So looking at his stats he looks really unimpressive, but watching his stuff through some videos you can see the promise.
I went over to baseball savant and looked at his statcast numbers and then watched random videos of his stuff.
He's been used mainly as a starter and I think he might be better suited as a fastball/sinker and curveball guy out of the pen. His curveball can be a plus pitch at times (up to 84 MPH). The problem I see is it can roll up there at times closer to 80 MPH a
I think it all depends on whether Arizona can make an offer. If it's competitive I think he goes there. Otherwise, it depends on how much the O's are willing to spend vs the other teams. He might take less to stay here, but I heard his home is in Arizona.
Am I crazy for thinking Burnes isn't going to sniff Cole's deal? I'm thinking like 7/260-280. I don't think he's going to sniff Cole's deal. For starters i dont think hes as good a pitcher as Cole was at the time of his signing. Also, the Yankees aren't going to be in the bidding so that leaves the Mets, Giants, Nats, Orioles as teams that can afford him. The Sox could too, but they're on the fringe of contention and might opt to develop more with the Yankees and Orioles solidly ahead of them in division. Only the Mets from that list really seem like teams that would go over 300m for a pitcher, but they will be pressed for money because of the luxury tax.
Agree a strong RHP bullpen arm that misses bats would be good to add. Looking at Spotrac I don’t see who it would be. Dominguez could certainly be someone that could fill this role.
It looks like I misread your post as being about last offseason instead of the 2017-2018 offseason. My mistake, but does that in any way affect my overall point - you know the part that I made explicit and you left out of your response - that all the old, reflexive Angelosian nonsense no longer automatically applies?
I'm unclear on what you're driving at, especially if I have to go back to the 2017-2018 offseason when Peter Angelos might still have been giving input on running the team. I think it's a stretch to try to draw parallels to those days, or even the John Angelos years, to David Rubenstein potential as an owner.
Irsay stealing the Colts in a midnight sneak away is in my top five depressing B-More moments, as well as the dreaded We Are Family Pirates in the ‘79 series.
Otherwise, it’s a good bad list.
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