Orioles acquired RHP Odrisamer Despaigne

[El Gordo]

Pronounced OH dris a Mare di Spine

[weams]

I'm probably conflating several things and misremembering others, but didn't the Dana Eveland trade for a couple guys in low A lead to about a 100-page thread and the departure of SportsGuy and his 112,993 posts?

It was actually "atomic."

[Creamsicle]

First thing I said to my wife (also a diehard O's fan) after this trade yesterday was that we were going to have to find an easy nickname for this guy. She looked at his name and said, "Okay... let's call him Sport."

So Sport he is, for me and the missus going forward. If anyone was having same dilemma, feel free to borrow. :laughlol:

I'm sticking with the Herve Villechaize

[weams]

I'm sticking with the Herve Villechaize

I liked it.

[weams]

[Number5]

[video=youtube;r7bo_A6XnUU]

[weams]

Odrisamer DespaigneVerified account

@despa40

Baltimore Orioles Pitcher. 100% cubano

Pembroke Pines, FL

Born on April 4, 1987

[backwardsk]

That's how you use Twitter.

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[Palmoripken]

That's really neat. Ordisamer is my age and I remember that quite well. I thought it was really cool too. Hopefully he can contribute someway because he seems like a solid guy.

[sportsfan8703]

Pretty good first impression with the twitter post. He signed in May of 2014 for $1 million. I wonder if we were in on him then or scouted him. That's been just about in our price range for the cuban players we've signed. Can't remember all the guys but off the top of my head it would be Urrutia, Alvarez, E.Leyva OF, Leyva P, A.Miranda LH, and that hulked up first basemen last year. I don't think this trade came out of nowhere. Like with Paredes a two offseasons ago, DD always get his guy in the end. Same with Almanzar the Rule 5 from BOS.

[Tony-OH]

Hard to not root for the guy!

[weams]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"The American League is over all a little bit better than the National League" - Joe McIlvaine, Special Assistant to Orioles VP Dan Duquette</p>— MLB Network Radio (@MLBNetworkRadio) <a href="

">February 6, 2016</a></blockquote>

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[abbott]

Hard to not root for the guy!

We will all root for him. But we won't count on him.

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[Frobby]

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We will all root for him. But we won't count on him.

Well put. He's got a puncher's chance of being decent.

[Snutchy]

I'm going to be that guy and mention his hat wearing technuiqe. I truly hope that he doesn't turn his brim slightly to the side. Even Cal was bad for that.