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Pat Kelly
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IMO the Davis comments are positioning.   If rosters are at 26 players next season they will be squeezing out a better player like Nunez, DJ Stewart or a 3rd catcher to retain Davis and ride the bench

hoosiers
hoosiers

Seems just like the old SG to take a few quotes and then start bashing our FO and ownership for "dumb" things. IMO, the most telling quote in the link was also the one ME explained.  The revenue

HowAboutThat
HowAboutThat

I don’t think they’re going to continue with Davis, one of the important skills of this job is being politically correct, and Mike is not going to say anything but “the right things” until a change is

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On 9/29/2020 at 7:15 AM, hoosiers said:

I expect Stroman to be on lists of top 10 2021 free agents and have now already found him on one - as the second most valuable or most sought after starting pitcher after Trevor Bauer.  

"Can’t come to Baltimore without being reminded of what a cool stadium Camden is, especially when it’s packed with fans. Nothing like hearing 30,000+ @Orioles fans yell O during the National anthem. Always a fun time" - Trevor Bauer, today

I think this is part of a bit he's doing where he tweets about teams to stir fans up about his free agency. He's done it with the Yankees, Nats, Padres, and Red Sox recently. Still nice to read though.

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