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The Rule 5 draft questions will be answered.

My guess is the O's add 2.   Tate and Cervanka.   Gonzalez has been talked about but he has several factors against him.

1) His WHIP after being promoted to AAA was 1.72.   And it wasn't just his terrible game on August 29th.  It shot up on August 7th and stayed up for the most part.   

2) He will be 27 on Feb 17th and has never been in the majors.

3) He is a lefty and has Bleier, Fry, Scott, Hart, Means, Rogers, and Gilmartin ahead on him.

So who gets let go to make room?   Susac and Caleb Joseph are my guess.   Caleb's age is against him.   And just because the O's make him a free agent does not mean they can't re-sign  him if they want him back.  

One thing that Elisa said yesterday that is sticking with me is that he thinks analytics can help some of the players be better.   I think he will want to try that with some of the players on the roster like Hart, Vielma, Wright.  I was thinking these guys were all going to go but now I think we have to wait to see what Elias thinks he can do to improve them.

Elias has not had much time with his senior staff to make decisions yet so I think what they do with Beckham will wait until Nov 30th when the non tender roster must be submitted.

The Os will need to drop at least one more player prior to the Rule 5 draft.   But they have some time to determine who that will be.

Who do you think goes and is promoted on the 20th?

 

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9 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Am I missing something? What is significant about the 20th? I thought it was the 30th to tender contracts?

After the 20th, a team cannot add any minor leaguer in their system to the major league roster. So, it's the last day to protect someone from the Rule 5 draft. A minor leaguer a team acquires can be added to the 40-man roster.

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9 hours ago, wildcard said:

The Rule 5 draft questions will be answered.

My guess is the O's add 2.   Tate and Cervanka.   Gonzalez has been talked about but he has several factors against him.

1) His WHIP after being promoted to AAA was 1.72.   And it wasn't just his terrible game on August 29th.  It shot up on August 7th and stayed up for the most part.   

2) He will be 27 on Feb 17th and has never been in the majors.

3) He is a lefty and has Bleier, Fry, Scott, Hart, Means, Rogers, and Gilmartin ahead on him.

So who gets let go to make room?   Susac and Caleb Joseph are my guess.   Caleb's age is against him.   And just because the O's make him a free agent does not mean they can't re-sign  him if they want him back.  

One thing that Elisa said yesterday that is sticking with me is that he thinks analytics can help some of the players be better.   I think he will want to try that with some of the players on the roster like Hart, Vielma, Wright.  I was thinking these guys were all going to go but now I think we have to wait to see what Elias thinks he can do to improve them.

Elias has not had much time with his senior staff to make decisions yet so I think what they do with Beckham will wait until Nov 30th when the non tender roster must be submitted.

The Os will need to drop at least one more player prior to the Rule 5 draft.   But they have some time to determine who that will be.

Who do you think goes and is promoted on the 20th?

 

To bad Chris Davis can be the one.

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1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:

We should protect all three!

it won’t be hard to clear the room.

 Joseph, Susac, Valera,  Beckham

Yeah we are in a great spot with who to drop.  There are so many options. I would Wilkerson to that list. 

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I will be disappointed if they don't protect Cervenka.   I think he could be taken in the Rule 5 draft if unprotected.  He just finished his age 25 season.  Turned 26 in August.   He showed a good all around game.   Good arm,  decent defense,  some power,  some ability to hit with  runners in scoring position, he had an excellent offensive July with  a 1193 OPS.

I think Elias will want to see Wilkerson and Valera.   They both have options left and would be good utility candidates.

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