If Elias doesn't select Rutschman...what would your reaction be?

[eddie83]

 

[LookinUp]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Thanks for the info.

Really odd choice of throws if that is the case.

In fairness, the release was lightning fast.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

 

Particularly with the Diamondbacks sitting there with their obscenely large pool.

[Frobby]

23 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

In fairness, the release was lightning fast.

Yes, the release was very fast.  

[Luke-OH]

30 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Particularly with the Diamondbacks sitting there with their obscenely large pool.

Yeah, I just don't see a sure path to make up for the difference in value of a Rutschman vs a Vaughn. Maybe in a perfect scenario, but it's hard to imagine how the O's could craft such a scenario with the Diamondbacks having so much money and so many picks before 42. 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Luke-OH said:

Yeah, I just don't see a sure path to make up for the difference in value of a Rutschman vs a Vaughn. Maybe in a perfect scenario, but it's hard to imagine how the O's could craft such a scenario with the Diamondbacks having so much money and so many picks before 42. 

I think they would have to have a deal in hand with someone who would try and dissuade teams from drafting them.

[Luke-OH]

6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I think they would have to have a deal in hand with someone who would try and dissuade teams from drafting them.

I'm not sure who that person would be unless it's Leiter in the third round at 3M overslot, that'd make sense, but I think he's going to go to school. Maybe you could buy Allan down to 42.

[theocean]

48 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

 

This isn't the deepest draft class either. Rutschman seems like a #1 Overall Pick in most drafts, I'd expect the O's to take the superior talent. 

[Camden_yardbird]

Draft Andrew Vaughn and spend that money later?

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[jerios55]

so positional weighting, C would be even more important.  How much would he even save?  How different are their projections.  It seems that C would still be the better choice.

[Redskins Rick]

Trip down memory lane, and the last 10 1st rounders selected by the Orioles

 

[Can_of_corn]

13 minutes ago, jerios55 said:

so positional weighting, C would be even more important.  How much would he even save?  How different are their projections.  It seems that C would still be the better choice.

You would be saving a lot, maybe 2M?

But catchers are a lot more valuable than right handed first basemen.  Vaughn would have to end up another Goldschmidt.

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

You would be saving a lot, maybe 2M?

But catchers are a lot more valuable than right handed first basemen.  Vaughn would have to end up another Goldschmidt.

Depends what Rutschman turns out to be.   Let’s say he’s another Wieters.    Then Vaughn could be a lot worse than Goldschmidt.    But if Rutschman is another Mauer or Posey, that’s different.    

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Depends what Rutschman turns out to be.   Let’s say he’s another Wieters.    Then Vaughn could be a lot worse than Goldschmidt.    But if Rutschman is another Mauer or Posey, that’s different.    

I was assuming Posey.  

Goldschmidt was used since he's a right handed first baseman without an outstanding glove.

[Number5]

On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2019 at 8:59 AM, Frobby said:

“Behind Bren Spillane?”    THE Bren Spillane?    Translation: who????

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=spilla000bre

Oh, THAT Bren Spillane?    Well, there’s a total buzzkill.

You've gotta lotta Spillanin' to do, Lucy.