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33 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

Interesting guy to have in the minors, former top prospect, trying to improve, plagued by injuries. Perhaps he could be a useful piece of healthy.

Again, not very exciting but more upside potential than bringing back Pena.

But is this a guy you would rank ahead of Sisco and Wynns, based on their strengths and weaknesses all around?

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1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

But is this a guy you would rank ahead of Sisco and Wynns, based on their strengths and weaknesses all around?

Absolutely well behind Sisco.

Wynns is a better fit as a backup catcher, notably better than Susac defensively from what I've seen.

Susac probably has more upside, even at his age, than Wynns though.

As I said, Susac is an interesting depth/AAA piece.  I don't think there is much chance of him making the opening day roster.   

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39 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Russell has a lot of raw material to work with in Sisco, Wynns and Susac.   Russell  is a very good catching teacher.

Yeah, he’s the best catching coach in the world, able to fix catchers that other coaches can’t.   Just like Bobby Dickerson is the best infield coach in the world.   These other teams don’t know what they’re doing.  

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13 hours ago, tntoriole said:

I was advocating trading Manny and Zach after their big seasons last winter...I understand why, but I still would have.  At this point it is irrelevant to me whether they get a piddling  nothing at the deadline or just let him walk.  That ship sailed long ago for me. 

I totally agree the O's blew it on Machado and Britton. Maybe I'm in the minority but I want the Orioles to go into rebuild mode. I for one would embrace a new group of "baby birds" and a new coaching staff. This signing retread position players and bottom of the barrel starting pitching approach isn't really working.

When signing a AAA quality catcher is big news for your team something is inherently wrong with your organization. We play in the toughest division in baseball. Yet we make moves that will hardly put us in contention for the division. I guess Angelos's theory is "let's shoot for a game in the Wild Card". I'd rather try to build a team that could actually get to the WS. 

Beyond Gausman and Bundy those other pitchers we have don't exactly give any hitters nightmares. Manny will be gone after this year. To me, our outfield looks fairly weak. Catching is average at best. This team is mediocre. I just don't know why we won't rebuild. Is Angelos afraid of an attendance drop?

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38 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Yeah, he’s the best catching coach in the world, able to fix catchers that other coaches can’t.   Just like Bobby Dickerson is the best infield coach in the world.   These other teams don’t know what they’re doing.  

Don was well thought of. He kinda fell off the map a bit with his cancer recovery.

http://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2016/03/two-years-removed-from-cancer-diagnosis-don-werner-embraces-each-birthday.html

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