Paul in Virginia
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1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:
They don't consider it fear.
I think the trepidation comes when we think we're trading for what we consider to be less of a "sure thing" than what we're giving up. It's all speculation of course, but it's what governs many of our emotions.
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Our 2023 offense doesn't appear to be worth selling the "farm" in the effort to get stud pitching right now (i.e., do we really think we're headed for a deep playoff run given our offensive woes?).
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MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis talks Orioles draft - BaltimoreBaseball.com
Callis: “I don’t think it’s necessarily a specific demographic, like a college bat. Let’s say the draft unfolds according to chalk, and the guys you think are going to be gone are gone. It’s a weird draft for pitchers. Paul Skenes could go No. 1 out of LSU and then the next two college guys are [Wake Forest pitcher] Rhett Lowder and [Tennessee pitcher] Chase Dollander in either order. I don’t think they’re going to get anywhere close to Baltimore. I think everybody from 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 all hopes one of those guys falls to them and they’re not going to. [Florida’s Hurston] Waldrep’s the fourth guy, and then there might not be another college pitcher taken in the first round. I keep giving them Hurston Waldep at 17.
“To be honest, and part of that might be, I feel like they need pitching more than hitting. I think they have interest in him. I don’t know that he’s definitely their guy. You don’t draft for need. That wouldn’t be overdrafting him, but the fit. Look at all the young position players they have. They can use pitching.
“If it’s not Waldrep, I keep coming up with high school hitters, which is not so much that the Orioles are targeting high school hitters as that’s going to be the strength of the draft at that point of the draft. There are younger guys like Arjun Nimmala the high school shortstop from Florida, Aidan Miller, he’s a high school third baseman from Florida who is the best hitter on the Showcase Circuit. He’s had a broken hamate this year. People are knocking him down because they didn’t get to see him play, but they saw him rake all last summer. You know he can hit.
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On the "bright" side, at least we're not worrying about his arm for O's purposes.
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10 minutes ago, 86this said:
Need I Say? #17.
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"The ultimate reason why Westburg has not made his major league debut is likely a mixture of service time manipulation and an honest analysis of the player’s skillset. How good does a player have to be for the Orioles to promote him “early?” Unfortunately for Westburg, it seems he wasn’t quite good enough. But his long wait should nearly be over, and his arrival in Baltimore will hopefully be a welcome injection of talent to a lineup that could use a jolt".
Why have the Orioles not promoted Jordan Westburg yet? - Camden Chat
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It could be worse. We could be Celtic fans today.
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1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:
At home, washing his tights.
Polishing that lacrosse stick that he snatched that pop fly with way back when.
Monday, July 3: Orioles at Yankees
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