Tracking Ex Oriole Thread

[Mendoza Line]

Steve Pearce had a career night tonight with 3 HRs and 6 RBIs. 

He's having monster year offensively at least, shades of 2014 with us. 

It's a shame he's putting up these numbers for the Soxs.  I'm happy for him, though.  He was always one of my favorites.

[LarryHarlow]

Schoop’s 0-11 with 8 K’s so far for the Brewers.  Hope he turns it around soon—want to see him do well.

[Bahama O's Fan]

How about one thread for updates on how our former players are doing? We could use it for Machado, Schoop, etc... that were traded this year or even if we want to include players that left us years ago.

[murph]

Good idea, but....

 

[sportsfan8703]

Gausman - 1st is today vs the Mets

Birtton - has been ok in 3 appearances 2.2 IP, 3.38 ERA. 

Manny- hasn’t missed a beat with LAD. 

Schoop - hitless in his 1st 3 games with on start at SS and two at 2B. 

O’day - He’s still collecting is overpay contract and Brady and PA are happy he’s not with the Nats. 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

O’day - He’s still collecting is overpay contract and Brady and PA are happy he’s not with the Nats. 

I really hope O’Day stays healthy next year.    Health has really hampered his contributions the last three seasons.    

[mdbdotcom]

Steve Pearce rocks the Yankees! 4 home runs in two days.

[sportsfan8703]

Markakis has 2183 Hits. Leading the NL. Let’s say he’s at 2230 at the end of the year. A little conservative but just picking a number. 

730/5 = 146 hits a year through age 39 to get 3000.

730/4 =  182.5 hits a year through age 38 to get 3000 

The guy is going to do it. 

[Frobby]

23 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Markakis has 2183 Hits. Leading the NL. Let’s say he’s at 2230 at the end of the year. A little conservative but just picking a number. 

730/5 = 146 hits a year through age 39 to get 3000.

730/4 =  182.5 hits a year through age 38 to get 3000 

The guy is going to do it. 

Was just discussing this in the Markakis thread on the MLB board.    The real issues, I think, are health and playing time.     Nick has played 155+ games year after year.    Will he continue to be healthy enough to do that as he progresses from his mid-30’s into his late 30’s?   And, if his power surge this year is a blip, will teams be willing to play him 155 games a year even if he’s healthy enough?   I’d love to see it happen but still only peg the odds at 5-10%.

[sportsfan8703]

17 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Was just discussing this in the Markakis thread on the MLB board.    The real issues, I think, are health and playing time.     Nick has played 155+ games year after year.    Will he continue to be healthy enough to do that as he progresses from his mid-30’s into his late 30’s?   And, if his power surge this year is a blip, will teams be willing to play him 155 games a year even if he’s healthy enough?   I’d love to see it happen but still only peg the odds at 5-10%.

I don’t want to turn this into a Markakis thread but Markakis does have a cannon. I think he could be an above average defender at 1B and put up a decent enough OPS that some team will give him ABs. He won’t just turn into a DH. 

[Bahama O's Fan]

2 hours ago, murph said:

Good idea, but....

 

Sorry, didn't see this. I typed in "former" when searching for threads. If the mods want to merge...

[Can_of_corn]

31 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

I don’t want to turn this into a Markakis thread but Markakis does have a cannon. I think he could be an above average defender at 1B and put up a decent enough OPS that some team will give him ABs. He won’t just turn into a DH. 

He had a cannon.  Not anymore.

[bobmc]

Pedro Strop with the emotion! 

 

[Frobby]

13 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He had a cannon.  Not anymore.

Yeah, his arm is decent at this point but nothing more.   But he’s still a solid RF.    What he lacks in speed and arm strength he compensates for by having good fundamentals and instincts  in every respect.    

[bobmc]

2 hours ago, Frobby said:

Yeah, his arm is decent at this point but nothing more.   But he’s still a solid RF.    What he lacks in speed and arm strength he compensates for by having good fundamentals and instincts  in every respect.    

#mancrush alert!  

Happy for Nickie - such a good dude - but how long can he remain in the OF?