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Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
How do you know that? Gunnar makes mental lapses and has issues with throwing. JJ Hardy was a better shortstop than Gunnar. And yet Hardy was a much inferior athlete. Holliday has the softer hands and perhaps better fundamentals. -
Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
I'm going with the tough guys. Frazier is nails. That's why he is lifetime over .300 in high leverage situations. When the going gets tough you want a guy like that. -
Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
Guys forget about any extension. Forget about service time. Window is now. Bring him up and enjoy the 6 years. He is Matt Holliday's son. Hes been swimming in a sea of money his entire life. We have no leverage here. Why would a rich kid take less money? For financial security? Hes Matt Freaking Holliday's son. He was born financially secure. -
Was sleeping, but the Ryan O'Hearn Homer game to take the lead in Toronto was incredible.
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Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
Call him up August 31. If he fails, he fails. If he holds his own then great. Go for the World Series. God knows he can't be any worse than Cowser has been. Dude has flat out sucked ass in his time on the MLB team. If Cowser is here put Holliday here. -
John Angelos has had it so easy in life. All he had to do was be a genuinely decent guy and he would be loved by millions of people. He's rich, still relatively young and can enjoy his billions. And he's chosen to piss all the goodwill away by being such a malcontent, egotistical, self-centered jerk.
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Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
Don't know how much stock you put into Keith Law's evaluations. For what it is worth Keith Law said Holliday "Is a true MLB Shortstop". Which honestly surprised me because I've thought he profiled more as a 2B in the MLB. Law isn't the gospel, but he is a highly respected baseball guy. Most minor league Shortstops cannot play a MLB Shortstop. -
He is not ready. Needs more work down in AAA.
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Nice. I went into Marine Corps at 19 and got out at 23. I was sedentary before then. They got me into shape, but in the Marines I only did things like pull ups, push ups, running, etc. When I got out I started pumping iron. Been lifting for over a decade now. I'm 37. You don't see a lot guys my age still doing it.
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This. People might not want to bruise the egos of Urias, Ortiz, Norby, Frazier, Mateo, Westburg, etc. Well you know what? They just going to have to eat it and swallow their pride. Maximize the talent on the field. But we will have to move somebody off the dirt to accommodate Holliday? And? So what?
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Could Elias call up our 19-year old SS phenom?
brucewayne replied to Greg Pappas's topic in Orioles Talk
As I said before "Deserve has got nothing to do with it". Maximize the talent on the field. Yes, Holliday is only 19. I honestly believe that, right now, he is the 2nd best infielder in the entire organization. I believe he could come today and outperform guys like Ortiz, Norby, Westburg, Urias, Frazier, Mateo, etc. Not even talking future projections in this moment. I'm saying right now the only better infielder in the entire organization is Gunnar. Win the World Series. -
Anybody on the infield can be moved off if need be. I get it and I understand the enormous amount of pride a grown man would have to swallow to be moved off in favor of a literal teenager, and they may feel they dont deserve that. Thing is, deserve has got nothing to do with it.