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Nolan has never done anything, in any year, to warrant him being in this roster. He's the king of watching third strikes in big situations. Goodbye!

Define "Big Situations" please.

In his career, Nolan has 3 (Three) looking strikeouts from the seventh inning on, with his team behind, and any base runners on base. You can look it up on B-R if your a mind too.

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Define "Big Situations" please.

In his career, Nolan has 3 (Three) looking strikeouts from the seventh inning on, with his team behind, and any base runners on base. You can look it up on B-R if your a mind too.

Manny Machado in 2016 alone has the same 3 (Three) strikeouts in the same situation. Given these factoids, I would call Manny the "King Of Watching Call Third Strikes in Big Situations" before I would say that about Nolan Reimold.

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The comtinuing obsession with Nolan Reimold. For a player who has contributed so little he has been amazingly able to stay on the Orioles roster AND he generates more OH discussion over the years than any regular on the team. Winter, spring, summer, or fall Nolan discussion is in play on the OH. It is amazing.

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If Rickard doesn't get hurt perhaps they never go after Pearce. Who knows if Nolan would still be here. Nolan has had a lot of bad luck in his career. He isn't a guy who mashes lefties and struggles vs righties. I never thought he was a great defender when he was younger. This really isn't the best situation for him. He is being used in a role more due to the limitations of his teammates than his skill set. That being said at this stage in his career I am sure he just happy playing somewhere. As long as they keep 7 pitchers he should be fine. Can't assume Rickard will be ready to play right off the DL.

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The O's have been incredibly loyal to Nolan IMO. A couple years on rehab at a million or so each. He seems to be a favorite of Brady and Buck. Once Buck likes you, you have a chance to be a lifer with the team. Likewise, once you've crossed him, it is difficult to get back on his good graces. I often wonder whether Nolan was brought back too early from the neck injury and if so the O's worried about some potential legal suits he might file. To counter that, give him chances and make him earn his way off the team. Nolan is not young. I wish BS would at least give some others in the system (Yaz, Alvarez, etc) a decent look rather than hope an old friend can come back to performances of old.

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If Rickard doesn't get hurt perhaps they never go after Pearce. Who knows if Nolan would still be here. Nolan has had a lot of bad luck in his career. He isn't a guy who mashes lefties and struggles vs righties. I never thought he was a great defender when he was younger. This really isn't the best situation for him. He is being used in a role more due to the limitations of his teammates than his skill set. That being said at this stage in his career I am sure he just happy playing somewhere. As long as they keep 7 pitchers he should be fine. Can't assume Rickard will be ready to play right off the DL.

Which is hilarious considering the fact that Rickard was having a worse year than Reimold is.

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To see how much everyone is getting so up in arms over Nolan Reimold (last guy on the bench), shows what a good team we have right now.

This wasn't an issue before Rickard was hurt and Pearce was added, but again you aren't going to DFA him a few weeks before rosters expand. We could potentially need his bat down the stretch if someone else goes down.

I don't want to see Kim against lefties. I don't think he hangs in there well enough and he's had some really poor swings in his limited appearances against them this season. Mancini DHing against lefties in September with Pearce and Trumbo on the corners will probably be worth trying.

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The O's have been incredibly loyal to Nolan IMO. A couple years on rehab at a million or so each. He seems to be a favorite of Brady and Buck. Once Buck likes you, you have a chance to be a lifer with the team. Likewise, once you've crossed him, it is difficult to get back on his good graces. I often wonder whether Nolan was brought back too early from the neck injury and if so the O's worried about some potential legal suits he might file. To counter that, give him chances and make him earn his way off the team. Nolan is not young. I wish BS would at least give some others in the system (Yaz, Alvarez, etc) a decent look rather than hope an old friend can come back to performances of old.

Keeping him on the roster because of possible legal suits? I think you are reaching here.

We were really weak at the corner OF last season and even then it took half the season for Nolan to get called up. Once he was called up he performed much better than the guys we were throwing out there before (De Aza, Delmon, Snyder, etc.). He was putting up very good numbers this season offensively until July. He's earned his spot on the team.

There is a reasonable debate now that he's not an ideal fit for the roster, but this hasn't been a long standing thing.

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The O's have been incredibly loyal to Nolan IMO. A couple years on rehab at a million or so each. He seems to be a favorite of Brady and Buck. Once Buck likes you, you have a chance to be a lifer with the team. Likewise, once you've crossed him, it is difficult to get back on his good graces. I often wonder whether Nolan was brought back too early from the neck injury and if so the O's worried about some potential legal suits he might file. To counter that, give him chances and make him earn his way off the team. Nolan is not young. I wish BS would at least give some others in the system (Yaz, Alvarez, etc) a decent look rather than hope an old friend can come back to performances of old.

Yaz is terrible at Norfolk. .668 OPS with 74 strikeouts in 286 plate appearances. Not ready for the big leagues at all.

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If Rickard doesn't get hurt perhaps they never go after Pearce. Who knows if Nolan would still be here. Nolan has had a lot of bad luck in his career. He isn't a guy who mashes lefties and struggles vs righties. I never thought he was a great defender when he was younger. This really isn't the best situation for him. He is being used in a role more due to the limitations of his teammates than his skill set. That being said at this stage in his career I am sure he just happy playing somewhere. As long as they keep 7 pitchers he should be fine. Can't assume Rickard will be ready to play right off the DL.

I thought Nolan might become Gary Roenicke. But he hasn't and isn't.

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To see how much everyone is getting so up in arms over Nolan Reimold (last guy on the bench), shows what a good team we have right now.

This wasn't an issue before Rickard was hurt and Pearce was added, but again you aren't going to DFA him a few weeks before rosters expand. We could potentially need his bat down the stretch if someone else goes down.

I don't want to see Kim against lefties. I don't think he hangs in there well enough and he's had some really poor swings in his limited appearances against them this season. Mancini DHing against lefties in September with Pearce and Trumbo on the corners will probably be worth trying.

You keep bringing up Reimold bat. That isn't the issue. He's solid enough as a part time player. It's the fact he keeps being put in as a late game defensive substitution, and he's not cutting it in that role. Luckily his latest hiccup didn't cost the game.

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