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New manager and coaches will see many guys for the first time in ST.   Who do you think will impress them.  Here are some thoughts.

Diaz - with his overall game.

Mountcastle  - with this bat.

Hays  - with his arm, hustle and bat.

Harvey  - with is fastball and curve

McKenna  - with his speed and defense

Kremer - With his fastball

Carroll -  with his fastball and slider

Stewart - with his plate discipline

Kline - with his fastball

Pop - with his fastball and slider

I am not saying any of these guys will make the team out of ST but I think they could impress.   I think they all will be seen in ST.

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36 minutes ago, wildcard said:

New manager and coaches will see many guys for the first time in ST.   Who do you think will impress them.  Here are some thoughts.

Diaz - with his overall game.

Mountcastle  - with this bat.

Hays  - with his arm, hustle and bat.

Harvey  - with is fastball and curve

McKenna  - with his speed and defense

Kremer - With his fastball

Carroll -  with his fastball and slider

Stewart - with his plate discipline

Kline - with his fastball

Pop - with his fastball and slider

I am not saying any of these guys will make the team out of ST but I think they could impress.   I think they all will be seen in ST.

It would be nice if he could throw either of these pitches somewhere near the plate.

I would hope that Akin can show he can do well against major league hitters.

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1 hour ago, oriole said:

I'm really hoping for a Hays revival. 

Me too.    That would improve our outlook considerably.    He was never really healthy this year.  

I wouldn’t be surprised if Lowther gets an invite, and if so, I hope he looks like his stuff plays against upper level competition.    Akin will certainly be invited and hopefully shows he’s pretty close to ready.   

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6 hours ago, wildcard said:

New manager and coaches will see many guys for the first time in ST.   Who do you think will impress them.  Here are some thoughts.

Diaz - with his overall game.

Mountcastle  - with this bat.

Hays  - with his arm, hustle and bat.

Harvey  - with is fastball and curve

McKenna  - with his speed and defense

Kremer - With his fastball

Carroll -  with his fastball and slider

Stewart - with his plate discipline

Kline - with his fastball

Pop - with his fastball and slider

I am not saying any of these guys will make the team out of ST but I think they could impress.   I think they all will be seen in ST.

I've got no idea. 

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1 minute ago, atomic said:

Isn't that what you said when I said a couple of months ago the Orioles weren't getting Victor Victor?  I am a realist. 

ST is months away, they might actually surprise you some.

Not sure, I call it realist, its more like being a negative. You expect the worse to happen.

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3 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

ST is months away, they might actually surprise you some.

Not sure, I call it realist, its more like being a negative. You expect the worse to happen.

I expect the worse to happen because if the current players are who we are starting the season with it will be the worst.  Perhaps the new GM will acquire some new players so we aren't by far the worst team in baseball yet again.   None of our prospects look like they will ready to contribute next season.  

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I expect the worse to happen because if the current players are who we are starting the season with it will be the worst.  Perhaps the new GM will acquire some new players so we aren't by far the worst team in baseball yet again.   None of our prospects look like they will ready to contribute next season.  

But, even when they was winning, you was wanting to blow up the team.

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1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

But, even when they was winning, you was wanting to blow up the team.

You have me confused with someone else.  I never wanted to blow the team up when they were winning. I was the guy who said your user name was offensive.  

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1 minute ago, Redskins Rick said:

But, even when they was winning, you was wanting to blow up the team.

I like small, controlled explosions.

Not so much BOOM! as boom.

Boom trade Jim Johnson a year earlier.

Boom trade Britton a year and a half earlier.

Boom don't bring back Trumbo, Davis, O'Day and Hardy (second time for the last two).

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