Jose Iglesias traded to Angels.

[wildcard]

3 minutes ago, owknows said:

Valaika hit 8 HR's in 150 AB's last year

And his career numbers project to well over 30 per 600 AB's

 

I think he is an unrealized bat

30 Homers in Denver or Albuquerque maybe but not in Baltimore.  I think he will hit if he plays regularly but  30 homers a little much to ask for IMO.

[LookinUp]

12 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Hope so. I love my seats, I truly think they are the best value in the stadium (front row of the upper deck, directly behind home plate). I just hope at some point to watch a home team that is interested in winning. A winning team also might help me get a better sales price on my house when I decamp for the suburbs.

What makes you think they’re not interested in winning? Is it this move, or is it the GM saying they’re not interested in winning?

...though I’m in favor of this move.

 

[Just Regular]

It'll be interesting to see how SS musical chairs plays out.   I don't think Iglesias was ever among the Best 30 for 2021-2022+, and we got a near career year and something.   Of course I'm a Lindor Cohort '22 guy and was never too invested in the '21 deck chair.

Villar re-union?   Or my precious Profar - now we can offer him a SS job along with full time play to chase his riches.

[scOtt]

I dearly would have loved to see Iggy for two WHOLE years here, manning SS with Richie Martin backing him up and learning... but oh well. ME likes these two starter prospects better. I trust his judgement more than mine.

 

 

TINSTAAPP...

[owknows]

Just now, wildcard said:

30 Homers in Denver or Albuquerque maybe but not in Baltimore.  I think he will hit if he plays regularly but  30 homers a little much to ask for IMO.

 

Just now, wildcard said:

30 Homers in Denver or Albuquerque maybe but not in Baltimore.  I think he will hit if he plays regularly but  30 homers a little much to ask for IMO.

8 HR's in 150 AB's (which he hit with the O's last year) would be 32 HR's in a 600 AB season

Consistent with his career numbers

No reason to think it's not real

 

[MurphDogg]

4 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

What makes you think they’re not interested in winning? Is it this move, or is it the GM saying they’re not interested in winning?

...though I’m in favor of this move.

They are interested in winning ... sometime in the future, with no publicly available timeline as to when that will be. Until then, tickets are still full price and beers are still $8.75, so come on out to the Yard to root for whoever they put on the field with 12-15,000 other people. Works out well for Elias' job security though.

[wildcard]

3 minutes ago, andrewochs615 said:

2021 I can accept and expect more of the same this year. But 2022 I won't accept, they need to make an effort next year and need to start spending money next offseason. They keep preaching how the Astros did it (minus the cheating), it took them 3 100 loss seasons. Well next year would be our 4th and 3rd under Elias given that this year would of amounted to 100 losses

They will not lose a 100 in 2021.  Mullins, Hays, Mountcastle, Mancini, Santander,  Valaika, Diaz and maybe even Rutschman in the 2nd half.   Means, Kremer, Akins, Cobb.  And a good 7 or 8 relievers in the pen.    This team will not lose 100.  And I think they will be fun to watch.

[BohKnowsBmore]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

This doesn’t make sense! The timing is terrible, and now is the worst time of the year to make a trade, why in the world they do this now?

I'm not sure this is the worst time to make a trade. There's a lot of SS options on the FA market this winter. Iglesias is the cheap one-year contract option available via trade. As guys land places, though, his demand likely goes down. Right now you have the leverage of "there are a lot of teams that could use a dirt cheap producer at SS, do you want to have to bid on the FA guys or do you want to get this done?"

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, wildcard said:

They will not lose a 100 in 2021.  Mullins, Hays, Mountcastle, Mancini, Santander,  Valaika, Diaz and maybe even Rutschman in the 2nd half.   Means, Kremer, Akins, Cobb.  And a good 7 or 8 relievers in the pen.    This team will not lose 100.  And I think they will be fun to watch.

I'll agree that they probably won't lose 100, heck they might not even play 100.

[Moose Milligan]

Awesome trade!  Getting pitching back from a weak system with perhaps their weakest aspect of their system.

This is a big nothingburger.  

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Awesome trade!  Getting pitching back from a weak system with perhaps their weakest aspect of their system.

This is a big nothingburger.  

But he's a former fifth round pick, I know how much draft pedigree means to you.

[wildcard]

5 minutes ago, owknows said:

 

8 HR's in 150 AB's (which he hit with the O's last year) would be 32 HR's in a 600 AB season

Consistent with his career numbers

No reason to think it's not real

 

I hope you are right but don't bet your house on it.

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

But he's a former fifth round pick, I know how much draft pedigree means to you.

It does.  

I know how much not spending a couple hundred thousand in the draft means to you.

[owknows]

Just now, wildcard said:

I hope you are right but don't bet your house on it.

This is baseball.

Rebuilding Orioles Baseball

I wouldn't bet half a ham sandwich on it

[wildcard]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

But he's a former fifth round pick, I know how much draft pedigree means to you.

O's management are really  high on Bradish, another former Angels farmhand.