Kevin McGowan: Inevitable Oriole

[interloper]

Recently DFA'd by the Mets. 

26 years old.

Bunch of options remaining.

Cup of coffee as a reliever in the bigs.

Mediocre minor league numbers.

Hasn't started regularly since 2015, mostly a reliever.

Fastball around 92-93.

[scbalt52]

It's hard to imagine anyone being an inevitable signing of the Orioles, considering there's really no proof our front office exists anymore 

[MDtransplant757]

If he's BP depth, then I could care less

[jamalshw]

31 minutes ago, MDtransplant757 said:

If he's BP depth, then I could care less

You could care less? Interesting, because I couldn't care less.

 

[Can_of_corn]

So slot him as the #4 starter between the rule V guys?

[Yardball85]

23 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

So slot him as the #4 starter between the rule V guys?

but but what about Mike Wright?! Could be the year he finally puts it together!

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

but but what about Mike Wright?! Could be the year he finally puts it together!

Starts the year in the pen, joins the rotation when Gausman hits the DL.

[Yardball85]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Starts the year in the pen, joins the rotation when Gausman hits the DL.

That's true. Could be a competitive year with that rotation, thank GOODNESS they aren't trading Manny.

[Camden_yardbird]

17 minutes ago, Yardball85 said:

but but what about Mike Wright?! Could be the year he finally puts it together!

By "it" do you mean the Lego from his happy meal?

[Yardball85]

1 minute ago, Camden_yardbird said:

By "it" do you mean the Lego from his happy meal?

Lol.  Wright is actually a really nice guy, I met him a few years ago  the day after he was optioned after a rough outing against Anaheim.  Put on a good face, shook hands, took a picture.  That being said, while I root for him, I don't want the Orioles depending on him in the 2018 rotation.

[Camden_yardbird]

1 minute ago, Yardball85 said:

Lol.  Wright is actually a really nice guy, I met him a few years ago  the day after he was optioned after a rough outing against Anaheim.  Put on a good face, shook hands, took a picture.  That being said, while I root for him, I don't want the Orioles depending on him in the 2018 rotation.

I always hope these guys can succeed.  I think for Mike it's as a reliever. But we are just starting that experiment so we will see how it goes.  I think a lot of people think it can happen overnight night.  I see all the tools needed to do it from him.

[interloper]

51 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

So slot him as the #4 starter between the rule V guys?

Pretty much! No, but in all seriousness, I think his age and abundance of minor league options makes him a pretty obvious Orioles target. They love guys like this. They could stretch him out in AAA, see if he has any success starting. Even if not, they could stretch him out simply to have him come up and eat multiple innings out of the pen (like they did with Castro).

Just another young guy with options to add to the inventory like Ynoa and Asher last year.