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Aristotelian Hangout Grand Counsel

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Roe is better than some people give him credit for, too, imo. He had a solid run of a couple weeks as the go-to 7th inning guy last year. He's definitely not a mop-up type of guy. For that we have Ubaldo (until we trade him for pennies on the dollar).

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I wonder if he could be a small chip in a trade package. Another team could get more value out of him than the O's. COL for instance. I wonder if the O's are using him right now to audition him for potential trade partners when it seems like a LHP would make more sense.

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Roe is better than some people give him credit for, too, imo. He had a solid run of a couple weeks as the go-to 7th inning guy last year. He's definitely not a mop-up type of guy. For that we have Ubaldo (until we trade him for pennies on the dollar).

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Roe is pretty good reliever. Pretty good fastball and a swing and miss slider.

I think on most other big league clubs he would have a year round job at this point. We just happen to have a lot of depth in our bullpen.

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I wonder if he could be a small chip in a trade package. Another team could get more value out of him than the O's. COL for instance. I wonder if the O's are using him right now to audition him for potential trade partners when it seems like a LHP would make more sense.

Haha, I was going to mention him in my trade proposal. Drake may interest some teams as well.

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Roe is better than some people give him credit for, too, imo. He had a solid run of a couple weeks as the go-to 7th inning guy last year. He's definitely not a mop-up type of guy. For that we have Ubaldo (until we trade him for pennies on the dollar).

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I hope we don't lose him over Ubaldo.

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Dan does not mind cuttesr. He does not want them being thrown in games that do not count for prospects in the minor leagues. Makes sense to me.
You know, you can't use facts here in OH. :)

I was targeting those folks that think cutters are strictly verboten among Oriole pitchers and I would assume that Ohfan67 was following suit.

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I saw the other day that Vanimal throws a cutter.

Does Dan know?

Dan does not mind cuttesr. He does not want them being thrown in games that do not count for prospects in the minor leagues. Makes sense to me.

Despaigne and Tyler Wilson too. Is this a relaxing of the policy or has this been the policy all along? I was under the impression that at least Jake was prohibited from throwing it in MLB and that is one of the reasons supposedly for his success with Cubs.

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Despaigne and Tyler Wilson too. Is this a relaxing of the policy or has this been the policy all along? I was under the impression that at least Jake was prohibited from throwing it in MLB and that is one of the reasons supposedly for his success with Cubs.

I think its been said, they don't want their prospect throwing it, and hurting their development. It is stressful on the elbow.

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