Colby Rasmus (Update: O's sign him to minor league deal)

[weams]

23 minutes ago, foxfield said:

Nah....he is gonna share it, AND the World Series MVP, with Tillman!!!  

The Baseball Gods demand a sacrifice to erase the bad ju-ju.  We can have Feldman back without setting you on fire, but I don't know how we are going to make a sacrifice of Feldman to the Gods without getting in trouble.  So yeah, I'd pass.

We all know that the sacrifice that is needed is Lew Ford. 

 

[BohKnowsBmore]

On 2/22/2018 at 7:11 PM, sportsfan8703 said:

Rasmus might get 20 HR with the short porch. 

He also had 9 dongs last year in only 129 PA.

[BohKnowsBmore]

On 2/22/2018 at 7:05 PM, mdbdotcom said:

Lough has 16 career stolen bases and 11 caught stealing. He has one tool: defense.

Interestingly enough, Rasmus has a better SB% (35-17) than Lough.

[BohKnowsBmore]

On 2/22/2018 at 5:50 PM, sportsfan8703 said:

Brugman is a dime a dozen player. We can get David Lough if you want that skill set. Heck, Little Yaz might outproduce him. 

Rasmus has upside. He’s probably a 1.5 dWar player in RF with some pop and speed. We’re a better team after signing him. It might not sound sexy but a Rasmus/Gentry platoon in RF could be really good and versatile. 

Circa 2013 that'd really be something!

[Il BuonO]

7 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

He also had 9 dongs last year in only 129 PA.

So, every 14 PA. That works out to 32 HRs for 450 PA. ?

[Can_of_corn]

11 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

So, every 14 PA. That works out to 32 HRs for 450 PA. ?

Sisco hit one every nine.

[weams]

11 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

He also had 9 dongs last year in only 129 PA.

 

[theobird]

I like the quote where Rasmus says he wanted to come back because he feels he has something to give back to the game of baseball. As if he feels he has never treated the game fair. Listen, Colby Rasmus is a mega talent that really struggled with maturity. I have a feeling that the kid has grown up, and we are about to see the real Colby Rasmus. If he plays up to his ability for the first time in his career, he is an impact player. This one could become the best deal that DD ever made for the Orioles.

[BohKnowsBmore]

43 minutes ago, theobird said:

I like the quote where Rasmus says he wanted to come back because he feels he has something to give back to the game of baseball. As if he feels he has never treated the game fair. Listen, Colby Rasmus is a mega talent that really struggled with maturity. I have a feeling that the kid has grown up, and we are about to see the real Colby Rasmus. If he plays up to his ability for the first time in his career, he is an impact player. This one could become the best deal that DD ever made for the Orioles.

As a complete aside, I remember there were quite a few folks on here who were positive that Toronto had the better CF in the early 2010s (Rasmus vs. Jones).  I may be more of an orange glasses guy, but there's cetainly a solid "grass is greener" contingent here.

[maybenxtyr]

6 minutes ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

As a complete aside, I remember there were quite a few folks on here who were positive that Toronto had the better CF in the early 2010s (Rasmus vs. Jones).  I may be more of an orange glasses guy, but there's cetainly a solid "grass is greener" contingent here.

Well, there were some lot of people that 

[maybenxtyr]

Just now, maybenxtyr said:

Well, there were some lot of people that wanted Felix Pie over Jones.

 

[BohKnowsBmore]

2 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

Well, there were some lot of people that 

 

1 minute ago, maybenxtyr said:

2 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

Well, there were some lot of people that wanted Felix Pie over Jones.

 

Do I need to cut you off?

[maybenxtyr]

1 minute ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

 

Do I need to cut you off?

Man...that whole thing came out wrong! New phone. Slippery little thing.

[Frobby]

I’ve warmed up to the Rasmus acquisition over the last few days. Frankly, I hadn’t realized he was such a strong defender — +36 Rdrs, + 16.7 UZR.    If he can give us a .750ish OPS and play above average defensively, I’d consider that a big plus.    I’m not a fan of his low OBP — we didn’t need more of that — but his power should play up at OPACY.    And, he’s cheap and we can jettison him if he doesn’t produce.    Pretty good buffer until Hays is ready, and potentially complementary even once Hays is up here.   

[pastorfan]

1 hour ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

As a complete aside, I remember there were quite a few folks on here who were positive that Toronto had the better CF in the early 2010s (Rasmus vs. Jones).  I may be more of an orange glasses guy, but there's cetainly a solid "grass is greener" contingent here.

Actually, I remember when people were talking about Jones, Rasmus, & Kemp. Most pundits had Jones as the third of the group....ooops!