How many players would NOT be on a ML roster if not for the Os?

[Brion McClanahan]

How many current Os players would not be sniffing the ML if not for the Os?

I would say:

Gentry

Rickard

Davis

Alvarez

Wright

Araujo

This does not include the rookies like Sisco, Hess, etc.

That means the Os are playing with a 19 man roster every night with only one excellent player and a lot of mediocre "talent" with several who would possibly be bench players for anyone else, Trumbo, Mancini, Valencia.

What say you?

 

[atomic]

How did you miss Peterson?

[webbrick2010]

I'd add Trumbo... he wouldn't have been signed a couple years ago until the O's gifted him a contract

[UpstateNYfan]

There are two categories here.

1. Those that have earned it  based on some degree of success over a period of time. Davis, Gentry, Alvarez....this does mean they deserve a spot now.

2. All others, have never proven ML roster material although been given opportunity to prove himself. This category bothers me the most.

[Yardball85]

22 minutes ago, Brion McClanahan said:

How many current Os players would not be sniffing the ML if not for the Os?

I would say:

Gentry

Rickard

Davis

Alvarez

Wright

Araujo

This does not include the rookies like Sisco, Hess, etc.

That means the Os are playing with a 19 man roster every night with only one excellent player and a lot of mediocre "talent" with several who would possibly be bench players for anyone else, Trumbo, Mancini, Valencia.

What say you?

 

Valencia, sadly, has been one of their best hitters to date.  There are other players that deserve criticism (though the front office and management deserve the most significant criticism).  It's silly to criticize Valenica though.

[wildbillhiccup]

I mean, the inscription on the warehouse says it all...

"Give me your tired, your washed up, your talent challenged, your non-hitting/pitching/fielding masses yearning for a pay check, the wretched cast offs of other organizations. Send these gloried replacement players to me, I lift my bat beside the golden warehouse door."

 

[MMussina35]

During the first ‘lost in the wilderness’ era it was so common for the Orioles to be a guy’s last stop before involuntary retirement.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[El Gordo]

2 hours ago, Yardball85 said:

Valencia, sadly, has been one of their best hitters to date.  There are other players that deserve criticism (though the front office and management deserve the most significant criticism).  It's silly to criticize Valenica though.

Valencia has always been a solid bat v LHP and would be a bench player for another team. Gentry should as well as a 4th/5th OF.

[Yardball85]

28 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

Valencia has always been a solid bat v LHP and would be a bench player for another team. Gentry should as well as a 4th/5th OF.

Agreed.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Yardball85 said:

Agreed.

No one was willing to offer him a ML contract so I kinda wonder if that was actually the case.  Guys like Valencia are getting squeezed out of the game.

[ThomasTomasz]

Gentry has value as an AAAA option, meaning he would come up from AAA in case of injury and then go back down.  He becomes valuable when rosters expand and you can have a pinch runner/defensive replacement come in with a deeper roster.  Because of his defensive ability, he's also a candidate for a post-season roster.  However, he has no value to the Orioles because we aren't going to get to that point of games meaning anything.  I also believe Joey Rickard is essentially the same player, but slightly more capable on offense. 

One could make a case for Mike Wright being intriguing for another bottom-feeding team.  If the Reds gave the Dark Knight a chance, Wright could get one with someone who has nothing else to lose.