Jump to content

Balfour speaks...

MemorialStadKid

By MemorialStadKid
in Orioles Talk

Recommended Posts

mcpd Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

mcpd

Posted
Posted
The number is Two.

One of them told me personally the other night that he thought the Orioles Dr. made a mistake. But he also had come out initially on that side of the argument. And he has good integrity. I like him as a person. I don't think he is particularly invested in his viewpoint. If he's wrong, he'll just shrug it off. In our conversation he said "I guess we will know soon enough." It certainly was not based on any knowledge that he had. He just thinks Balfour will pitch fine this year. As the Orioles Dr's actually thought as well.

The other one I would never trust on the subject of the Orioles about anything.

But they may both be right. Balfour might be fine! he may pitch great. We will have to see. Who knows what traces of what those Dr.s may have seen during that exam to advise against spending 15 million on him. He may well have reason to be raging about all of this.

Some people don't like facts they just want to be right.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 456
  • Created
  • Last Reply
weams Hangout Grand Counsel

weams

Posted
Posted

So I read this in Roch's blog today

If Nelson Cruz takes his physical today as scheduled, the results may not come back until Monday, which would likely push back a press conference to the following day.

Results. Bloods tests? MRI reads, CT scans? What things may be involved in the physical testing other than just what you and I would imagine?

Did some result come back which scared the Orioles off that they did not talk about. One that would not have been evident months later when he took his next physical?

Is this possible?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
El Gordo Hangout Grand Counsel

El Gordo

Posted
Posted
So I read this in Roch's blog today

Results. Bloods tests? MRI reads, CT scans? What things may be involved in the physical testing other than just what you and I would imagine?

Did some result come back which scared the Orioles off that the did not talk about. One that would not have been evident months later when he took his next physical?

Is this possible?

I think you are out of your depth here. Since you are chummy with some warehouse folks, why not ask some specific questions of the doctors about what a standard physical entails, instead of asking rhetorical questions and making inferences. If I were able to talk to Jim Duquette e.g., I would ask him how much medical info and of what nature, would a GM usually see prior to reaching an agreement and to the team physical?
Link to comment
Share on other sites
weams Hangout Grand Counsel

weams

Posted
Posted
I think you are out of your depth here. Since you are chummy with some warehouse folks, why not ask some specific questions of the doctors about what a standard physical entails, instead of asking rhetorical questions and making inferences. If I were able to talk to Jim Duquette e.g., I would ask him how much medical info and of what nature, would a GM usually see prior to reaching an agreement and to the team physical?

It just popped into my mind. When I read that. I'm sure I'll ask someone who know this answer sometime. Thanks for the advice.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
atomic Hangout Grand Counsel

atomic

Posted
Posted
Worst case scenario. Balfour has a great year and the Rays make the playoffs. The Orioles bullpen has a bad year and we miss the playoffs.

Also Cruz has a terrible year. As Balfour's money was basically spent on Cruz.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

OFFNY

Posted
Posted

.

Worst-case scenario: Jiminez has a terrible year, Yoon has a terrible year, Cruz bats .211 for 65 games before Showalter finally benches him in late June, four of our starting position players get injured and miss significant playing time, the Orioles go 56-106, Balfour saves 53 games for the Rays, and the Yankees win the World Series.

Oh yeah ...... when I make the 4 and-a-half hour drive from Brewster to Baltimore see the Orioles at O.P.A.C.Y., I spend $6 on a Gatorade inside of the stadium, and I accidentally spill the entire bottle on the ground before taking a single sip.

Worst-case scenario.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
atomic Hangout Grand Counsel

atomic

Posted
Posted
.

Worst-case scenario: Jiminez has a terrible year, Yoon has a terrible year, Cruz bats .211 for 65 games before Showalter finally benches him in late June, four of our starting position players get injured and miss significant playing time, the Orioles go 56-106, Balfour saves 53 games for the Rays, and the Yankees win the World Series.

Oh yeah ...... when I make the 4 and-a-half hour drive from Brewster to Baltimore see the Orioles at O.P.A.C.Y., I spend $6 on a Gatorade inside of the stadium, and I accidentally spill the entire bottle on the ground before taking a single sip.

Worst-case scenario.

If we only win 56 games I don't think Balfour being on the team would have made any difference to our season.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
oriole Veteran All-Star

oriole

Posted
Posted
.

Worst-case scenario: Jiminez has a terrible year, Yoon has a terrible year, Cruz bats .211 for 65 games before Showalter finally benches him in late June, four of our starting position players get injured and miss significant playing time, the Orioles go 56-106, Balfour saves 53 games for the Rays, and the Yankees win the World Series.

