Santander

[Norfolk orioles]

5 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Tejada and Gentry are probably outrighted to Norfolk if the pass through waivers.  The O's will be paying them if they are not claimed.

Here are the moves I see barring injuries,

Trumbo activated.  Gentry down.

Flaherty activated, Tejada down  

Hardy activated. Flaherty optioned

Santander called up.   Bleier to optioned until  September 1st.

Hardy, Flaherty and Santander come off the 60 day DL  and are add the 40 man roster.  Tejada and Gentry come off the 40 man roster.   Third spot on the 40 man roster mean Verrett, Ynao or Nuno comes off he 40 man roster.

 

No way I'd option Bleier before Hart. 

[mdbdotcom]

6 hours ago, wildcard said:

Tejada and Gentry are probably outrighted to Norfolk if the pass through waivers.  The O's will be paying them if they are not claimed.

Here are the moves I see barring injuries,

Trumbo activated.  Gentry down.

Flaherty activated, Tejada down  

Hardy activated. Flaherty optioned

Santander called up.   Bleier to optioned until  September 1st.

Hardy, Flaherty and Santander come off the 60 day DL  and are add the 40 man roster.  Tejada and Gentry come off the 40 man roster.   Third spot on the 40 man roster mean Verrett, Ynao or Nuno comes off he 40 man roster.

 

Here's how I see it.

Trumbo activated,  Rickard optioned until  September 1st.

Flaherty activated, Tejada DFA.

Hardy activated, Beckham optioned until  September 1st (could change if he continues to play well over the next 2 weeks).

Santander activated, Hart optioned until  September 1st.

[eddie83]

6 hours ago, Norfolk orioles said:

No way I'd option Bleier before Hart. 

I agree. The fact that if we are going go short in the pen also means you want to keep a long man over a more situational lefty. 

[eddie83]

6 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Here's how I see it.

Trumbo activated,  Rickard optioned until  September 1st.

Flaherty activated, Tejada DFA.

Hardy activated, Beckham optioned until  September 1st (could change if he continues to play well over the next 2 weeks).

Santander activated, Hart optioned until  September 1st.

Rickard being optioned is possible. 

I just don't see Beckham going down. 

[Luke-OH]

3 minutes ago, mdbdotcom said:

Here's how I see it.

Trumbo activated,  Rickard optioned until  September 1st.

Flaherty activated, Tejada DFA.

Hardy activated, Beckham optioned until  September 1st (could change if he continues to play well over the next 2 weeks).

Santander activated, Hart optioned until  September 1st.

Gentry is the first to go, he shouldn't be on a MLB roster at this point.  Why would Hardy get the nod over Beckham?  Hardy has been the 2nd worst player in the Majors with over 200PAs this year.  His power is gone, he doesn't walk, and he clogs the bases.

[weams]

7 hours ago, eddie83 said:

 

Tejada is in trouble. I also think an 11 man pitching staff is a short time option. Two off days this month. 

 

He should not have missed that game ending pop up for Gausman.

[weams]

5 minutes ago, phillyOs119 said:

Gentry is the first to go, he shouldn't be on a MLB roster at this point.  Why would Hardy get the nod over Beckham?  Hardy has been the 2nd worst player in the Majors with over 200PAs this year.  His power is gone, he doesn't walk, and he clogs the bases.

Hardy has gotten the nod though. 

[mdbdotcom]

2 minutes ago, phillyOs119 said:

Gentry is the first to go, he shouldn't be on a MLB roster at this point.  Why would Hardy get the nod over Beckham?  Hardy has been the 2nd worst player in the Majors with over 200PAs this year.  His power is gone, he doesn't walk, and he clogs the bases.

Gentry is still a much better defender than Rickard. And if they send Joey down for 2 weeks, they can keep both he and Gentry.

Why Hardy over Beckham? Because Buck has already informed Hardy that his starting role is secure when he comes off the DL. I hope Beckham keeps playing as he has the last two games, but there is always the chance that he will revert back to the guy Tampa Bay couldn't wait to get rid of.

[Cumberbundy]

1 hour ago, weams said:

He should not have missed that game ending pop up for Gausman.

That's a fact. That still pisses me off. What kind of a teammate is that. You have a chance to make the final out for a CG so and he just didn't have his heart in it. 

[Cumberbundy]

1 hour ago, mdbdotcom said:

Gentry is still a much better defender than Rickard. And if they send Joey down for 2 weeks, they can keep both he and Gentry.

Why Hardy over Beckham? Because Buck has already informed Hardy that his starting role is secure when he comes off the DL. I hope Beckham keeps playing as he has the last two games, but there is always the chance that he will revert back to the guy Tampa Bay couldn't wait to get rid of.

If beck gets benched Buck is going to get a strongly worded email of disapproval. He better think twice. 

[Cumberbundy]

19 hours ago, 99ct said:

Not sure if you're implying that taking players in the Rule 5 draft is somehow against an unwritten rule - but there are 10-15 teams doing it every single year, so looks like the dignity of the game may not be particularly high. 

Not the implication at all, it was no secret that stashing him on the DL would be frowned upon and could come back to bite the O's. It was discussed on television during a ST game. 

[Cumberbundy]

19 hours ago, interloper said:

I think - and I'm no scout - that he projects as a Luke Scott in his hey-day (which was only a couple years, sadly) type of outfielder. Big left-handed power, won't embarrass in LF. I think he's got more upside than Luke did, but yeah. 

Don't tell me that! I'm seeing a Bonds with better attitude, a smaller head and maybe a bit less speed. Could be wrong. 

[Frobby]

11 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

That's a fact. That still pisses me off. What kind of a teammate is that. You have a chance to make the final out for a CG so and he just didn't have his heart in it. 

Really just a miscommunication between Tejada and Manny, on a play where they were in a bit of an unusual shift.     Not a great play by Tejada, but understandable in my view.   

[Cumberbundy]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Really just a miscommunication between Tejada and Manny, on a play where they were in a bit of an unusual shift.     Not a great play by Tejada, but understandable in my view.   

He was never busting his butt. Imo it was awful but ill check it again. For your pitcher, especially as a back up/fringe guy, I'd like to see him at least get there. Then again, if he takes out Manny he's the O's bartman.

[Frobby]

15 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

He was never busting his butt. Imo it was awful but ill check it again. For your pitcher, especially as a back up/fringe guy, I'd like to see him at least get there. Then again, if he takes out Manny he's the O's bartman.

If you can find video, let me know.    My recollection is that Manny was playing near the SS position, actually shaded towards 2B a little, but in on the edge of the infield grass.     Tejada was playing about where the 2B normally plays, at normal depth.   The ball was a bloop that was to the left of 2B and landed in the shallow OF.   In a standard alignment, it's a routine catch for the SS.    But Manny was playing in, and though he bolted after it immediately, he clearly couldn't get there.    Tejada initially thought it was going to be Manny's ball, and when Manny peeled off, Tejada couldn't get to it.   I think Tejada probably could have reached it if he'd been after it full bore from the get go, but he had Manny in his peripheral vision and hesitated just long enough where he couldn't reach it.    Not a great play, but I wouldn't characterize it as lack of hustle, in my opinion.