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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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2 minutes ago, rudyrooster said:

O's won't sacrafice a year of service time on bringing Diaz north on the opening day 25-man roster.  It would be foolish.

Nick Markakis and Jonathan Schoop say Hi!

We do not know how Elias is going to approach the service time issue.

We do not know what the service time rules will even be in six years.

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

It always annoys me when I hear about someone giving 150%, which is impossible.    The scale only goes to 100.   And nobody really does even that all the time.

 

But 90% of the game is half mental.

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22 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Nick Markakis and Jonathan Schoop say Hi!

We do not know how Elias is going to approach the service time issue.

We do not know what the service time rules will even be in six years.

Good point.  But we do know what the service time rules are in the present.  Keeping him in the minors for just a matter of weeks can give the organization an extra year of team control.

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Can_of_corn Hangout Grand Counsel

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1 minute ago, rudyrooster said:

Good point.  But we do know what the service time rules are in the present.  Keeping him in the minors for just a matter of weeks can give the organization an extra year of team control.

I'm aware of how the current system works.

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9 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Oh yeah that movie about a guy who wasn't talented enough to play college football and took a job away from a superior player.

I feel jealous, I’m also undersized and not talented enough, and I never got my chance to play for a top 25 college football team.  

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17 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

And it is possible that the O's evaluation of the value of that seventh year of team control varies from yours.

Really?  Geez.  Now go ahead and get your coveted last word on the subject.   Promise I won't reply.

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9 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

Nick Markakis and Jonathan Schoop say Hi!

We do not know how Elias is going to approach the service time issue.

We do not know what the service time rules will even be in six years.

I agree with your points here. But I really expect him to be conservative with guys like Diaz. We don't have many of this type of player.

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