How long before the O's convert Brad Brach to a starter?

[wildcard]

17 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wish you would just stop banging this drum, when there hasn’t been the slightest whiff of a rumor that the Orioles have given this idea a moment’s thought.    Until there’s actual news that this is or isn’t happening, there’s no reason to refresh this thread.

Steve Melewski Dec 27, 2017

While the Orioles seem very unlikely to move a reliever into a starter’s role for 2018, I have often thought the reliever best suited to make such a move is right-hander Brad Brach.

That is because he has three legitimate pitches that can all be plus pitches. Brach throws a mid-90s four-seam fastball along with a changeup and slider, and on a given night, all three can be outstanding.

Last year, Brach allowed a batting average of .167 when batters put his fastball in play. He yielded a .211 average off his changeup and a .280 average off his slider. That number was .220 off his slider the year before. Brach’s split-finger changeup can be particularly good and he got 17 percent swings and misses on the pitch in 2017.

The three-pitch mix - Brach also throws a sinker 4 percent of the time - makes him effective versus both left- and right-handed batters. For his career, right-handed batters hit just .203 against him and lefties bat .234. Both strong numbers.

Brach is a big, strong and durable reliever. With three solid pitches, if any O’s reliever could move to a starter’s role, he is probably the best candidate. But he’s also too valuable in the bullpen right now. With Britton’s injury, talk of moving anyone to the rotation from the ‘pen is likely muted for the moment.

http://www.masnsports.com/steve-melewski/2017/12/could-this-os-reliever-be-converted-to-a-starter.html

[Frobby]

Melewski saying that’s what he thinks is no different to me than you saying that’s what you think.   Let me know when there’s any report that the O’s are considering it.    

[wildcard]

Orioles should consider Brad Brach for a rotation spot in 2018

The disastrous 2017 starting rotation must lead to new ideas and a different approach in the future.

By bfree18  Jun 30, 2017, 9:00am EDT

https://www.camdenchat.com/2017/6/30/15897490/orioles-rotation-brad-brach-next-year

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38 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I’m not going to argue about this anymore.    We may as well discuss whether Chris Davis will be in the rotation.    

Chris has that lefty thing going for him also.

[mdbdotcom]

This idea still sucks beans. Brach is so close to making a boatload of money. No way he wants to change roles and routines in his walk year. His agent would scream bloody murder.

[mdbdotcom]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Chris has that lefty thing going for him also.

When did Chris start throwing lefty? 

[OFFNY]

26 minutes ago, Frobby said:

 

Melewski saying that’s what he thinks is no different to me than you saying that’s what you think. Let me know when there’s any report that the Orioles are considering it.

 

 

 

1 minute ago, weams said:

 

Chris has that lefty thing going for him, also.

 

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He's a switch-pitcher ???
 

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[weams]

18 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

 

 

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He's a switch-pitcher ???
 

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You would think so. I mean he hits lefthanded.