BEHOLD: Ongoing Lineup Thread, 2019

[OFFNY]

3 minutes ago, Tx Oriole said:

 

Who is Rio Ruiz ??? 

 

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https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ruizri01.shtml

 

 

 

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[interloper]

Getting back to the good OF defense and Ruiz at 3B. I like it. 

I like Hanser, but let's not go crazy about bumping Ruiz to 1B and Mancini in RF. That's some Buck out-of-position stuff. 

[webbrick2010]

Now that CD has the record Hyde is not going to give him a chance to make it unbreakable?

[SteveA]

19 hours ago, Tx Oriole said:

Who is Rio Ruiz? 

The starting 3rd baseman in more than half our games so far this year!

[Aglets]

Little surprised that Davis is sitting against a right-hander.

Pleasantly surprised, to be sure.

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Little surprised that Davis is sitting against a right-hander.

Pleasantly surprised, to be sure.

First time, I believe.

[interloper]

21 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Now that CD has the record Hyde is not going to give him a chance to make it unbreakable?

He'll get his chance. Everyone is talking about the record right now, it makes sense to get him out of the spotlight for a little bit. They may also be crunching some data and planning to make some changes, but that's purely speculation. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[mdbdotcom]

22 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Little surprised that Davis is sitting against a right-hander.

Pleasantly surprised, to be sure.

Now that Davis is actually coming out early to work on his swing, maybe they want to give him a chance to learn what he needs to do before throwing him out there.

[jrobb21613]

Is sending Davis to the minors an option? How would that work?

[sportsfan8703]

9 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

This is pretty much the best lineup we can throw out there based on the current roster makeup. Can’t blame Hyde for not trying. Our best offense.  Our best defense. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

5 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

This is pretty much the best lineup we can throw out there based on the current roster makeup. Can’t blame Hyde for not trying. Our best offense.  Our best defense. 

If Mullins can follow up on Monday’s performance, the Orioles have a pretty good top half of the lineup. 

[atomic]

14 minutes ago, jrobb21613 said:

Is sending Davis to the minors an option? How would that work?

If a player has 5 years of major-league service, he may not be assigned to a minor-league team without his consent. This exclusion applies regardless of whether he has not yet been outrighted once, has remaining options, or has cleared waivers. If the player withholds consent, the team must either release him or keep him on the major league roster. In either case, the player must continue to be paid under the terms of his contract. If he is released and signs with a new team, his previous team must pay the difference in salary between the two contracts if the previous contract called for a greater salary.

[El Gordo]

48 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Little surprised that Davis is sitting against a right-hander.

Pleasantly surprised, to be sure.

Good sign. Baby steps to benching him , then releasing him

[Frobby]

24 minutes ago, atomic said:

If a player has 5 years of major-league service, he may not be assigned to a minor-league team without his consent. This exclusion applies regardless of whether he has not yet been outrighted once, has remaining options, or has cleared waivers. If the player withholds consent, the team must either release him or keep him on the major league roster. In either case, the player must continue to be paid under the terms of his contract. If he is released and signs with a new team, his previous team must pay the difference in salary between the two contracts if the previous contract called for a greater salary.

Honestly, if I were Davis I’d consider accepting an assignment to the minors for a fixed period of time, if that’s doable.    I realize he has no legal obligation, but he has to know he’s hurting the team and not really helping himself, and you’d think $161 mm would buy at least that much loyalty.