Roch: O's close on MiLB deal for catcher

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16 hours ago, weams said:

 

The female violinist?

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1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

 

If Taylor Davis is coming on an MiLB contract, it doesn't matter. A month until Spring Training and any number of things can happen before Opening Day:

 

Injury, ineffectiveness, or a trade.

Depth right now is good. If Sisco, Severino, or Wynns gets hurt and may miss a substantial chunk of time, Holaday or Taylor could get on the 40 as insurance. If a team calls and asks about Severino and offers up something that gets Elias interested, open roster spot. Taylor or Holaday come into camp and hit .100 with 20 strike outs, they can be released without another hit to the 40.

Or it can be determined that three catchers of median ilk on the 40 man is ineffective. 

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1 hour ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

 

If Taylor Davis is coming on an MiLB contract, it doesn't matter. A month until Spring Training and any number of things can happen before Opening Day:

 

Injury, ineffectiveness, or a trade.

Depth right now is good. If Sisco, Severino, or Wynns gets hurt and may miss a substantial chunk of time, Holaday or Taylor could get on the 40 as insurance. If a team calls and asks about Severino and offers up something that gets Elias interested, open roster spot. Taylor or Holaday come into camp and hit .100 with 20 strike outs, they can be released without another hit to the 40.

There's no need to have 3 catchers on the 40 man roster right now, and there's definitely not a need for Wynns.  He's 29.  

If there is an injury then Holaday, Taylor, or whatever other C that is around can come up until we figure something out.  We're a 100 loss team.  We need to be using 40 man spots on players that can be contributors, not on 29 yo Cs that don't have a discernible skill.  

Plus, 99.9% chance that Wynns clears waivers.  

Edited January 16, 2020 by sportsfan8703