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26 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

If they decide to let Hays continue in Bowie with Mullins and the rest of the gang towards an Eastern League Championship, who else would be available to call up that you would think could get the job done, even as a base runner/defensive replacement? My vote is Yaz.

Now, if they go based on "best man up" and wait until Bowie is either eliminated (boo) or holding up the championship (yay!) and they feel like Hays is the greatest person for the job...Well...Welcome to Baltimore.

I get what you are saying but my question for you is would you be willing to decrease the Oriole's chance of making the playoffs even slightly to increase the chance of Bowie winning the Eastern League Championship?

Edit: To make it clear, I'm not talking about Hays as a defensive replacement/pinch runner, I'm talking platoon RFer, making every start against left-handed pitchers.  

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19 minutes ago, phillyOs119 said:

I get what you are saying but my question for you is would you be willing to decrease the Oriole's chance of making the playoffs even slightly to increase the chance of Bowie winning the Eastern League Championship?

Edit: To make it clear, I'm not talking about Hays as a defensive replacement/pinch runner, I'm talking platoon RFer, making every start against left-handed pitchers.  

That depends on how they feel like they would use him.

Sisco, their future catcher, was stated by Buck to pretty much just be there to enjoy the view.

Santander, their Rule 5 who they picked up for a reason, took over for Kim on the bench because they "don't trust him right now."

Would they bring Hays up to be a starter right now, with no MLB track record, in September in a playoff race? Or would they mainly be filling their roster with replacements and extra moving pieces, to give the roster more flexibility?

That is the main question..One that we probably can't answer because we aren't Dan and Bucks brains.

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1 hour ago, phillyOs119 said:

 

I didn't think there was a chance we'd call up Hays (or that we should), but I was thinking about it today, and I've changed my mind.

 

The O's are in the thick of the wild card race. They need every advantage they can get.  Who is starting in RF vs Lefties? Trumbo, Gentry, and Rickard. Gentry is hurt, Trumbo should not play out there, and Rickard isn't very good. Santander is better vs Righties.

Hays kills lefties and is best fielder of the bunch.  His line vs LH pitchers in AA this year is .429/.481/.743!!!

Can the Orioles afford to not play their best option in a close playoff race?

If the O's truly think Hays is their best option, they can't let the EL playoffs stand in the way.    I care more about the O's catching the Yankees than about whether the Baysox beat the Trenton Thunder (the Yankees' affiliate and by far the best team in the EL).

That said, the O's may not think Hays is ready to be a material help to them.     

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I could see them 10 day DL'ing Gentry ASAP and getting Donnie Hart back up here. Another move is I think you'll see us DFA Nuno and add Logan Schaffer to take over in the Gentry role. Dickerson and Yaz have an outside chance. 

Basically, we shouldn't be finishing games with Smith or Mancini on defense. Not with expanded rosters. 

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7 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Buck just announced Gentry has a laceration and dislocation of a finger and might be 10 day DL'ed and might have someone come up. He mentioned one of the pitchers that has to stay down (Hart and...Drawing blanks.) What about another outfielder? Yaz?

Why not play Santander? 

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36 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I could see them 10 day DL'ing Gentry ASAP and getting Donnie Hart back up here. Another move is I think you'll see us DFA Nuno and add Logan Schaffer to take over in the Gentry role. Dickerson and Yaz have an outside chance. 

Basically, we shouldn't be finishing games with Smith or Mancini on defense. Not with expanded rosters. 

Nuno is not on the 40 man anymore.

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Losing Gentry is big because of his speed for late inning pinch run situations. Of course his defense is solid too. I'd prefer to get someone up that has some base stealing capability or just speed in order to score when needed in late innings. 

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