HandsomeQuack
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I like it. OF defense leaves a bit to be desired but what are you gonna do.
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McKenna really has nothing to offer. I was fine with him being on the roster last year as a fourth OF, but now that they have two other guys that can spell Mullins (Cowser and Mateo), I don't think he's anything beyond organizational depth. And his routes and first steps in the outfield are both terrible, cancelling out his athleticism. He's like the anti-Santander.
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I'm pretty sure interference/obstruction has to do with where you set up before you get the ball
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The pants! Still not "good" but so much better
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51 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:
I'm keeping Suarez in the mlb rotation over Irvin. Means shouldn't go back in the rotation until he show he can get ML hitters out. I would rather see him in the bullpen than the rotation
Yeah, given Means's tough rehab outings I wouldn't mind them riding the hot hand with Suarez in the rotation. It just seems likely that the "hot hand" will cool off soon.
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44 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:
I think it may be a stretch to say that Means in 2024 given his injury history over the last 2+ years and his ineffectiveness at AAA, “should be very good” even for a #5.
I guess you may say he “could” be a a very good number 5. But I think things are very iffy as far as he is concerned. Hopefully, he is effective, but it’s far from a given.
I could have left out the "very" in "very good", I guess. My statement was assuming he does not get re-injured, which is not a given. If you looked at the other 29 teams and picked out their current weakest link in the rotation, I'd imagine a healthy Means projects to be better than 20 of them. But I agree that he is not without question marks.
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I wouldn't go as far as to call the current situation a logjam, but Kremer deserves a mention as being better than the mediocre/below average tier. Certainly more than Suarez. He's not an All Star but guys like him don't grow on trees, either. So that's, when everyone is healthy, four average-or-better starters, plus Means who if nothing else should be very good for a 5.
Having Tyler Wells as a setup option should transform the entire pen. His career slash allowed as a reliever is .168/.212/.319.
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2 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:
This is incredibly stupid. If a 30 year old is 1 WAR better than a 25 year old with multiple years of team control, it doesn’t justify having the 30 year old on a $20 million contract while the 25 year old rots.
Congrats, you have concocted a scenario where letting him walk makes sense. It's also possible that Kjerstad is not an MLB-level player. Maybe they QO Santander and he accepts, then they flip Kjerstad for a pitcher and groom Mayo to be the eventual RF starter. A lot is still possible in April.
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1 minute ago, DirtyBird said:
Santander being better than those guys doesn’t justify paying him $20 and having him in the 3 or 4 spot 90% of the games.
Player A being better than Player B is justification for paying Player A. Duh. He's better and the goal is to win.
This decision will probably make itself easy by the end of the year -- it's the outright dismissal today of extending him the QO that is silly.
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Just now, Can_of_corn said:
It isn't just the money, they've got multiple guys that have done well in the minors vying for that roster spot. You going to keep them all in AAA for another season?
I'm going to see how the season plays out -- hopefully Kjerstad gets some run at some point and we get more information on him. But when you are trying to win now, there is value to the bird in the hand.
Stowers and Norby -- they're nice prospects, but there's a pretty good chance they never become what Santander is now.
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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
I don't want to lock Santander into an outfield spot for 1/20 when the O's have Stowers, Norby and Kjerstad at the ready.
That's fair, but Santander is probably better than those guys and it's not *my* $20 million. As long as the team is solvent I'm not losing sleep over their finances.
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Wieters and Colby Rasmus accepted QOs on the same day, or within a day of each other.
I also don't get the opposition to a potential Santander QO. We need to see how the season plays out, obviously, but I don't think a 1 for $20MM is going to affect the long-term financial prospects of the team, nor will it be the difference in the team making some big FA splash that isn't happening either way. And if it would hamper either of those things, then Elias will just not do it.
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Hell yeah!
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Somewhere, Buck is smiling at that perfect left-right alternation. Good luck, Rocco!
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Just now, RavensNOsGuy said:
How long is this nonsense of sending Wells out gonna continue? This is a joke. He blew his wad last year.
Until Means or Bradish is ready
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When they first came out with the city connects, I hated them. Now that I've had some time to get used to them, I still hate them.
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How can you not be romantic about baseball
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I don't see Cowser starting vs a LHP. Probably Santander and Hays in the corners and some combination of Urias, McCann, and Mateo in the lineup as well.
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So this is what, three straight non-starts for Hays? I don't disagree with it, but I do find it surprising.
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What a hilarious inning
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Last year's protocol was to wear the uglies for home Friday games, with the exception of some divison games. I don't think we will be spared on Friday.
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Grab that ROY, king.
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20 minutes ago, yark14 said:Hmmm....I think this is the first time Melanie has ever been brought up on this forum before.
I'm a fan. She's young and still learning, play-by-play isn't her strength...but if you're a true baseball nerd do you even need a good play-by-play person? Few do pre and post game reports and interviews better than her.
Yes, everyone wants a good play-by-play person, even if you're watching on TV. What an odd thing to say.
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23 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
Since he didn't start on the roster they have already given up the possibility of the bonus ROY pick. So if they call him up and he ends up top two ROY, that only works against the O's and we lose a year of his service time.
Technically if they call him up early enough to get the full year of service, he is still eligible for a PPI pick.
6-man rotation is officially happening
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The six-man sounds nice, but unless it's combined with getting more length out of your starters, you're just going to get a more tired pen.