Chris Davis having an MRI on his oblique strain

[InsideCoroner]

According to this article, an MRI is scheduled for later today. Worst case, he could be out for a couple months. Here's hoping it's not as bad as it sounds.

[Rich Mac]

[InsideCoroner]

[Going Underground]

Pedro might be here soon. Not Pedro Martinez in his prime. We need someone like that but the great outfielder and third baseman.

[webbrick2010]

Worst contract in Orioles history.

Mark Reynolds is among ML leaders in HR's and RBI's on a one million dollar contract.

I called it a franchise destroying contract the day it was signed and here we are sinking into last place.

[Aglets]

3 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Worst contract in Orioles history.

Mark Reynolds is among ML leaders in HR's and RBI's on a one million dollar contract.

I called it a franchise destroying contract the day it was signed and here we are sinking into last place.

Here the O's are...........sinking towards last place................and Chris Davis has almost nothing to do with it.

If only we had extended Reynolds.........I'm sure if we dig we'll find some posts of yours where you pushed hard for that after his 0.2 WAR season in 2012.

Anyway, obviously no one wants to see Davis hurt, but if this helps us nudge us a little bit more towards becoming sellers maybe this is actually more helpful from a long-term perspective.   We have plenty of 1B man, I'm sure Mancini or Trumbo will do fine.

[webbrick2010]

1 minute ago, birdwatcher55 said:

Good post. A voice of reason.

Really, committing 23 million dollars a year to a player who is barely replacement level, while other teams find more production at 1/20 the cost has nothing to do with the O's problems. I have a used car I'd like to sell to you. It's worthless but I'd let it go to you for 20K

[DirtyBird]

3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Here the O's are...........sinking towards last place................and Chris Davis has almost nothing to do with it.

If only we had extended Reynolds.........I'm sure if we dig we'll find some posts of yours where you pushed hard for that after his 0.2 WAR season in 2012.

Anyway, obviously no one wants to see Davis hurt, but if this helps us nudge us a little bit more towards becoming sellers maybe this is actually more helpful from a long-term perspective.   We have plenty of 1B man, I'm sure Mancini or Trumbo will do fine.

Nobody is saying we should have re-signed Reynolds. Point is, you can find a high HR, high K guy for MUCH cheaper than we paid Davis.

[DirtyBird]

13 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Pedro might be here soon. Not Pedro Martinez in his prime. We need someone like that but the great outfielder and third baseman.

Really hope they call up Aderlin Rodriguez over Pedro.  See if the guy can be a ML hitter.

[Aglets]

You can make a reasonable argument that the O's would be better off this year even just letting Davis go and letting Mancini play every day.  And true, that would save us a TON of money!  If we could somehow offload his contract.........and well good luck with that.

And still, we'd be a terrible team.   That's all I'm saying.

I'm not going to defend the Davis contract, because it was an overpay, and we all knew it was when it was signed.    I'm not a fan of the Trumbo contract either although it is much closer to being fair.

But acting like Davis is really dragging this team down when we're letting up 10 runs at the start of all these games is incredibly disingenuous.  

[Aristotelian]

4 minutes ago, birdwatcher55 said:

Wake up and smell the coffee: Chris Davis is not your problem here. It all starts and ends with Dan Duquette.

I must say, I have mostly defended/not passed judgment on DD. But he had a terrible offseason this year. 

[DirtyBird]

12 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

I must say, I have mostly defended/not passed judgment on DD. But he had a terrible offseason this year. 

And post pre-2015 and midseason 2015

[Tony-OH]

51 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

Really hope they call up Aderlin Rodriguez over Pedro.  See if the guy can be a ML hitter.

You have to imagine Pedro will get the call up. Trumbo goes to first, Mancini stays in left field, Alvarez is the DH. 

[DirtyBird]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

You have to imagine Pedro will get the call up. Trumbo goes to first, Mancini stays in left field, Alvarez is the DH. 

 

I know. I was just imagining an organization that isn't clinging to thread of hope of making a play-in game.

[Tony-OH]

15 minutes ago, DirtyBird said:

 

I know. I was just imagining an organization that isn't clinging to thread of hope of making a play-in game.

Well, this is an organization run but DD so it's doubtful he's giving up on the season already. I like Rodriguez a bit, but I'd rather see him get everyday ABs in AAA before he's in consideration for a job in Baltimore even though he is pretty hot.