Joseph Optioned to Norfolk (Booo!)

[NCRaven]

Probably just a chance to see what we have in Susac, but, both the Twins and Nats have lost catchers recently.  They would certainly have no interest in Caleb Joseph.  Susac?  Not if he doesn't get some time in the bigs and do something positive with it.

[Luke-OH]

10 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

That was my first thought but then all we hear is how Dan has no power. It looks like a Dan move unless this is Brady taking over. 

It could be a Brady move, I doubt Buck wants to report to Brady, and Brady might be flexing his muscle (literally and figuratively).

[eddie83]

3 minutes ago, Luke-OH said:

It could be a Brady move, I doubt Buck wants to report to Brady, and Brady might be flexing his muscle (literally and figuratively).

The move itself is not earth shattering but big picture wise it may be a sign of things to come. We shall find out. 

Usually if you pay close attention to Buck and read between the lines he lets you know how he feels about something without saying anything directly.  

[weams]

This does not sound like it is a few days or until he gets his bat together. It sounds like the path until an injury changes things up. 

[weams]

'Depending on how he plays and the needs of the clubs, there could be plenty of other chances for Susac beyond this series.

“I would hope so,” he said. “I’m a good player. I’ve always thought that of myself. When the opportunity comes, you’ve got to take advantage of it. That’s really what it comes down to.”'

Susac to Roch

[sportsfan8703]

3 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Its nothing personal, but Caleb just doesn't hit major league pitching consistently and hasn't been great defensively either. It was time to shake things up a bit. 

I think he’s done. He gave us a nice run. Heck, the guy had completely quit catching and then switched back because we had a need. It’s a credit to him that he had the success that he did. But he’s a 32 year old C. In the “post PED” world, that’s ancient. 

Susac gets the first shot because he has less options than Wynns. It’s time to start trying to find nuggets. 

[weams]

19 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I think he’s done. He gave us a nice run. Heck, the guy had completely quit catching and then switched back because we had a need. It’s a credit to him that he had the success that he did. But he’s a 32 year old C. In the “post PED” world, that’s ancient. 

Susac gets the first shot because he has less options than Wynns. It’s time to start trying to find nuggets. 

I'm not sure. But he sure has looked poor for the last few seasons. 

[Bahama O's Fan]

When you guys mentioned about Dan sending him down to make Buck play Sisco I thought about the scene in Moneyball where Brad Pitt clears out all the other first basemen except Hatteberg.

[tntoriole]

Hard to see how this was not very predictable before the season started and the idea of Joseph somehow being anything other than a backup was a mistake in judgement from the get go by the decision maker of the team...whoever that is. 

[atomic]

2 hours ago, LookitsPuck said:

Santander had litte/nothing to do with performance and nearly everything to do with his Rule V time being complete. 

 There isn't enough "dead wood" being dropped that can make this team a .500 club (this year).

I mean .500 going forward.  Not .500 overall. 

[Just Regular]

It could also be a vote of confidence in the coaching improvements Russell has helped Sisco with arm-wise.

[O's84]

$2,988,500

 

[Tony-OH]

3 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

It could be a Brady move, I doubt Buck wants to report to Brady, and Brady might be flexing his muscle (literally and figuratively).

Honestly, I don't know if Joseph was really a "Buck" guy or not. He's never been given preferential treatment. This might be just a situation where the organization wants to know whether Susac can be part of the future or not.

Everyone knows my respect for Caleb, but even I'll admit that the window for him being a starting catcher has probably closed. Sisco has handled himself pretty well behind the plate and thrown better than anyone would have thought coming into the season, so the Orioles may want to play him pretty much every day against right-handers.

Plus, everything I've heard is that Buck has pretty much control over his 25-man roster. 

[Canson80]

A lot of trolling in here. People acting like Joseph is 42 in the year 2018. 

[wildcard]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

Honestly, I don't know if Joseph was really a "Buck" guy or not. He's never been given preferential treatment. This might be just a situation where the organization wants to know whether Susac can be part of the future or not.

Everyone knows my respect for Caleb, but even I'll admit that the window for him being a starting catcher has probably closed. Sisco has handled himself pretty well behind the plate and thrown better than anyone would have thought coming into the season, so the Orioles may want to play him pretty much every day against right-handers.

Plus, everything I've heard is that Buck has pretty much control over his 25-man roster. 

Buck has said a million times that the value of a catcher is his game calling, defense and controlling the running game.  Game calling has a element of knowing your pitchers.   Caleb has is all over Susac in knowing the pitching staff.  

Its very weird  timing to change out a catcher just as the starters appeared to be coming together on the home stand.  Pitching on the road in Boston is hard enough but getting use to a new catcher at the same time just adds to the degree of difficult.

The fact that Caleb is hitting for a 800 OPS in May and Susac ia coming of the DL and has not hit  well since he returned.  A head scratcher of a move.