O's claim IF Urena from Jays

[sportsfan8703]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

Urena was part of the comp Toronto proposed when they tried to hire Duquette.

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2020/01/urena-was-linked-to-orioles-before-waiver-claim.html

Urena and Pompey have both been available on waivers since.  Who the heck picked out those names?

[LookinUp]

15 hours ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Copycat league. If he does that and it works, the rest of the league will try to do the same thing. Could you imagine that disaster? 

I imagine prices for guys who can both hit and field would start to go up, at least a little bit. Total disaster.

[Tony-OH]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Urena and Pompey have both been available on waivers since.  Who the heck picked out those names?

Probably Angelos after reading BA's Prospect handbook.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

24 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

I imagine prices for guys who can both hit and field would start to go up, at least a little bit. Total disaster.

"A little bit?" Could you imagine if these guys start asking for 2 million for playing a game? Madness!

[Ruzious]

I'm actually ok with the signing - he seems like a slightly better and slightly younger Richie Martin.  Blue Jays fans like him.  

[Scalious]

Switch hitters bloom late. Usually are someone with a good feel for contact or some PD though. Not the tri-fecta of bad hitting (no-power, -no-contact, no-PD).

Kinda guy talent deficient teams takes chances on with a flexible glove. So, here we are.

[sportsfan8703]

10 hours ago, Ruzious said:

I'm actually ok with the signing - he seems like a slightly better and slightly younger Richie Martin.  Blue Jays fans like him.  

We’re 1 more IF pickup away from really wondering why Martin is even on the 40 man. We’ll see what happens. I like Urena’s athleticism. 

[Frobby]

Roch’s take:

“It would be an upset if Richard Ureña failed to make the team in a utility role, especially because he’s out of minor league options.”

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2020/01/whats-next-for-orioles-as-spring-training-approaches.html

[interloper]

9 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

We’re 1 more IF pickup away from really wondering why Martin is even on the 40 man. We’ll see what happens. I like Urena’s athleticism. 

I hear you, but he's on the 40-man because he can play SS at a fairly high level. And we really just don't have many of those players in the system. Assuming Urena can pick it at SS, that's 3 on the 40-man before getting into non-40-man guys like Valaika. 

[sportsfan8703]

2 hours ago, interloper said:

I hear you, but he's on the 40-man because he can play SS at a fairly high level. And we really just don't have many of those players in the system. Assuming Urena can pick it at SS, that's 3 on the 40-man before getting into non-40-man guys like Valaika. 

Yes, I agree.  Urena >>>> Martin and Valaika.  With a 26 man roster, we should not have to play Wilkerson or Ruiz vs a LHP.