Orioles youth movement

[wildcard]

O's could be entering a youth movement this spring.   Look at some of the possibilities. ( ages are 2018 baseball ages)

Hays (23) right field likely  2018 top 100 prospect 

Sisco (23) sharing starting catching duties might be 2018, #30 2017 prospect

Castro (23) starter/reliever

Santander (23) Rule 5  OF/DH

Cortes (23) Rule 5  long reliever/starter

If Manny (25) is traded to the Yankees:

Andujar (23) third base #92 2017 prospect

Adams  (23) # 53 2017 prospect  or Sheffield (22)  #80 2017 prospect as starter

Other O's prospects that may see time with the O's this season

Harvey (23) 2015 #41 prospect 

Mullins (23) 

24 year olds Scott, Stewart,  Ramirez, Meisinger, Hess 

24 year old Rule 5 Mesa and Araujo

 

 

 

 

[Frobby]

16 minutes ago, wildcard said:

O's could be entering a youth movement this spring.   Look at some of the possibilities. ( ages are 2018 baseball ages)

Hays (23) right field likely 2018 top 100 prospect 

Sisco (23) sharing starting catching duties might be 2018, #30 2017 prospect

Do you think Hays is more likely to be on the Opening Day roster than Sisco?     I’d say it’s the opposite.   

[wildcard]

34 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Do you think Hays is more likely to be on the Opening Day roster than Sisco?     I’d say it’s the opposite.   

Both are likely  to see time in the majors in 2018.  When will be determined in ST.  I don't know who is more likely to be first.

[MDtransplant757]

Hays and sisco will be everyday starters IMO barring disaster. 

[Tx Oriole]

1 hour ago, wildcard said:

O's could be entering a youth movement this spring.   Look at some of the possibilities. ( ages are 2018 baseball ages)

Hays (23) right field likely  2018 top 100 prospect 

Sisco (23) sharing starting catching duties might be 2018, #30 2017 prospect

Castro (23) starter/reliever

Santander (23) Rule 5  OF/DH

Cortes (23) Rule 5  long reliever/starter

If Manny (25) is traded to the Yankees:

Andujar (23) third base #92 2017 prospect

Adams  (23) # 53 2017 prospect  or Sheffield (22)  #80 2017 prospect as starter

Other O's prospects that may see time with the O's this season

Harvey (23) 2015 #41 prospect 

Mullins (23) 

24 year olds Scott, Stewart,  Ramirez, Meisinger, Hess 

24 year old Rule 5 Mesa and Araujo

 

 

 

 

I think it's good that there is a youth movement. 

[Tx Oriole]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Do you think Hays is more likely to be on the Opening Day roster than Sisco?     I’d say it’s the opposite.   

I hope he is. 

[Lucky_13]

Part of the reason I don't think the window closes once Manny leaves.  

[gmelson26]

34 minutes ago, Lucky_13 said:

Part of the reason I don't think the window closes once Manny leaves.  

What window?  We have 2 out of 6 or so starters on the roster.  I think it's possible there might be a window still, but until we get some decent starters, there's no current window.

[wildbillhiccup]

18 minutes ago, gmelson26 said:

What window?  We have 2 out of 6 or so starters on the roster.  I think it's possible there might be a window still, but until we get some decent starters, there's no current window.

Agree with this. The window was open a crack, but firmly shut after the Yankees traded for Stanton. And if the Red Sox sign JD Martinez, as expected, the window will be nailed shut. 

[Ripken]

This is why we should be rebuilding.

[Lucky_13]

30 minutes ago, gmelson26 said:

What window?  We have 2 out of 6 or so starters on the roster.  I think it's possible there might be a window still, but until we get some decent starters, there's no current window.

Window probably wasn't the best way to describe it.  I meant after the 2018 season, I think a full on rebuild might not be required.  A lot of their young position players will be ready by 2018-2019 and they have several pitching prospects with 2019 and 2020 ETA's. 

[Ohfan67]

Side note: Jones is the oldest player on the roster. I thought Trumbo and Davis were older, but they are a year younger than Adam. I'm as frustrated with DD, Angelos, and the Orioles middling as much as most, but I do appreciate that DD has largely avoided the really horrible signings of over-the-hill players that the O's were so fond of in the past. He's signed older players to minor league deals and the like, but nothing like some of the geriatrics that seemed so abundant in the early 2000's. I guess he's too fond of Rule 5 picks and the like to invest too many roster spots into geriatrics. 

[Bradysburns]

I'd like to see Harvey get a full year in the minors, myself. I don't think he should even be touched in 2018, other than maybe a September bullpen callup. My two cents. 

But I love:

- Hays in right field.
- Trumbo/Cisco DH
- Caleb at starting C, with Cisco backing up
- Mancini in left
- I wonder, too, if we might squeeze Mountcastle into the mix by season's end. We're a bit thin -- and could be thinner -- around the infield. I think he might be able to play 2, SS and third? Not sure on that. 

If we go this route, we'll see growing pains. Not all these guys will likely make it. 

But we'd then need to really go crazy on starting pitching, which I'm good with as long as we make smart acquisitions.  I remember when we added Scott Erickson and Jimmy Key in the same offseason, or within one offseason. Added to Moose, we had a VERY strong rotation. It all starts with the pitching... the starting pitching. 

[Can_of_corn]

10 minutes ago, Bradysburns said:

I'd like to see Harvey get a full year in the minors, myself. I don't think he should even be touched in 2018, other than maybe a September bullpen callup. My two cents. 

But I love:

- Hays in right field.
- Trumbo/Cisco DH
- Caleb at starting C, with Cisco backing up
- Mancini in left
- I wonder, too, if we might squeeze Mountcastle into the mix by season's end. We're a bit thin -- and could be thinner -- around the infield. I think he might be able to play 2, SS and third? Not sure on that. 

If we go this route, we'll see growing pains. Not all these guys will likely make it. 

But we'd then need to really go crazy on starting pitching, which I'm good with as long as we make smart acquisitions.  I remember when we added Scott Erickson and Jimmy Key in the same offseason, or within one offseason. Added to Moose, we had a VERY strong rotation. It all starts with the pitching... the starting pitching. 

I would hope that he would have hit his innings cap by then.

[wildcard]

1 hour ago, Ohfan67 said:

Side note: Jones is the oldest player on the roster. I thought Trumbo and Davis were older, but they are a year younger than Adam. I'm as frustrated with DD, Angelos, and the Orioles middling as much as most, but I do appreciate that DD has largely avoided the really horrible signings of over-the-hill players that the O's were so fond of in the past. He's signed older players to minor league deals and the like, but nothing like some of the geriatrics that seemed so abundant in the early 2000's. I guess he's too fond of Rule 5 picks and the like to invest too many roster spots into geriatrics. 

O'Day is the oldest player on the roster at 35.  Davis and Trumbo will play this coming season at  32 like Jones, Joseph and Brach.  Jones will be 32 until August.