How many waiver claims does Elias make in the next few weeks?

[wildcard]

Elias has been running the Orioles for a year and a half and in that time he has collected many waive wire types.  Some were claimed, others purchased for next to nothing.    Here are the 23  that are  currently on the 60 man roster:

Pitchers: (12) Armstrong, Lakins, Kohl Stewart, Sulser, Hector Velazquez, Wojo, Blach, Hanhold, Shepherd, Valdez, Zastryzny, Eshelman

Position Players: (11) Severino, Alberto, Ruiz, Urias, Andrew Velazquez, Smith, Taylor Davis,  Holaday, Herrera, Valiaka, Williams

Its hard to think that Elias will not be adding others as teams clear players off their 40 rosters to set their team for 2020.

How many do you think Elias adds?

 

 

 

 

[interloper]

How many do YOU think?

[Can_of_corn]

Three

[NCRaven]

I'm going with Rodney Dangerfield and Back to School - FOUR?

[AnythingO's]

None in the cut from 30 to 28 but 2 when they go down to 26. I'm assuming he likes # 27 player from someone else more thansome of the duplicative infielders and fungible 1 inning relievers on our 60 man roster..

[wildcard]

12 hours ago, interloper said:

How many do YOU think?

Its a tough question for me.

Mancini is put on the 60 day IL and Urias is DFA'd to make room for Wilkerson and Valaika.

After that who comes off the 40 man roster to make room for a waiver wire claim?

I don't know what Elias thinks for Hess, Lakins, or Hector Velazquez.   Wynns can probably be DFA'd and resigned to a minor league deal.   What about Smith and when does he come off the Covid list.  He probably can't be DFA'd until he is well.  And if he is DFA'd does the 40 man spot go to Mason Williams.

I think there may be room for 2 or 3 waiver wire claims if Elias likes them better than what he has.

Elias will definitely be looking for starters/long mens in the pen.

[Roll Tide]

17 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Its a tough question for me.

Mancini is put on the 60 day IL and Urias is DFA'd to make room for Wilkerson and Valaika.

After that who comes off the 40 man roster to make room for a waiver wire claim?

I don't know what Elias thinks for Hess, Lakins, or Hector Velazquez.   Wynns can probably be DFA'd and resigned to a minor league deal.   What about Smith and when does he come off the Covid list.  He probably can't be DFA'd until he is well.  And if he is DFA'd does the 40 man spot go to Mason Williams.

I think there may be room for 2 or 3 waiver wire claims if Elias likes them better than what he has.

Elias will definitely be looking for starters/long mens in the pen.

We have a ton of AAAA players on our roster. Most of them can easily be sent off for someone he likes better.

[wildcard]

6 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

We have a ton of AAAA players on our roster. Most of them can easily be sent off for someone he likes better.

Well that is a safe statement because Elias can always add someone he likes better.   But knowing what he thinks of some of the 40 man roster players is a tougher thing to figure out.  And waiver claims by their nature are  players that someone else is not high on.

[Roll Tide]

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

Well that is a safe statement because Elias can always add someone he likes better.   But knowing what he thinks of some of the 40 man roster players is a tougher thing to figure out.  And waiver claims by their nature are  players that someone else is not high on.

We just disagree.... Our active roster is full of players that will never be on a winning team 

 

Your list

Pitchers: (12) Armstrong, Lakins, Kohl Stewart, Sulser, Hector Velazquez, Wojo, Blach, Hanhold, Shepherd, Valdez, Zastryzny, Eshelman (Are any of these guys more than mediocre major league players? It’s my thought that Eshelman doesn’t have the stuff and Wojciechowski looked like a long man at best. Would he even make a good teams roster? I’m sure there are lesser guys on this list I don’t pretend to have a ton of knowledge on all of these guys. But most were on the team last year that got pounded nightly.)

