Roch: O's sign Cuban OF Elier Leyva

[McLovin]

Breaking out this post so no one misses it. Anyone able to find any info?<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Doesn't sound like <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> involved in bidding for Korean SS Jung-Ho Kang. They did sign Cuban OF Elier Leyva. <a href="https://t.co/rSofKkKMyM">https://t.co/rSofKkKMyM</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">December 15, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[wildcard]

https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/544556031561707520

From Roch:

Cuban OF Elier Leyva, 24, likely to start at Class A Frederick. Plus power and fielding. Average arm and runner. 6-2, 180. #orioles

[Guest]

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Oriole.

[Hank Scorpio]

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Oriole.

Right because we don't really have scouts or guys with any kind of clue, whatsoever. It's a miracle they can even field a team capable of getting through a half inning without tripping over their own feet and falling face first into the poorly mown outfield grass.

If they're not expensive, they're not good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mdbdotcom]

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Oriole.

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Cuban. Not even a Mark Cuban.

[foxfield]

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Oriole.

That's the spirit!!!!! SMH

[byrdz]

If they're not expensive, they're not good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice translation and what the media and MLB would have you believe.

[Guest]

That's the spirit!!!!! SMH

Hey i hope it works. But let's be real here.

[srock]

https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/544556031561707520

From Roch:

Cuban OF Elier Leyva, 24, likely to start at Class A Frederick. Plus power and fielding. Average arm and runner. 6-2, 180. #orioles

The promo video (why are the always so silly?) says he is 204 pounds. He does look bigger then 180.

[waroriole]

Hey i hope it works. But let's be real here.

Yes. Let's be real. We're talking about the defending AL East champs that won 96 games. We wouldn't have any good players sign here.

[DrungoHazewood]

If he was any good he wouldn't be a Oriole.

You really believe that, don't you? You truly believe that this is a terrible organization that's produced a terrible team backed by a terrible front office and a terrible farm system.

[MemorialStadKid]

Yes. Let's be real. We're talking about the defending AL East champs that won 96 games. We wouldn't have any good players sign here.

...with two of the best players gone and a FO that hasn't made a single improvement yet with a FA class generally depleted of the kind of players we need.

I think that's why some folks are salty.

MSK

[DrungoHazewood]

...with two of the best players gone...

People keep saying that, but Cruz wasn't as good as Jones, arguably wasn't as good as Pearce. And you'd have a hard time saying Markakis was a good bet to be more valuable in '15 than Jones, Machado, Hardy, Wieters, maybe even Davis. Unless maybe you meant the reliever who pitched 20 innings? The O's lost two solid regulars and a late-season addition to the pen. They're probably down five or six wins, not counting the likely additions from Machado, Wieters and Davis, or the likely regression of Pearce.

[scOtt]

...with two of the best players gone and a FO that hasn't made a single improvement yet with a FA class generally depleted of the kind of players we need.

I think that's why some folks are salty.

MSK

With 23 players returning.

[weams]

Hey i hope it works. But let's be real here.

Not really in this case I think you're rushing to judgment.