PsychoBird68

To be fair there hasn't been to many prospect in history to have the upside as Machado or Harper.... seems unfair to judge Jackson against the top 1%

Hahaha....yea I don't understand why we would pick a 1/1 if they didn't at least have the upside of Machado or Harper....SMH

The writing has been on the wall, second base is Jackson's to lose so he'll be given every chance to win ROY and a comp pick... Elias loves his draft picks and he's good at it so that pick could be a lot more valuable than a extra year of control.... Plus we have a better chance of signing him to a extension if keep him happy

OPS+100 is average... Mateo and Hays are not comparable....SMH Hayes is above average with the glove and the bat... #'s don't lie... Cowser's problem is he has looked lost in the outfield and we have Santandar and Kjerstad for RF/DH and other to rotate thru the DH, also Hays is our only right handed everyday caliber outfielder on the roster.... Cowser needs to prove he can handle CF/LF because he needs to beat out McKenna who I believe is out of options...I still think we may see a trade to thin our surplus of outfielders that hit from the left side

As we know the O's won't be spending at the top of the market for starting pitchers so any of the trade candidates listed above would be great options..We also know Elias will be looking for bargains and bounce back candidates in the trade and free agent market...I like Alek Manoah as a good bounceback trade target and they could be interested in Mountcastle considering he tears the cover off the ball in Toronto

Ok then let's hope AR morphs into Johnny Bench....lol..You always take the best Baseball player at 1.1 especially when they're head and shoulders above the rest, also you don't have to be a elite athlete to be a elite baseball player

It looks like Gunnar stared back at Hick in disbelief after the play with that why didn't you swing look

Looks to me like Gunnar thought the run and hit was on, he did look back at the pitch and Hyde said there was miscommunication on the play...Hicks either missed the sign or Gunnar read the signs wrong but I don't believe he tried to steal the base outright... I believe they need to change the rules, allow the offense to use the "pitch com" to communicate.. The defense gets a unfair advantage by allowing them to make defensive calls like pitch outs, pickoffs, and throw overs etc. so the offense should be able to use it to call hit and runs, straight steals, bunts etc.

Hindsight is 20/20...SMH....Kjerstad is serviceable in RF and Hicks isn't a Goldglover, however McKenna should be on this roster, a good defensive replacement that can hit left handed pitching should have been a priority over a mop up pitcher like Flaherty or even Kjerstad since we know the Ranger feature left handed starters and has 7 lefties on their roster

I never said them moves cost us the game, of course they didn't help and like I said the offense didn't bail Hyde out by scoring some runs and help cover up his mistake.... Yes Frazier has gotten some big hits and I've been a big supporter of him but Westburg has gotten a few big hits also with limited chances and had hard contact his first Ab... You bring in Mateo in that situation because of his speed even if your not confident of him stealing a base, he can score on a double, he also puts a lot more pressure on the defense and pitcher

Well I was going with the players that we used most of the season against Left handed starters....use what got us here and treat it like any other game and don't over manage like Hyde did today

I'm on the team that thinks we should have left Bradish in and not pinch hit for Westburg, Also Mateo should have pinch ran for Hick in the bottom of the 7th, therefore he wouldn't have been in the game to miss that run and hit sign in the 9th.... Hyde over managed early that cost us the run that beat us and the offense didn't bail him out....Side note : offense should get to use a communication system... ( no missed signs ) The defense gets a unfair advantage allowing them to call defensive plays on the pitch com and not allowing the offense to do the same

I'm looking for them to pound Texas and show the world the O's are for real and hopefully shut the naysayers up.... Also, I'm looking for a 11 game winning streak

1 Hays LF 2 Rutschman DH 3 Santander RF 4 Mountcastle 1B 5 Henderson 3B 6 Westburg 2B 7 McCann C 8 Mullins CF 9 Mateo SS

Bradish game 1 starter, Rodrigues game 2, Gibson game 3, Means game 4, all on short leashes with Kremer, Wells, Baumann, Webb, Hall, Coulombe, Cano and Perez in the pen....Henderson, Rutschman, Santander, Mountcastle, O'Hearn, Hays, Mullins, Westburg, Urias, Frazier, Hicks, McKenna, Mateo, McCann

Gibson starts game 3 on the road and Means starts game 4 with Kremer in the pen as the longman with Means and Gibson on very short leashes...

I believe Holliday makes the opening day roster, he was rushed through the minor leagues with a purpose....His left handed bat to ball skills out trumps Westburg or Ortiz as righties at Camden Yards so yes he's needed to replace Frazier as a left hand hitting middle infielder

Yes as long as they were in the org before the trade deadline they are eligible for the playoffs by replacing someone on the IL

Gunnar Henderson hasn't faltered at all, he's got a 999 OPS in the last 15 games and a 908 OPS in September....Our pitchers will be just fine after they get 5 days rest at the end of the year before we start the division series

The WS is already played to late in the season, it's not a cold weather sport so why play the most important games in November....Expand the roster and play true doubleheaders so they can schedule more off days and have the WS end by the middle of October....

I think they need to expand the roster to 28 and to 30 on doubleheader days and they should also start a couple weeks early and schedule true doubleheaders..... Baseball isn't a cold weather sport so the most important games shouldn't be played in late Oct. and early Nov.... They should also realien the divisions and only have a east and west with 15 teams in each division with a balanced schedule....Less travel and more rivalries American league = east = Orioles, Nationals, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees, Mets, Pirates, Phillies, Braves, Rays, Marlins, Reds, Guardians, Cubs, White Sox and the west teams would be the National League

I hate to see anyone get hurt but we'll take all the advantage we can get....We just need to play 500 ball and we'll win the division... Tampa would have to win 6 out of 7 to beat us out and I don't see that happening....I think Tampa finishes 99 and 63

The Nats and Redsoxs may roll over and play dead....lol...

Yea they s u c k ....SMH.... but there is 24 teams with worse ERA's and only 5 better .... we won't have to face the best bullpen in the playoffs because the Yankees aren't going and we we won't have to face the 2nd or 3rd best bullpen until the world series and the 4th or 5th may not make the playoffs......Think with your brains not your heart....lol......top 6 isn't a dumpster diving bullpen

We just need to weather the storm and find a way to win the division and I believe 500 ball will get it done...17 days in a row is just brutal on the arms but they'll get 5 days rest and be fresh for the playoffs...win the CS in 3 straight and get 3 more days off and then there's enough built in days off to keep the pen fresh