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Mark Connor Resigns

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Pretty surprising. I can't see Crowley in the bullpen for long. It sounds like just a last minute-last resort type decision until they can find someone else.

In regards to Griffin: According to Roch, it sounds like MacPhail doesn't want to disrupt the farm system by shuffling guys around. Putting Crowley there does the least damage to that (though who knows what that means for the O's bullpen). I bet they try and hire an outside guy soon for the pen.

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Pretty surprising. I can't see Crowley in the bullpen for long. It sounds like just a last minute-last resort type decision until they can find someone else.

In regards to Griffin: According to Roch, it sounds like MacPhail doesn't want to disrupt the farm system by shuffling guys around. Putting Crowley there does the least damage to that (though who knows what that means for the O's bullpen). I bet they try and hire an outside guy soon for the pen.

That might be a good call. Don't make a rash decision about how you want to use Griffin in the future.

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Adair has been named pitching coach. So it is not a Griffin thing this year. At least as pitching coach. I think he is more valuable where he is than in the BP.

I agree with this. Heck, we once marooned Dempsey to the bullpen. I think putting Griffin out there right now would be a waste of his talents. I don't think the job is so unimportant that Crowley will remain there indefinitely, but they don't need to stick their best MiL PC out there. They will find someone else.

Adair, btw, has an excellent reputation as a pitching coach in his own right. There was talk when he signed that he only would have agreed to be a BP coach under a PC with a resume like Connor's.

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Guthrie might be happy.

Jeremy is at a certain point in his career where it's time to become a winning pitcher,'' Connor told Dan Connolly of The Sun. "Pitchers really can't control wins so much, but I've been on some teams that were pretty bad that had a couple of guys that won more than they lost. He's pitched in the big leagues, he's been in the rotation three or four full years … it's time for him to be the guy and set an example."

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Guthrie might be happy.

Jeremy is at a certain point in his career where it's time to become a winning pitcher,'' Connor told Dan Connolly of The Sun. "Pitchers really can't control wins so much, but I've been on some teams that were pretty bad that had a couple of guys that won more than they lost. He's pitched in the big leagues, he's been in the rotation three or four full years … it's time for him to be the guy and set an example."

Wow. I assume the plan was to let Guthrie bat?

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For the record, just so we can all keep track:

On the day Connor resigned, after 63 games, the Orioles had a team ERA of 4.22, 11th in the American League (3.95 league average). The starters had an ERA of 4.16, 11th in the league (4.00 league average), and they were averaging 5.67 IP/start, last in the league. The bullpen had an ERA of 4.37, 11th in the league (3.88 league average) and was pitching 3.47 innings/game (2nd most in the AL).

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Pretty surprising. I can't see Crowley in the bullpen for long. It sounds like just a last minute-last resort type decision until they can find someone else.

In regards to Griffin: According to Roch, it sounds like MacPhail doesn't want to disrupt the farm system by shuffling guys around. Putting Crowley there does the least damage to that (though who knows what that means for the O's bullpen). I bet they try and hire an outside guy soon for the pen.

How about assign Itzuris to the position? Everyone likes Itzuris and he's already like a coach. It's probably time for him to hang them up anyways.

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