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RichmondOsFan Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Uhhh.. what? Why have Flaherty move into any position at all? Literally EVERY other option is better.

This. The bat is maddeningly bad. No Oriole in at least the last *40* years (fangraphs won't give me split season info before 1973) has hit worse than Ryan Futility through this many games with this many plate appearances. Not Belanger. Not Billy.

He's not a major league hitter.

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This. The bat is maddeningly bad. No Oriole in at least the last *40* years (fangraphs won't give me split season info before 1973) has hit worse than Ryan Futility through this many games with this many plate appearances. Not Belanger. Not Billy.

He's not a major league hitter.

Cesar Izturis is not nearly as futile.

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I cannot watch a game where Flaherty bats 8th and Teagarden 9th. That is the definition of pain, automatic outs at this point. I see the potential in Flaherty, but results do matter and right now there is none.

I will be shocked Casilla remains on this roster. Buck clearly doesn't look him anyways.

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- On the vote on which is worse, this thread or Casilla's mistake- my vote goes to posters who want everything to be rainbows and sunshine and feel a need to make a snide remake anytime someone complains. I'm sorry, I thought this was a message board and it's sole purpose is to provide a place for people to voice their opinions be it good or bad.

- I'm pretty sure I remember reading a thread about Casilla this offseason when he was signed. One of the posters stated he basically wore out his welcome in Minnesota because he wasn't coachable and did whatever he wanted. Should we be surprised then that he did what he wanted yesterday and didn't pay attention to his coaches?

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Does this team ever put their foot down and say something is unacceptable? Strop was warming up for goodness sake. You have to set an example and drop the hammer on Casilla for this.

Honestly if I was at the game I would have been enraged. There is no telling what I may have done.

Your act is pathetic.

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As disappointing as Casilla has been, his Baseball Reference WAR (the only one I checked) is even this early in the season almost an entire run above Flaherty's: 0.4 to -0.5; their dWAR's are equal (0.4) and their oWAR's are 0.1 (AC) and -0.7 (RF). As sensational as Casilla's screw-ups have been, Flaherty's less conspicuous shortcomings at the plate have been just as, maybe even more damaging and definitely continuous, e.g. his poor judgement of inside pitches resulting in called strikes and inability to adjust his swing. They both have absymally bad hitting stats with RISP or even just men on base.

It would be so good for the team if B-Rob is able to come back strong in the second half, with either Flaherty or Casilla subbing as late-inning defensive replacement.

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Now that it's clear that Casilla just misjudged whether the ball would be caught, rather than forgetting how many outs there were, I'm not that mad at him. Even if he had retreated to 1B, our chances of losing that game were well over 65% with a runner at 1st, two out and Dickerson at the plate. I would have liked to take a shot at it, but it's not like Casilla denied us a sure victory, just a puncher's chance at one.

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Let me help you out.

1) Click "Control Panel"

2) Click "Edit ignore list" in the left hand pane.

3) Enter "Ommaculate" into the space provided.

4) Click submit.

Issue resolved.

Or you can

1) Click on Ommaculate's name

2) Click "View Profile"

3) Click "add to ignore list"

4) Confirm

Less typing my way.

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