Oh yeah ...... when I make the 4 and-a-half hour drive from Brewster to Baltimore see the Orioles at O.P.A.C.Y., I spend $6 on a Gatorade inside of the stadium, and I accidentally spill the entire bottle on the ground before taking a single sip.

Worst-case scenario.

Your first mistake is buying anything in the stadium. I fill up on beer and hotdogs before entering and I keep money in my pocket.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
OFFNY Hangout Grand Counsel

OFFNY

Posted
Posted
.

Worst-case scenario: Jiminez has a terrible year, Yoon has a terrible year, Cruz bats .211 for 65 games before Showalter finally benches him in late June, four of our starting position players get injured and miss significant playing time, the Orioles go 56-106, Balfour saves 53 games for the Rays, and the Yankees win the World Series.

Oh yeah ...... when I make the 4 and-a-half hour drive from Brewster to Baltimore see the Orioles at O.P.A.C.Y., I spend $6 on a Gatorade inside of the stadium, and I accidentally spill the entire bottle on the ground before taking a single sip.

Worst-case scenario.

Your first mistake is buying anything in the stadium. I fill up on beer and hotdogs before entering and I keep money in my pocket.

Yes, I almost never buy anything in the stadium. I get all of my Oriole gear (and almost all of my food and drink) outside of the stadium. In fact, I bring my own food and drink into the stadium from outside. Once in a blue moon, I'll buy something inside the stadium if I really need a drink (of Gatorade or diet soda) or something.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
24fps Hangout Grand Counsel

24fps

Posted
Posted
Let it f-ing GO! Balfour is GONE. History! He's in Tampa now. NOT ours. FORGET about him! Let this damn thread die!

JESUS H!

Seriously.

Worst case scenario? Every time there's an Orioles blown save, this thread gets bumped for a three-page whinefest.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Posts

    • Billy F-Face3
      6-man rotation is officially happening

      By Billy F-Face3 · Posted

      Yeah I think they need to staggar the lefties in the rotation order. R-R-L-R-L like that.
    • Billy F-Face3
      The 2024 Trade Deadline

      By Billy F-Face3 · Posted

      Trading Mayo Kjerstad and Povich for one guy to become a relief pitcher is nuts.
    • Billy F-Face3
      Heyman on deadline targets

      By Billy F-Face3 · Posted

      We don't need starting pitchers. We need Relief Pitchers. We don't need average Relief Pitchers, we need consistent high leverage/high K Relief Pitchers.
    • Billy F-Face3
      Os claim Levi Stoudt

      By Billy F-Face3 · Posted

      If you feel comfortable putting Aiken and Baker (or even Tate) in during an elimination series, that's your prerogative. But I do not. Too inconsistent, which is the same reason why Mike Baumann pitched himself off the active roster. when spot was needed for returning starters off the IL. Currently Coulombe is on IL so we can't even count on one of our best. Cano has regressed from last season. We've also witnessed last season how Webb broke down from over use and was ineffective in the playoff series against Texas. Perez goes in streaks of either really good or concernedly bad (he loses his command). Akin's problem is he leaves the ball over the heart of the plate and he doesn't have good enough stuff to get away with it. They're meatballs. We might get some good times from Baker now that he's up, but I would only expect a month or 2 at best from him before he returns to old habits. And Suarez is a starter who wants to be a starter. Who knows if he will go back to the bullpen? He'll have to go deeper into games if he wants to stay in the rotation, otherwise, I think he should be in the bullpen. But that's not what he is right now in this moment. He's a starter with a ERA in the 1s.
    • Hallas
      The Braves series, June 11-13

      By Hallas · Posted

      It's pretty hard to say definitively that the bolded is true.  It might be, but there's also the loss in ability you have to account for.  30 year olds are slower than 26 year olds too.  Maybe their game knowledge and practice have made it so they can overcome the meager loss in bat speed/athleticism over that time span.  But the picture is a bit muddy.   I also don't think the aging issue is limited to people in their mid-late 30s.  Bat speed peaks at like 24 or 25 based on the data we have right now on it, and after 31 starts falling off fairly fast.  Obviously this is population data and individuals are likely to see different curves.   But outside of the stars that have a lot of ability to lose, it's becoming pretty clear that once you hit your early 30s it's pretty hard to maintain your skills without all the "help" that is extensively tested for.   I think that even for early-30s players teams are much more willing to drop them over giving them expensive market-rate deals, especially since they can abuse young talent so readily.
    • Remember The Alomar
      Jackson Holliday 2024

      By Remember The Alomar · Posted

      After a really dumb day at work, this was an absolutely delightful read. Seeing a diamond expert and a can of corn detonate a yoked PBA pro was absolutely wonderful. I love this website. 
    • Malike
      6-man rotation is officially happening

      By Malike · Posted

      If you pitch Bradish on 5 days rest you'd pitch Rodriguez on 3 days rest?

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...