Orioles Sign Edwin Jackson to a Minor League Deal

[WEAVERMAN]

Duquette's comments regarding Jackson being a "dependable, solid major league pitcher" are laughable.  If he ever pitches for us, we're in big trouble.

[OFFNY]

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This was Jackson's 2017 season debut.

 

9 OUTS: )  3 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 2 Strikeouts, 2 Popouts, 1 Flyout

 

EDWIN JACKSON )))))) (vs. AAA-Durham, 5/07)

IP:;)..l) 3))

H:)l,..)  3 ) ll(2 Doubles, 1 Single)

R:.l.l..) 1

BB:o)).1o 

SO:l))) 2

Pitches: l) 48 )(25 )Strikes, )23 )Balls)0

2017 ERA: l)  3.00 ) (AAA-Norfolk)

2017 WHIP: l)  1.333 ) (AAA-Norfolk)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )  .273 ) (AAA-Norfolk)

 

PITCHES BY INNING

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12 )ll(81 llStrikes, lll.41 ..Balls)

15 ll.(51 llStrikes, )l10 ).lBalls)

21 l..(12 llStrikes, )ll91 llBalls)

 

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[bobmc]

Buck referred to his outing yesterday as Spring Training, since he was last in Sarasota prepping.  They will try to up his innings systematically and see what they have.  But we all know that right?

[wildcard]

At this point Jackson is an insurance policy.  He is behind several other cheaper pitchers.  Asher, Verrett, Ynoa, and Bleier are all currently ahead of Jackson.  I don't see the O's spending another 2M  for Jackson as long as that is true.

[Redskins Rick]

To me this is mostly depth for the system and maybe they get lucky and he gets his Jake Arrietta light bulb moment.

I suspect most MLB teams are doing the same thing, we follow this team, so we are more aware of signings like this.

[sportsfan8703]

I'll root for the guy but I think the system is past the point where we have to root for a miracle season from Edwin Jackson to save us.  

Overall his results looked good but he threw a ton of balls. If Britton is out we are going to need another back end reliever. It won't be Jackson. It'll likely be someone at the trade deadline to go with our depth arms. 

 

[wildcard]

44 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I'll root for the guy but I think the system is past the point where we have to root for a miracle season from Edwin Jackson to save us.  

Overall his results looked good but he threw a ton of balls. If Britton is out we are going to need another back end reliever. It won't be Jackson. It'll likely be someone at the trade deadline to go with our depth arms. 

 

Back end probably will be Brach and O'Day.  Givens and Hart in the 7th and 8th.  If they need another short inning reliever then Yacabonis is knocking on the door.

[Spy Fox]

1 hour ago, Redskins Rick said:

To me this is mostly depth for the system and maybe they get lucky and he gets his Jake Arrietta light bulb moment.

I suspect most MLB teams are doing the same thing, we follow this team, so we are more aware of signings like this.

I don't get the Arrieta comparison. They have completely different career trajectories and Jackson is about 6 years older now than Jake was when we traded him. 

As for Jackson himself, he's far enough down on the depth chart that if our rotation stays mostly healthy we may never see him with the O's. But I also won't be surprised if he comes up at some point. We've had unlikelier contributors. 

[Redskins Rick]

1 hour ago, Spy Fox said:

I don't get the Arrieta comparison. They have completely different career trajectories and Jackson is about 6 years older now than Jake was when we traded him. 

As for Jackson himself, he's far enough down on the depth chart that if our rotation stays mostly healthy we may never see him with the O's. But I also won't be surprised if he comes up at some point. We've had unlikelier contributors. 

The point was, Jake had flashes, but was pitching some pretty bad baseball, and he had his light bulb moment.

Britton was on a downwhirl spiral of sorts, until he had his light bulb moment and rebirth as a totally different pitcher.

It can happen, yes, most of the time, to the younger pitchers, but there is a chance.

[Tony-OH]

I don't know what his velocity was, but I watched some of his outing and he didn't look that bad. He was decent as a reliever two years ago. i think that might be his best role at this point. Heck, if he can become a solid 6th inning man it will help save Givens for later in game outings.

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

I don't know what his velocity was, but I watched some of his outing and he didn't look that bad. He was decent as a reliever two years ago. i think that might be his best role at this point. Heck, if he can become a solid 6th inning man it will help save Givens for later in game outings.

That's good to hear. It's looking like we're going to need another back end reliever with Britton being hurt. Hopefully Jackson can be that guy.  If not it's going to have to be a trade or one or Chricton, Liranzo, Scott or Yacobonis. 

[OFFNY]

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5 OUTS: )  2 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 1 Strikeouts, 1 Flyout

 

EDWIN JACKSON )))))) (vs. AAA-Louisville, 5/10)

IP:;)..l) 1.67 ) *

H:)l,..)  0 ) ll

R:)l.l..) 0

BB:o)).1o 

SO:l))) 1

Pitches: l) 17 )(9 )Strikes, )8 )Balls)0

2017 ERA: l)  1.93 ) (AAA-Norfolk)

2017 WHIP: l)  1.071 ) (AAA-Norfolk) )  4.67 IP (5 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )  .200 ) (AAA-Norfolk) )  3 for 17

 

* ) Jackson entered the game with 1 out and nobody on base in the 8th inning.

PITCHES BY INNING

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9 )ll(6 llStrikes, lll.3 ..Balls) ) **

8 l..(3 llStrikes, lll.5 lllBalls)

 

 ** ) Jackson recorded 2 outs upon entering the game in the 8th inning.

 

 

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[weams]

13 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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5 OUTS: )  2 Groundouts (Including 1 Double Play), 1 Strikeouts, 1 Flyout

 

EDWIN JACKSON )))))) (vs. AAA-Louisville, 5/10)

IP:;)..l) 1.67 ) *

H:)l,..)  0 ) ll

R:)l.l..) 0

BB:o)).1o 

SO:l))) 1

Pitches: l) 17 )(9 )Strikes, )8 )Balls)0

2017 ERA: l)  1.93 ) (AAA-Norfolk)

2017 WHIP: l)  1.071 ) (AAA-Norfolk) )  4.67 IP (5 H/BB)

2017 OPPONENTS BATTING AVG: )  .200 ) (AAA-Norfolk) )  3 for 17

 

* ) Jackson entered the game with 1 out and nobody on base in the 8th inning.

PITCHES BY INNING

*******************

9 )ll(6 llStrikes, lll.3 ..Balls) ) **

8 l..(3 llStrikes, lll.5 lllBalls)

 

 ** ) Jackson recorded 2 outs upon entering the game in the 8th inning.

 

 

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Good. Great. 

[Emory Eagle]

Anyone have any reports on his velocity?  Would be nice if we could add a two pitch hard FB / Slider or Splitter type guy for middle relief and move Asher back to being a long man.  If this description of his raw stuff is still accurate, then he seems like a real possibility, especially if he can capitalize on that Cut FB: http://www.brooksbaseball.net/landing.php?player=429719

[weams]