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OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

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He stole my girlfriend THEN made me pay for their date!

And, can you believe that there are actually people on this site that are advocating adding him to the 40-man roster, and more so, calling him up to the Orioles ??? I think that one poster even said that he should start in the outfield until Markakis and Reimold get back !!!

Some people just don't get it.

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I'm surprised McLouth was let go. He's got ability - the guy was a .800 OPS hitter in 2007-09, he even got MVP votes in '08! Always had an above average walk rate, 10% for his career and it was nearly 14% last year. It's his power that has disappeared. After slugging in the high .400's for most of his early career, he dipped to .322 in 2010 and never recovered. He has a probably undeserved good reputation in CF, but would probably make a very good defensive corner outfielder. Used to have speed, 20-25 SB. And he is only 30, not an old guy really.

It's another good pickup from DD. Gives us a bit more usable depth in AAA. Fits his OBP profile. Wish he would make some more meaningful moves, but I'll take it.

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What in the world happened to this guy? It seems odd that his skills dropped so dramatically at age 27 or so.

Kind of similar to Garrett Atkins' gradual (yet progressive) drop-off at a similar age, right ?

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feels like our AAA team is full of MLB castoffs.

Agree but a few years back we would have signed him and he would have been starting that night...

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