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6 minutes ago, birdwatcher55 said:

I think I've watched the game long enough to differentiate positive moves from worthless ones. While we are signing a rehab project coming off TJS, DiPorto in Seattle, for example, is making a real acquisition. 

Yeah?   How did you feel when we signed Miguel Gonzalez?    When we traded for Brad Brach?   A team has to make a few big moves and a lot of small ones, only a few of which may pan out.

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20 minutes ago, birdwatcher55 said:

Both were coming off TJS 6 months earlier? Seriously I understand your point but this was a non-sensical move in my opinion.

OK, I’ll just say I think you overreacted to a low risk, low reward move, pretty typical of what you see from teams this time of year.    But I certainly don’t claim to have any idea whether O’Rourke will recover well from his TJ, or pitch effectively for the O’s at any point.    It doesn’t seem like that much of a long shot to me, though he probably wouldn’t be ready for a major league game until June or July.   I guess we’ll see.

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33 minutes ago, birdwatcher55 said:

Both were coming off TJS 6 months earlier? Seriously I understand your point but this was a non-sensical move in my opinion.

Look at the current Norfolk Tides roster.  There are 2 relievers currently on the roster, one of them is Dariel Alvarez.  Even if they add Meisinger, Long, Scott, and Liranzo to that bullpen, they still need to add a reliever or two at least.

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On ‎11‎/‎17‎/‎2017 at 7:49 AM, birdwatcher55 said:

Gentlemen, and in some cases I use the word loosely, I set the bar high for this organization and to see a signing  like this to start the offseason as not only disappointing but pathetic. Scrap heap pitchers for minor league depth are a dime a dozen. From this vantage point, it looks like this is going to be another dumpster fire offseason when instead we need an aggressive agenda to get this franchise on the right track for the long term. So if you think a bunch of Roarke signings do it for you, then God Bless. Enjoy another year at the bottom. Personally, I look forward to the day Duquette hits the bricks.

I could understand that reaction if we make a move like that in late February or March after not doing much the previous months, but mid-November?  No.  It's a foolish reaction, imo, at this point.  The risk is minimal, and organizational depth is something a GM has to get - even it it's boring.  There are a lot better reasons to criticize Duquette. 

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16 hours ago, Frobby said:

Yeah?   How did you feel when we signed Miguel Gonzalez?    When we traded for Brad Brach?   A team has to make a few big moves and a lot of small ones, only a few of which may pan out.

I never know which Dipoto moves are going to work out either. 

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28 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Whats wrong with Donnie Hart? On my list of 2017 Orioles pitchers that I couldn't bear to watch again, I don't think he's in the top 10.

He’s so-so.    Much better in 2016 than 2017 and it makes you think hitters have figured him out a bit now that they’ve seen him.    I won’t puke if he’s on the team, but I’d like a few alternatives (O’Rourke being one once he’s healthy).

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46 minutes ago, weams said:

He is my number one. Because the others are all gone. 

OK, maybe Ubaldo and Miley were just making Hart look good by comparison. Those were the guys I was thinking of. But there's still Tyler Wilson? Mike Wright as a starter? Asher? There were a lot of bad pitchers on the team last year. Hart did go through a rough stretch when it seemed like he couldn't get an out but I would like to see if he can adjust.

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17 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

OK, maybe Ubaldo and Miley were just making Hart look good by comparison. Those were the guys I was thinking of. But there's still Tyler Wilson? Mike Wright as a starter? Asher? There were a lot of bad pitchers on the team last year. Hart did go through a rough stretch when it seemed like he couldn't get an out but I would like to see if he can adjust.

I never want to see Tyler Wilson pitch as an Oriole  Wright and Asher get a few more chances with me. 

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