Position Players: (11) Severino, Alberto, Ruiz, Urias, Andrew Velazquez, Smith, Taylor Davis,  Holaday, Herrera, Valiaka, Williams  (Same here ... Ruiz probably won’t hit enough, Urias is AAAA, Velazquez ???, Smith JR, Herrera is AAAA, Williams AAAA, and Holoday is just another 3rd string catcher. Did I mention Davis who wouldn’t even be on the team if not for the albatross of a contract that has the team handcuffed.

I don’t understand the anxiety over not having room or concern over losing any of these guys.

[wildcard]

47 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

We just disagree.... Our active roster is full of players that will never be on a winning team 

 

Your list

Pitchers: (12) Armstrong, Lakins, Kohl Stewart, Sulser, Hector Velazquez, Wojo, Blach, Hanhold, Shepherd, Valdez, Zastryzny, Eshelman (Are any of these guys more than mediocre major league players? It’s my thought that Eshelman doesn’t have the stuff and Wojciechowski looked like a long man at best. Would he even make a good teams roster? I’m sure there are lesser guys on this list I don’t pretend to have a ton of knowledge on all of these guys. But most were on the team last year that got pounded nightly.)

Position Players: (11) Severino, Alberto, Ruiz, Urias, Andrew Velazquez, Smith, Taylor Davis,  Holaday, Herrera, Valiaka, Williams  (Same here ... Ruiz probably won’t hit enough, Urias is AAAA, Velazquez ???, Smith JR, Herrera is AAAA, Williams AAAA, and Holoday is just another 3rd string catcher. Did I mention Davis who wouldn’t even be on the team if not for the albatross of a contract that has the team handcuffed.

I don’t understand the anxiety over not having room or concern over losing any of these guys.

Half the guys you are talking about are not even on the 40 man roster. A waiver claim has to go on the 40 man roster.

[SteveA]

4 hours ago, wildcard said:

Its a tough question for me.

Mancini is put on the 60 day IL and Urias is DFA'd to make room for Wilkerson and Valaika.

After that who comes off the 40 man roster to make room for a waiver wire claim?

I don't know what Elias thinks for Hess, Lakins, or Hector Velazquez.   Wynns can probably be DFA'd and resigned to a minor league deal.   What about Smith and when does he come off the Covid list.  He probably can't be DFA'd until he is well.  And if he is DFA'd does the 40 man spot go to Mason Williams.

I think there may be room for 2 or 3 waiver wire claims if Elias likes them better than what he has.

Elias will definitely be looking for starters/long mens in the pen.

Mancini is already on the long term DL (it's 45 days this year and not 60) and off the 40 man roster.

 

[wildcard]

19 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Mancini is already on the long term DL (it's 45 days this year and not 60) and off the 40 man roster.

 

How many players on the the 40 man roster right now?

[SteveA]

9 minutes ago, wildcard said:

How many players on the the 40 man roster right now?

39.

Most recent changes were putting Martin and Mancini on the 45 day DL and adding Leblanc and Milone.

[interloper]

6 hours ago, wildcard said:

Its a tough question for me.

Mancini is put on the 60 day IL and Urias is DFA'd to make room for Wilkerson and Valaika.

After that who comes off the 40 man roster to make room for a waiver wire claim?

I don't know what Elias thinks for Hess, Lakins, or Hector Velazquez.   Wynns can probably be DFA'd and resigned to a minor league deal.   What about Smith and when does he come off the Covid list.  He probably can't be DFA'd until he is well.  And if he is DFA'd does the 40 man spot go to Mason Williams.

I think there may be room for 2 or 3 waiver wire claims if Elias likes them better than what he has.

Elias will definitely be looking for starters/long mens in the pen.

I think 2 or 3 is probably right. 

[Moose Milligan]

Don't know, don't really care.

I'll give him credit, Alberto, Severino, Ruiz...pretty solid to decent pickups, Hanser Alberto especially.

But on the pitching side, where we REALLY need help?  You're getting a bunch of filler.