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    • Can_of_corn
      Cal thinks Holiday moved to fast through the system

      By Can_of_corn · Posted

      Has to be from game footage.  Good like finding a shot of Wilt.
    • DrungoHazewood
      Cal thinks Holiday moved to fast through the system

      By DrungoHazewood · Posted

      There's this idea that prospects are rushed nowadays, not like back when everything was good and right with the world and everybody spent a year or two at each level finely honing their craft before getting called up. That's a total fiction. It's always been the case that players were promoted when they were better than the folks ahead of them. And in the past that was often much more quickly than today. A few years before Cal was drafted David Clyde made 18 starts for the Rangers the year he graduated from high school at the age of 18. Al Kaline never played a minute in the minors, neither did Sandy Koufax, or Bob Horner. Griffey Jr and ARod had fewer minor league PAs than Holliday. Robin Yount was starting at short almost the whole year for the Brewers at 18, despite OPSing .622. Ben McDonald had nine minor league innings under his belt when the O's called him up. Babe Ruth played 46 minor league games. Mantle was in the majors at 19, after just 40 games in AAA. Holliday has a minor league OPS of .932, mostly as a teenager facing much older competition. I don't really care what Cal says, the idea he was rushed is hindsight heavily flavored by a poor week-and-a-half worth of ABs. He'll be back shortly and he'll be fine.
    • Frobby
      Tracking our 13-pitcher class from the 2023 draft

      By Frobby · Posted

      Thanks for saving me the work.  Looks like Sharkey is on the IL; he hasn’t pitched since May 3.   Bragg has really come on; he allowed 5 ER in his first outing of the year and only 1 ER since.
    • Too Tall
      Cal thinks Holiday moved to fast through the system

      By Too Tall · Posted

      A good part of this board - me included - wanted/thought J H would be on the team for the first game of the year. Then, there was a push for a call up with some thinking Elias was trying to delay to extend control. Now there is second guessing re why the poor start that led to a demotion. This will be a never-ending story. I don't view Cal any differently than before he became a MINORITY owner. Which is to say, I really don't look to Cal for prospect evaluations. Tony and some on this site - yes. Cal - no.  I also bet in retrospect however, Elias & Co. would agree with Cal's take. Heck, I agree with it. Cal just needs to learn he is now more than just an Oriole Hall of Fame Icon. Things he says can be taken a lot of different ways depending on the listener. I think this interview is a nothing burger in the sceme of things with an eye/ear bent toward future interviews to see if a trend develops. I doubt seriously one does!
    • Sanfran327
      Saturday, May 18: A Wet one vs The Seamen

      By Sanfran327 · Posted

      Hope they get this one in. All of these rainy Saturdays have meant no golf for me in a while, so I hope to at least catch a ballgame.  Grayson coming off the IL for the start as we commence a 6 man rotation. 
    • Just Regular
      Dylan Beavers 2024

      By Just Regular · Posted

      Some good AL East and Orioles Hangout famous flavor to the young enough bats looking like the Eastern League's best prospects. Zac Veen, NYY Agustin Ramirez, Beavers and the Red Sox Marcelo Mayer and Kyle Teel are the Top 5 age-22 and under bats by wRC+ Beavers did HR last night as we watch how much his power can grow this year.
    • OsFanSinceThe80s
      What are you listening to right now?

      By OsFanSinceThe80s · Posted

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