Parker Bridwell DFA’d

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Yeah, but can your car hit 95 mph?

Pretty sure I did that on Route 50 this past summer.  

It even has some glove side run and tilt if I take my hands off the wheel.

[weams]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Pretty sure I did that on Route 50 this past summer.  

It even has some glove side run and tilt if I take my hands off the wheel.

Mine is more armside. I can get  it up to around 120. 

[Moose Milligan]

Jokes aside, Bridwell might not be a bad look.  We did pass on him in December but I feel like that was while Elias was just getting installed and up and running.  Now that we've been seeing him make some moves, think he'd take a second look?

I agree with @theoceanthat if Mike Wright has a place on this team, there's a spot for ANYBODY.  No one should be safe, outside of Bundy, Cobb, Givens.

[DrungoHazewood]

1 hour ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Why not do this? I'm sure there's quite a few candidates on the 40 we could do without. You could then try to slip him through waivers later if a better player becomes available.

There are a lot of Parker Bridwells in the world.  The only reason we even noticed this one's back-page transactions is that he used to be an Oriole farmhand.

The issue with "if a better player becomes available" is that there are constantly guys available who grade out at a 45 +/- 10.  You don't drop one of your 45-ish players for another, you're not even sure who's better.  The 60s are all locked up.

[sportsfan8703]

39 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

There are a lot of Parker Bridwells in the world.  The only reason we even noticed this one's back-page transactions is that he used to be an Oriole farmhand.

The issue with "if a better player becomes available" is that there are constantly guys available who grade out at a 45 +/- 10.  You don't drop one of your 45-ish players for another, you're not even sure who's better.  The 60s are all locked up.

What type of backpage transactions has Bridwell been doing?  I thought that site was shut down?

[weams]

53 minutes ago, DrungoHazewood said:

There are a lot of Parker Bridwells in the world.  The only reason we even noticed this one's back-page transactions is that he used to be an Oriole farmhand.

 

And because Ms. Bridwell gave FROBBY the real bidness. 

I was a Parker fan when he was here and bad. 

Ms. Bridwell though Park was gonna show us all. 

It's really hard to be one of the 800 and the Bid was for a minute.

 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, weams said:

And because Ms. Bridwell gave FROBBY the real bidness. 

I was a Parker fan when he was here and bad. 

Ms. Bridwell though Park was gonna show us all. 

It's really hard to be one of the 800 and the Bid was for a minute.

 

When Bridwell was DFA here, his mother sent me a PM stating that she hadn’t been the one who sent the offending post (several years back) and someone else had used her account for that without her consent.    I assume that’s true, and even if not, I’m not going to hold a grudge because someone personally close to a player overreacted to something posted here.   

I leave it to Elias & Co. to sift through the waiver wire and decide who is an upgrade to what we have, or who might be upgraded by better coaching, analytics or whatever.   I don’t really have an opinion on whether Bridwell fits that description.  

[weams]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

When Bridwell was DFA here, his mother sent me a PM stating that she hadn’t been the one who sent the offending post (several years back) and someone else had used her account for that without her consent.    I assume that’s true, and even if not, I’m not going to hold a grudge because someone personally close to a player overreacted to something posted here.   

I leave it to Elias & Co. to sift through the waiver wire and decide who is an upgrade to what we have, or who might be upgraded by better coaching, analytics or whatever.   I don’t really have an opinion on whether Bridwell fits that description.  

I am very glad Ms. Bridwell did that. No grudges held. Parker is welcome back! Just like Bud Norris. 

[weams]

 

3 minutes ago, Frobby said:

When Bridwell was DFA here, his mother sent me a PM stating that she hadn’t been the one who sent the offending post (several years back) and someone else had used her account for that without her consent.    I assume that’s true, and even if not, I’m not going to hold a grudge because someone personally close to a player overreacted to something posted here.   

I leave it to Elias & Co. to sift through the waiver wire and decide who is an upgrade to what we have, or who might be upgraded by better coaching, analytics or whatever.   I don’t really have an opinion on whether Bridwell fits that description.  

On a completely tangent note, I had forgotten that Frank flat out fired Wetteland over shenanigans. 

Frank was always a good judge. 

[Redskins Rick]

1 hour ago, weams said:

Mine is more armside. I can get  it up to around 120. 

Oh, you play NASCAR racing on the PS4 or Xbox? 

[weams]

45 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Oh, you play NASCAR racing on the PS4 or Xbox? 

Buick. Park Ave. Ultra. Supercharged. 2001. 

[weams]

46 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

Oh, you play NASCAR racing on the PS4 or Xbox? 

I do not own a gaming console. 

[Redskins Rick]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Buick. Park Ave. Ultra. Supercharged. 2001. 

Nice car, my daughter had a 2003, non supercharged one.

I hit 120 a few times with my Monte Carlo SS, back in my younger days.

These days, with the po-po, anything over 15 MPH can become wreckless driver and stiff points and fines.

So even with my lead foot, i try not to hit 95, but I can't say, I haven't

[Redskins Rick]

3 minutes ago, weams said:

I do not own a gaming console. 

Bad attempt at a joke.

Technically, I own a Wii, but only the grandkids take advantage of it.

[Tony-OH]

11 hours ago, Luke-OH said:

Yeah, they'll have first dibs. He does have a very high spin curveball (2800+ RPM) that he started throwing after he left the O's (I know @Moose Milligan needs to know about this). The problem is the pitch it almost breaks too late and has a tendency to hang so it's been a very ineffective pitch to this point. 

He used to throw that curve when he first came into the system, but it wasn't consistent and he basically scrapped it and went just with the slider. Don't know if that was on the Orioles recommendations or not.