backdoorslider

So when do we start drafting guys who can paint in the 1st round?

WAR for catchers is useless. It's simply far too difficult to measure a catcher's defensive and game calling impact. There was a reason we sucked before he got here and then started winning when he arrived. We cant measure his contributions behind the plate.

I'd much rather run out Gibson a craft veteran who at least gives you chance to win a baseball game. Than a stuff guy like Hall coming in and having a 50 percent chance of self destructing before the 4th inning even begins.

Yea and how is that working out for the Os?

Wow you mean a group of 25 year old guys want to have a night out? Who would have ever thought?

My goal would be to win a lot of baseball games. I can't do this if I consistently acquire pitchers who like to throw 98mph over the middle of the plate.

We keep doing this though. Kevin Gausman and Jake Arrieta learned the hard way that 97 over the plate will flat out not get it done. They leave the Orioles and drop a few mph off the fastball and all of a sudden start hitting the corner and dominate baseball games. When are we going to start throwing fastballs low and away?

In the MLB, hitters will time and crank 97-98. Velocity isn't enough at this level. Go ahead and blow people away at A and AA and even perhaps AAA. The 97mph fastballs over the plate doesn't cut it in the AL East. I dont care that Hall and Rodriguez can throw 98. Doesnt matter to me. All I'm asking for is 92-93 on the corner with movement and quality off speed. Is that too much to ask for? After a while I tired of seeing Os pitchers pumping in high velocity fastballs over the heart of the plate and getting rocked. We should be scouting for command, not velocity. Especially with this left field wall keeping everything in the park.

Need to trade some position players for pitching. We have too many hitters and not enough pitching.