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Il BuonO Hangout Grand Counsel

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Professional hitter - I'm no Stotle and "they say" his bat won't play for more than a bench jockey, but I like him. He stands out.

I'm one of those who has my doubts. At times over the last two seasons he looks overmatched against a good FB, but I'm willing to be proven wrong, especially if he proves athletic enough to play the OF.

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thezeroes Major Leaguer Rising Star

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The numbers don't add up.

26 Teams played in all 32 seasons (26x32= 832)

2 Teams have played in 23 seasons (46)

2 Teams have played in 18 seasons (36)

So starting in 1984 there are 914 team seasons. I count 794 team seasons listed.

Tie Games do not count in the standings. (35 Games ended in a Tie in 2015 not in standings) (36 Games ended in a tie in 2014)

All teams do not platy the same number of games in Spring training. (Ties and Split-Squad or lack of Split-Squad)

Both of Split -Squad Games count in the standings.

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I think that's a perfect example for this thread. Walker is a classic AAAA level talent

who people are going to drastically overrate when he has a hot streak.

I've cautioned against getting too excited about Walker, but at the same time, it's a bit early in his career to saddle him with the AAAA label. Let's see what 2016 brings for him.

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Tie Games do not count in the standings. (35 Games ended in a Tie in 2015 not in standings) (36 Games ended in a tie in 2014)

All teams do not platy the same number of games in Spring training. (Ties and Split-Squad or lack of Split-Squad)

Both of Split -Squad Games count in the standings.

You may want to rethink this post.

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You may want to rethink this post.

Why???

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/mlb/standings/exhibition.jsp?ymd=20160307

Scroll to bottom, unless I can not read it states:

Exhibition and charity games do not count towards spring training standings. Split-squad games are counted.

It then has:

Tie games do not count towards standings calculations.

What am I to rethink???

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I believe the worst spring training record ever belongs to the '85 Pirates' date=' who went 6-18. They then went on to finish 43 1/2 games out of first with a 57-104 regular season record. Let's hope it doesn't come to this.[/quote']

We'd have to go on a winning streak to get a sweet record like 6-18.

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I believe the worst spring training record ever belongs to the '85 Pirates' date=' who went 6-18. They then went on to finish 43 1/2 games out of first with a 57-104 regular season record. Let's hope it doesn't come to this.[/quote']

I'm surprised that's the worst ever. Just curious, what was the ST record of the 1988 Orioles? Or for that matter, the 2010 Orioles (who, you may remember, started the regular season 2-16)?

Edit -- Answering my own question, the 1988 Orioles were 9-19 and the 2010 Orioles were 12-17 in the Grapefruit League.

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I really don't want to put any emphasis on spring training, but today's lineup was basically the A team, and we got blanked. At best, that's not good. At worst, it's a growing concern.

Grabbing 2-3 wins this week would be great, however meaningless.

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The A lineup has had like 3 games so far is the thing. Haven't had a chance to get rolling with so many road games.

Fair enough. But they're still the best we have.

3/7 isn't the day to start getting worried. But it's not too far off. If we still suck after St. Patrick's Day, then I'll start to feel bad.

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I really don't want to put any emphasis on spring training, but today's lineup was basically the A team, and we got blanked. At best, that's not good. At worst, it's a growing concern.

Grabbing 2-3 wins this week would be great, however meaningless.

I've always felt that the first half of ST isn't anything to get worked up about, but that the second half begins to reveal truths about your team...

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