Official Winter Meetings Thread

[Austin]

Very Bridwell like IMO.

Started 28 games for Las Vegas in the PCL last year... 4.33 ERA, 6.6 K/9, 1.9 BB/9. Correct me if I'm wrong but the PCL is a strong hitters league, correct? And Las Vegas is particularly bad for pitchers?

[25 Nuggets]

Logan Verrett

There were articles talking about the Mets possibly losing this guy. Nice pick, could stick with the club. Doesn't walk people.

[oriolesacox]

Orioles add 2 players to the 40 man roster from the rule 5 draft. Just wow

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> currently have 39 on 40-man</p>? Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">December 11, 2014</a></blockquote>

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Gotta love our Os!!! Lol

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[gfrank]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=verret000log

Interesting pickup, this Verrett guy. Numbers are reminiscent of what McFarland was when we got him. Probably a decent chance he sticks with the team as a long man.

[backwardsk]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Source: Morales to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash">#Royals</a> done. 2 years with mutual option, per source. <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffPassan">@JeffPassan</a> says $17 million.</p>? Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) <a href="

">December 11, 2014</a></blockquote>

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So would this be a similar framework for Morse?

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[Austin]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Giving Morales $17 million with absolutely no one bidding against you might go down as the new dimmest move of the offseason.</p>— Matthew Pouliot (@matthewpouliot) <a href="

">December 11, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[baltfan]

Here is a prospect report on Verett. Look who is below him.

http://milbprospective.mlblogs.com/tag/logan-verrett/

8. Logan Verrett, SP (Binghamton) — 2011 Draft, 3rd round, Mets unranked

What he did: 8-4, 4.22 ERA, 83 K/23 BB in 102 1/3 innings. His ERA won’t stick out at you, but his peripherals have quietly been very strong. His K/9 stands at 7.30, his BB/9 is at 2.02, his K/BB is 3.61 and he tied for third in the league with a 1.13 WHIP. His one concern going forward will be cutting down on home runs, as he’s allowed 14 so far.

Where he might rank now: With a similarly strong second half and fewer gopher balls, he could slot in at the back of the top 20 around 18-20.

verrett555

9. Michael Almanzar, 3B (Portland) — 2007 international signing, Red Sox unranked

What he did: .282/.346/.474, 11 HR, 22 2B, 53 RBIs, 7 steals in 7 tries in 81 games. The 22-year-old Dominican Republic native gets big points for his youth, his mature approach (31 walks to 54 strikeouts) and his surprisingly efficient base stealing. After putting up OPS lines of .684, .573, .670 and .517 his first four years in the Minors, something appeared to click last year with Class A Advanced Salem, where he hit .300/.353/.458 in 124 games, and he’s built on that this year.

Where he might rank now: Once hugely hyped as a pricey international signing and then hugely disappointing until most forgot about him prior to last seasin, his 2013 performance is definitely impressive for someone his age at Double-A. I could see him finding his way into Boston’s top 15.

almanzar555

[AlbionHero]

Logan Verrett

There were articles talking about the Mets possibly losing this guy. Nice pick, could stick with the club. Doesn't walk people.

On the MLB stream, their analyst was saying Verrett was most likely guy to stick. Says he looks like a good reliever for us.

[clapdiddy]

I can't see us keeping two Rule 5 guys.

[joeyc]

So there's your big moves at the winter meetings O's fans. Wow.

[25 Nuggets]

I can't see us keeping two Rule 5 guys.

Verrett is far more likely to make it than Garcia, from what I'm seeing.

[orioles119]

So there's your big moves at the winter meetings O's fans. Wow.

Yes... the offseason only lasts a week, right?

[sportsfan8703]

Seems like both are power arms. Verret is the most likely to stick. But Garcia has the bigger upside, especially since they traded for him.

[clapdiddy]

Verrett is far more likely to make it than Garcia, from what I'm seeing.

Yeah...I'm thinking we send someone to Boston for Garcia. He'd remain on the 40-man, but not on the 25.

[Austin]

So there's your big moves at the winter meetings O's fans. Wow.

Wow, we are awful, we are going to finish in last place, this team is a joke, Dan Duquette is a secret agent for the Blue Jays, I can't wait until they move the team to Portland.