells is not evidence of greatness. Excuses and excuses. We haven’t had a stud reliever since Mussina and haven’t won a championship in nearly 40 years yet the board is clamoring for his departure? This isn’t a fan board, it’s an Elias personality cult.
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On 11/14/2021 at 4:33 PM, Can_of_corn said:
With the top rated farm system shouldn't we be at the point in which we are using all 40 slots for our own guys? If someone can't make another team's 40 why would we want to add them to our 26?
Stop with your common sense. Only thing I am confident in is that he will make the wrong decisions. If he believes in his high ranked system (which has a lot of mid level skilled players and few studs), then protect them, there is plenty of room. Moment of truth in some ways. Batista will easily get plucked, don’t be dumb, protect him, you have protected much much worse.
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1 hour ago, MurphDogg said:
Bizarre move, tons of guys that I would have removed from the 40-man roster before Harvey. Not arbitration eligible so it doesn't even save any money.
But don’t dare criticize the man beyond the curtain! Elias is a genius!
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30 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:
I can’t believe Cuiffo is still on the roster. I think we could find just as good as a backup C on a milb deal and not tie up a 40 man spot all offseason. I get that he’s insurance for Severino. And we do need two catchers until AR arrives after 6/1.
Martin and Bannon could easily go to. They’re not so sound defensively and they haven’t exactly lit AAA on fire either.
Id rather us make some waiver claims on some high ceiling flyers or take advantage of some other teams that might be having legit 40 man roster concerns for players in the Mateo mold.
I like Martin but don’t disagree on either. As for Cuiffo, head scratcher. If they saw something in him, why didn’t they bring him up until the very end? I liked Wynns more between the two.
Besides being a former first rounder (2013) he was suspended for 50 games for some drug: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Ciuffo
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6 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:
I’m shocked he went before Ciuffo.
My thought exactly! I know many hate catcher era but I bet his was good without looking.
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On 10/11/2021 at 5:19 PM, OriolesMagic83 said:
Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo has already prioritized some offseason changes in how the Nats scout and develop their players, due to a lack of recent help in the minor league pipeline. The draft is the most glaring example of this issue, as MASNsports.com’s Mark Zuckerman notes that Anthony Rendon (picked sixth overall in 2011) is the last Washington draft pick taken in any round to generate more than 1.0 WAR for the team.
Shocking that the great Nats had no one since Rendon drafted in 2011 make for than 1.0 WAR for the Nats. The article mentioned some of the Nats trades. That makes the O's of the early 2000's sound competent. Obviously right before that, Strasburg, Harper and Rendon were huge successes.
Nats “failure”. They got a ring in 2019.
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The fact that Elias passed on a great shortstop last draft (2 great ones actually), I wouldn’t be surprised if he wants Correa. However, price going to be sky high which may kill the original plan.
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I love Mancini, such a great person & role model. Heck of a hitter. I think many thought something like that when he was slumping. Imagine trying to play professional baseball while dealing with that….god bless the man.
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For someone that is such great talent evaluator, he sure hasn’t hit on many flyers. Or in pieces he has acquired. Where exactly has he excelled at talent evaluation? I like Mateo, Urias & Gutierrez but they are still a huge tbd. This dude riding that Astros tenure to the extreme.
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On 10/13/2021 at 12:39 AM, Philip said:
We’ve had a lot of discussion about Jones, but I still think he should go, and Stewart too. Fry goes. We can lose most of your fringe guys, but keep Smith and Diplan. I don’t think Scott is a contributor at all… too inconsistent. But he’s not going anywhere. Keep Ciuffo or Wynns, whoever is the better defender and damn the offense. That’s 5-7 guys opening up spots.
None of our fringe guys have the slightest bit of trade value. Who in Gods name wants Stewart, especially when it means putting him on their 40?
Yep. I’d lose Stewart & Jones.
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This makes me sad. Hoping for the best, always routed for him and really couldn’t believe he was pulled in the middle of a no hitter. Absolutely not should have happened.
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Same expert analysis by posters on here calling Mullins a bum that can only hit from one side of the plate with a noodle arm and was a candidate to be DFA-ed last year.
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29 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:
HR for Gutierrez tonight, putting his OPS over .600. He's gotten on base his last 14 games.
