I'm Ready for Mountcastle and Diaz: Mountcastle Up, Diaz Still Waiting

[Ruzious]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

You're right - I should have used the green font.    

[VICIOUS]

I'm feeling a Mountcastle trade.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

4 minutes ago, VICIOUS said:

I'm feeling a Mountcastle trade.

Trading Mountcastle for Smith?

[NCRaven]

10 minutes ago, VICIOUS said:

I'm feeling a Mountcastle trade.

What does that even mean?  Bring something to the table, not just an out of nowhere hot take.

 

[Sports Guy]

Just now, NCRaven said:

What does that even mean?  Bring something to the table, not just a out of nowhere hot take.

 

It makes sense to trade him..provided that you get back a young, cost controlled player.

[NCRaven]

 

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

It makes sense to trade him..provided that you get back a young, cost controlled player.

I see no evidence that Elias is willing to trade a player with zero service time and a high end bat for another player that has already started his service clock.  And, you rarely see prospect for prospect trades.  So, I just don't see it.  Besides that, "I'm feeling a Mountcastle trade" is meaningless.  Based on what?

[Number5]

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

It makes sense to trade him..provided that you get back a young, cost controlled player.

Isn't he a young, cost-controlled player?

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Number5 said:

Isn't he a young, cost-controlled player?

Yes but his skill set is redundant when the O's have Dwight Smith on the team.

[AnythingO's]

6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Yes but his skill set is redundant when the O's have Dwight Smith on the team.

OMG, I think that Weams's head just exploded!!!!! 

[DrungoHazewood]

22 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

It makes sense to trade him..provided that you get back a young, cost controlled player.

You mean like Ryan Mountcastle?

Oooh!  Old fashioned challenge trade!  Elias needs to flip him for a right-handed 23-year-old 1B/LF.

[Sports Guy]

10 minutes ago, Number5 said:

Isn't he a young, cost-controlled player?

Sure but he’s can’t field and we have several guys just like him.

Im not say I necessarily want to trade him but I do think it’s a good idea.

Look, there is no doubt that decisions have to be made.  Some of these guys are going to have to be dealt.  We just don’t have room for several 1st/DH type players.

 

[NCRaven]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

Sure but he’s can’t field and we have several guys just like him.

Im not say I necessarily want to trade him but I do think it’s a good idea.

Look, there is no doubt that decisions have to be made.  Some of these guys are going to have to be dealt.  We just don’t have room for several 1st/DH type players.

 

So get rid of the bad ones, not the best hitting prospect in our system.

[DrungoHazewood]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Sure but he’s can’t field and we have several guys just like him.

Im not say I necessarily want to trade him but I do think it’s a good idea.

Look, there is no doubt that decisions have to be made.  Some of these guys are going to have to be dealt.  We just don’t have room for several 1st/DH type players.

Everyone always has too many 1B/DHes.  That's where everyone ends up who can't field.  I bet you could look back at every Oriole team in history and almost all of them had seven guys who could have played first if they had to, or LF in a Mancini kind of way.

I don't think you trade Mountcastle.  If you want to clear the logjam at first there are a lot of other ways to do it.

[Can_of_corn]

14 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Sure but he’s can’t field and we have several guys just like him.

Im not say I necessarily want to trade him but I do think it’s a good idea.

Look, there is no doubt that decisions have to be made.  Some of these guys are going to have to be dealt.  We just don’t have room for several 1st/DH type players.

 

What are you going to get for him?

I'm guessing you won't get equal value.

[Lucky_13]

12 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Sure but he’s can’t field and we have several guys just like him.

Im not say I necessarily want to trade him but I do think it’s a good idea.

Look, there is no doubt that decisions have to be made.  Some of these guys are going to have to be dealt.  We just don’t have room for several 1st/DH type players.

 

But why would you trade Mountcastle when you can just cut Smith Jr and bench Davis and eventually cut him?  Nunez has taken over 1B so Mountcastle can get his ABs at DH and LF.