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Joe Angel's reaction to the Yankees being upset about the Orioles not playing a doubleheader two days after Mike Flanagan committed suicide ......

"The Yankees are upset ??? Big Deal."

A similar reaction would be appropriate by the Orioles in regard to Boras being upset about the Orioles' handling of Wieters. They will do what is best for Wieters and the club, not necessarily what is best for Boras.

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Joe Angel's reaction to the Yankees being upset about the Orioles not playing a doubleheader two days after Mike Flanagan committed suicide ......

"The Yankees are upset ??? Big Deal."

A similar reaction would be appropriate by the Orioles in regard to Boras being upset about the Orioles' handling of Wieters. They will do what is best for Wieters and the club, not necessarily what is best for Boras.

Yeah that's what I don't understand. In my eyes the Orioles are helping him out by not allowing him to exclusively DH... All his value is essentially being a really good catcher.

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I am not a Boras hater like many are. I think he does a great job for his clients. However, I could not care less about his opinion on this issue. If Wieters isn't healthy enough to catch, he needs to be on the DL and then rehabbing in the minors behind the plate. He is not going to start a major league game at catcher when he's had one spring training start and no other action in a "real" game.

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I am not a Boras hater like many are. I think he does a great job for his clients. However, I could not care less about his opinion on this issue. If Wieters isn't healthy enough to catch, he needs to be on the DL and then rehabbing in the minors behind the plate. He is not going to start a major league game at catcher when he's had one spring training start and no other action in a "real" game.

I'm actually with you on this, and agree he does a great job for his clients. I don't even have a problem with him stirring up controversy over Bryant, since there is actual room for criticism on the service time rules.

But Boras doesn't even have a leg to stand on with this argument for Wieters. DHing may mean it takes him longer for him to be ready to catch, and he's not a good enough hitter to be an upgrade over our current DH candidates. When you add in the fact that keeping him as a DH-only forces a roster crunch, it's a no-brainer.

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Another thing on this... why does Boras want Weiters playing when he clearly isn't recovered yet? So that he can reinjure himself and play even less in a walk year? That'll really help his client establish. (Note: I feel like using the rolleyes emoji about 700,000 times to display my exact feeling, but that would break the Hangout, so I will refrain.)

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I am not a Boras hater like many are. I think he does a great job for his clients. However, I could not care less about his opinion on this issue. If Wieters isn't healthy enough to catch, he needs to be on the DL and then rehabbing in the minors behind the plate. He is not going to start a major league game at catcher when he's had one spring training start and no other action in a "real" game.

He does a great job for some of his clients. The elite ones. For others, like Morales and Drew, they are screwed because of his insistence on the biggest deal possible, which may not even be available.

I think Wieters ends up in a similar category to those guys.

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He does a great job for some of his clients. The elite ones. For others, like Morales and Drew, they are screwed because of his insistence on the biggest deal possible, which may not even be available.

I think Wieters ends up in a similar category to those guys.

What you don't want to be is a tier 2 guy playing the same position as a tier 1 guy when you are both looking for a new contract.

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