I wonder what the deal is with the bad defensive numbers in KC this year.
Really making the most of his opportunity. Can he hit consistently is the question. Elias loved Ruiz so my guess is he is a nugget.
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1 minute ago, Philip said:
Severino has no trade value.
Closer to zero, if not zero. Anything is possible if there is a fit, great bat off the bench in the NL has value too.
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1 minute ago, Philip said:
Not anymore..
Yeah, they gave him a long leash. Evaluating. But he looks a great 4th/5th guy in the NL.
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3 minutes ago, SteveA said:
Rogers had 5 shutout innings vs Boston. They let him bat in the bottom of the 5th and in the top of the 6th Boston got a couple people on and Renfroe and Dalbec hit btb HRs for 4 runs.
How you let a rookie lefty in his 6th inning of work get two men on base with one out and face known lefty killers Renfroe and Dalbec is beyond me. Is Dave Martinez asleep in the dugout???
They have the 5th overall pick. Like us, they wanna see what they got.
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On 9/30/2021 at 7:53 AM, sportsfan8703 said:
Severino has finished strong and Mancini has faded. Both could get dealt for various reasons. Severino is at .247/.308/.386/.694 and 1.0 WAR. Mancini is at .253/.325/.433/.758 and 0.7 WAR.
Who is more likely to bring the better return?
People calling for him to be DFA-ed all season now he’s got a ton of trade value? Extremes people!
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4 hours ago, Frobby said:
Now I’m torn between the possible pleasure of seeing the Red Sox lose again and the pain of having to endure another series of Nelson Cruuuuz posts about Rogers if he does well.
On it!
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On 9/23/2021 at 12:28 AM, wildcard said:
I thought the OH was big on pitchers throwing strike outs. Rogers hasn't been a strikeout pitcher in the past and is not one now. In his last four starts the has faced the Mets, Pirates, and the Marlins twice. Not exactly like facing Tampa, Boston, Yankees and Jays which is what he would be doing if he was with the O's.
He’s shutting out the Red Sox tonight.
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On 9/25/2021 at 10:28 AM, Frobby said:
I suppose it’s not surprising for a team that has started 7 different 2B and 5 different SS, but this is one of the worst Orioles teams I’ve seen at turning the DP. They are 29th in MLB with 91 DP’s, and Fangraphs ranks them 25th in DPR, which is their measure of DP efficiency. They are 30th in the percentage of DP situations converted into DP’s, at 7%.
I feel like almost nightly, there is some DP opportunity where the runner at 1B is safe by a close margin, where either there is either a slight delay in the initial throw, a slight hiccup on the relay transfer or a pivot throw that just isn’t strong enough. Last night there were two, one on a slight delay by Gutierrez in making the initial throw, the second on an awkward toss by Martin to Valaika on a ball up the middle. (In fairness, Gutierrez also started one nice DP.)
Part of this is just lack of time playing together, part is that these guys just aren’t very good. But it’s playing out on a nightly basis.
I miss the Manny/Hardy/Schoop days. A lot.
I wanted to sign Schoop before his big bounce back year, loved him!
Yeah, dreadful team to watch. In a year so laughably painful, lots of good storylines surprisingly: Mullins, Means, Mancini and frankly Mateo. The M’s! Only if McKenna could get hot!
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7 hours ago, wildcard said:
Henderson, Westburg, Dorrian are probably a year away. The O's need help at 3B. So a short term FA/trade looks in order this off season.
Harrison is 34, will be a FA this offseason. Was on a one year, one million contract this year. He has played 134 games with a 760 OPS so he probably get more next year but probably on the one year contract. 1/2 or 3m may do it.
Is Harrison the kind of player that Elias is likely to acquire for a year until the prospects are ready?
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/harrijo05.shtml
Love him, great thought and yes! Love your analysis.He’s exactly the kinda player you target and get some SP! What do you think he will actually target there on the SP front?
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If they end up tied, what’s tiebreaker?
Tim Dierkes (MLBTR) thinks Orioles payroll probably $130-160 million by '24.
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you got it, all he knows, and not good at finding many gems there either
spoiler: next year the rebuild will get pushed to the right 1 year…