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12 minutes ago, wildbillhiccup said:

So you're judging Sisco on a one month sample size? Yeah, that seems perfectly fair (eye roll). 

It seems to be what you're doing as well considering you want to give credit for Duquette calling him up and acting like he's meaningfully contributed. Funny how that works, doesn't it?

I think Sisco can be a good hitter eventually. I don't think this year was the right time.

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5 minutes ago, Natty said:

That's enough reason for his head to roll.

Yep. And nobody has been able to answer this, but I'll ask it again:

If Angelos, Buck and Brady have so much sway over Duquette, why aren't Cruz (Buck) and Markakis (Angelos, Buck, Brady) still on this team? 

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1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Yep. And nobody has been able to answer this, but I'll ask it again:

If Angelos, Buck and Brady have so much sway over Duquette, why aren't Cruz (Buck) and Markakis (Angelos, Buck, Brady) still on this team? 

Brady's influence wasn't that big and Dan had more say with Cruz. Markakis was health and PA, Dan originally offered him 4 years then backed off with the report of operation needed. But the big question is what are you going to do with yourself when Dan is gone and you have no one to hate. Who's next?

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9 minutes ago, LookitsPuck said:

Yep. And nobody has been able to answer this, but I'll ask it again:

If Angelos, Buck and Brady have so much sway over Duquette, why aren't Cruz (Buck) and Markakis (Angelos, Buck, Brady) still on this team? 

Tony has said multiple times that DD lost his influence after the Toronto thing. Both Cruz and Markakis signed with their new teams in December of 2014 before all that happened. The Toronto thing happened in January.

Perhaps you don't believe Tony? Duquette has been neutered since the Toronto thing and the current team is Buck and Brady's creation. We will just have to wait for Tony's much anticipated article, but I doubt it will say anything contradictory to that. Some of us on here already knew some of this just from watching what was going on. It's hard to understand why you continue to blame Duquette to this extent, but we'll see what the article says.

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22 minutes ago, Natty said:

That's enough reason for his head to roll.

Cruz yes, Markakis no. Yes he's having a resurgence this year, but he's been middling ever since the Braves signed him. 

And if letting Cruz walk was bad, then signing Davis and Trumbo is even worse...and those moves aren't on Duquette's head. Whoever pushed for the Davis signing should have his head on the chopping block. That move is going to cripple this franchise for years. 

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18 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

Brady's influence wasn't that big and Dan had more say with Cruz. Markakis was health and PA, Dan originally offered him 4 years then backed off with the report of operation needed. But the big question is what are you going to do with yourself when Dan is gone and you have no one to hate. Who's next?

I'll always have you, El Gordo.

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12 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

If you consider where we have drafted under Rajsich, yes we have drafted better under Duquette/Rajisch.  One top 5 pick in Gausman. The prior regime had Wieters, Machado, Bundy, Matusz, and Hobgood.  Big difference between drafting #4 instead of #20.  I believe the scouting and drafting has been better during Duquette's reign.   

DJ Stewart.

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Just now, RZNJ said:

Harvey is a great pick at #20. Hate to tell you but Stewart has shown that he was decent value for where he was picked. Still a potential ML regular. 

Harvey was a good pickup.

DJ Stewart I have severe doubts. Great personality, though.

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Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Is he out of baseball and no one told me?

Is he languishing in A ball?

He didn't have a high ceiling when they drafted him, he's doing fine.

"Fine". Career MiLB numbers:

.256/.357/.417 -  .773 OPS

I hope he can be a regular major leaguer/contributor for the Orioles. He's a good kid.

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