Fresh read! Chuck Boemmel: Yusniel for 2020

[interloper]

Lol. Thread immediately derails into Mountcastle, as usual. 

[interloper]

Wait, Diaz is available for the Rule 5 draft? That's what the article says, but are we sure that's right?

[interloper]

Yeah, Chuck needs to issue a correction.

This per Camden Chat:

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 Outfield prospect Yusniel Diaz, acquired in the Manny Machado trade along with Kremer and three others, was one of the exceptions, as he’s not yet Rule 5 eligible even though he signed with Los Angeles almost exactly four years ago today.

 

[Moose Milligan]

It's definitely a make or break year for Diaz.  Dude needs to be healthy, dude needs to produce.  Per the article, he showed what he can do when healthy but it needs to happen for a full season.  I'm not going to make any proclamations on when he'll end up in Baltimore but hopefully he lights it up and forces their decision.   

You guys have a boner for Mountcastle, it's weird.

[Frobby]

I agree it’s a very important year for Diaz.    I think if he stays healthy he’ll be in Baltimore by September.    

[interloper]

20 hours ago, weams said:

https://www.orioleshangout.com/2019/11/24/is-2020-a-make-or-break-year-for-yusniel-diaz/

Staff writer Charles Boemmel Jr. takes a look at where Yusniel is at. 

Can we get a correction here? Diaz is not available for the Rule 5 draft.

[Moose Milligan]

24 minutes ago, interloper said:

Can we get a correction here? Diaz is not available for the Rule 5 draft.

What if he is?

[NCRaven]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

What if he is?

This has been addressed repeatedly in multiple posts.  He is not eligible for the Rule 5 draft.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, NCRaven said:

This has been addressed repeatedly in multiple posts.  He is not eligible for the Rule 5 draft.

I know, I'm just bored.

[7Mo]

1 minute ago, NCRaven said:

This has been addressed repeatedly in multiple posts.  He is not eligible for the Rule 5 draft.

And the article says eligible for the 2020 Rule 5 draft.

[interloper]

16 minutes ago, 7Mo said:

And the article says eligible for the 2020 Rule 5 draft.

Ahhh.

Botch. 

My bad. I was thinking 2020 season being this season. 

[mdbdotcom]

The article says Diaz is eligible for the 2020 Rule 5 draft. That is correct. The 2019 Rule 5 draft happens next month, not next year.

[interloper]

Just now, mdbdotcom said:

The article says Diaz is eligible for the 2020 Rule 5 draft. That is correct. The 2019 Rule 5 draft happens next month, not next year.

Yep, my mistake.

 

[cboemmeljr]

8 hours ago, interloper said:

Yep, my mistake.

 

Thanks, because I never said he was eligible for the 2019 Rule-5...the point of the piece is that 2020 is the make or break season.

[theocean]

10 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

It's definitely a make or break year for Diaz.  Dude needs to be healthy, dude needs to produce.  Per the article, he showed what he can do when healthy but it needs to happen for a full season.  I'm not going to make any proclamations on when he'll end up in Baltimore but hopefully he lights it up and forces their decision.   

You guys have a boner for Mountcastle, it's weird.

Don't worry, I'm sure everyone will be complaining that we need to trade Mountcastle for two 17-year-old Dominicans in a few years.