We have ourselves some OK positional players...

[wildcard]

Highly unlikely that he can.

Again, bench guy is fine..Anything more than that is awful.

We will not know until he get a trial in the majors. Hopefully in Sept.

[Sports Guy]

We will not know until he get a trial in the majors. Hopefully in Sept.

And what will 30-50 at bats prove, in either direction?

[wildcard]

And what will 30-50 at bats prove, in either direction?

Quite a bit actually. It did'nt take much more that that to know Bell wasn't ready.

[Frobby]

I see Angle as a 4th OF candidate, nothing more.

Reimold has botched his audition pretty badly and I think we probably need to look at the FA market to fill LF.

[Sports Guy]

Quite a bit actually. It did'nt take much more that that to know Bell wasn't ready.

You would figure that your constant overrating of small sample sizes would teach you how wrong it is to do that but I guess not.

[Sports Guy]

I see Angle as a 4th OF candidate, nothing more.

Reimold has botched his audition pretty badly and I think we probably need to look at the FA market to fill LF.

The FA market is pretty weak too.

Of course, getting Rasmus would have helped but why would you want that type of talent when it is being solid at 50 cents on the dollar?

[wildcard]

I see Angle as a 4th OF candidate, nothing more.

Reimold has botched his audition pretty badly and I think we probably need to look at the FA market to fill LF.

When do you see Hoes arriving in the majors and do you think he will be a starting LFer?

[wildcard]

You would figure that your constant overrating of small sample sizes would teach you how wrong it is to do that but I guess not.

I don't think any of us were wrong about Bell.

[Sports Guy]

I don't think any of us were wrong about Bell.

Apples to oranges and Bell had more than 30-50 at bats.

[Hooded Viper]

When do you see Hoes arriving in the majors and do you think he will be a starting LFer?

Honestly I don't think LJ is going to hit for enough power to be a LF and the O's are not in any position to wait for him to get here. They need to get legitimate players on the roster and let the young guys force their way onto the roster. The "heir apparent" philosophy has not worked here for 14 years!!

[wildcard]

Apples to oranges and Bell had more than 30-50 at bats.

We could see his defense after a month. We saw he was outmatched at that point. Most people that were watch could tell he wasn't ready for the majors after a month.

[Frobby]

I don't think any of us were wrong about Bell.

The position you are taking is silly, and you should just cut your losses and stop. We could all come up with 25 examples of guys who looked bad for 30-50 PA and turned out to be good, or vice versa. There is nothing Matt Angle is going to do in that amount of time that is going to convince me of much. Eventually, he will be a guy whose OBP falls into the .310-.350 range. His SLG will be .350 tops. The first 30-50 PA aren't going to tell me where his OBP is eventually going to fall. In 50 PA, the difference between .310 and .350 is 2 times on base.

[wildcard]

Honestly I don't think LJ is going to hit for enough power to be a LF and the O's are not in any position to wait for him to get here. They need to get legitimate players on the roster and let the young guys force their way onto the roster. The "heir apparent" philosophy has not worked here for 14 years!!

I think its more a question of if you have a player that is likely to make the majors in the O's management's judgement, how much do they spend to fill the void until he gets to the majors. One year contract? Do you trade something significant to get a leftfielder? Is Reimold/Angle enough of a bridge?

The O's have limited resources. They have several holes. Its a question of where and how those resources are spent.

[Sports Guy]

Thanks for the attention SG. I know you live for misery, so this is right up your alley.

Nah...But when people bring nothing to the board but stuipidity, they deserve to be called on it...which is what I did with your little post.

[Sports Guy]

Honestly I don't think LJ is going to hit for enough power to be a LF and the O's are not in any position to wait for him to get here. They need to get legitimate players on the roster and let the young guys force their way onto the roster. The "heir apparent" philosophy has not worked here for 14 years!!

Yep...If Hoes can't hack it at second and if he can't be a top level defender in CF, it seems to me that he is a good trade candidate and not someone who you wait on to hand him a job.