O's acquired Logan Verrett from Mets for cash

[sportsfan8703]

The fan in me wants to believe that the two GM's talked about more than just Verrett for $$$.  They have an OF glut and we have a need.  

[Moose Milligan]

Get those playoff tickets ready, here come the Birds!

[Ruzious]

15 hours ago, Larry18 said:

This is a nice trade. The Orioles gave up no prospects, no veterans and still acquired an arm that may be useful in 2017. I also think Buck will get more out of him than Terry Collins.

They've acquired him twice now, and I'm still not getting the fascination.  Shake a minor league free agent tree, and a couple dozen Verretts fall off.  

[wildcard]

3 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

They've acquired him twice now, and I'm still not getting the fascination.  Shake a minor league free agent tree, and a couple dozen Verretts fall off.  

Out of those two dozen the O's are hoping to find a couple that can actually pitch in the majors effectively.

[canonfaz]

Happy with this trade. He's had a few nice stretches in his young career. He's a valuable type of cheap arm to have around.

[MDtransplant757]

16 hours ago, wildcard said:

I think TJ could be non tendered and still sign a minor league deal with the O's to play at Norfolk.

The O's are sending their pitching garbage to me again? Damn it. 

[Aristotelian]

34 minutes ago, canonfaz said:

Happy with this trade. He's had a few nice stretches in his young career. He's a valuable type of cheap arm to have around.

I would rather have him than Gallardo or Miley, even setting aside cost.

[Larry18]

1 hour ago, Ruzious said:

They've acquired him twice now, and I'm still not getting the fascination.  Shake a minor league free agent tree, and a couple dozen Verretts fall off.  

You should have shown that tree to Dan before he signed Gallardo.

[Redskins Rick]

ESPN is quoting Roch and says Orioles wont tender Worley.

Several posters in OH have already said as much.

http://www.espn.com/blog/mlb/rumors/post/_/id/31521/mlb-rumor-central-orioles-to-non-tender-vance-worley

 

 

[weams]

Verrett’s breaking ball (slider and curveball) is a viable MLB strikeout pitch, inducing an extremely high 31.4% miss/whiff rate (swing and miss rate).  The breaking ball shows sharp, late, downward movement and has enough velocity to deceive the hitter into thinking the pitch is a four-seam fastball.  The reason behind defining it as a breaking ball is because it’s tough to decipher the difference between his slider and curveball.

At times, Verrett’s two-seam fastball seemed to move 10 to 14 inches with sharp 10 to 5 downward movement.  Although he didn’t show consistent fastball command on the corners of home plate, Verrett kept his pitches between ankle and thigh high.

Staying low in the strike zone with two pitches having sharp downward movement makes it nearly impossible for opposing hitters to lift the baseball for hard hits and extra base hits.

http://metsmerizedonline.com/2015/08/logan-verrett-scouting-report.html/

[VeveJones007]

^^^

I love this board

[25 Nuggets]

13 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

ESPN is quoting Roch and says Orioles wont tender Worley.

Several posters in OH have already said as much.

http://www.espn.com/blog/mlb/rumors/post/_/id/31521/mlb-rumor-central-orioles-to-non-tender-vance-worley

 

 

I'll be interested to see if Worley gets more than his projected arbitration number in the open market.

[Redskins Rick]

6 hours ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I'll be interested to see if Worley gets more than his projected arbitration number in the open market.

Since he is a pitcher and breathing, most likely.

 

[sportsfan8703]

11 minutes ago, Black Bat said:

Sounds more like an acquisition to me. 

You're right.  Based on results, he's worth the 3.3 million and might get a little more on the open market.  However, with the bullpen there is more at play.  What's hurting Worley is the fact that we're going to have to carry one of Ubaldo/Miley/Gallardo in the bullpen.  So that leaves a pen of:

Britton, O'day, Brach, Givens, Hart, SP above, opening.

If we bring Worley back we would no longer have that open spot to rotate through fresh arms.  The only people in the pen with options would be Givens and Hart.  Both of those guys shouldn't be going anywhere.  Maybe Hart in a pinch or if he struggles.  

Plus we're so stacked in the pen that Worley wouldn't be pitching in high leverage situations for us.  I don't know if its worth it to pay a guy 3.3 million when they are primarily only going to pitch when the team is losing.  That's for guys like Drake, Wilson, Wright, Garcia, Bridwell, Gunkel.  

[OFFNY]

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