Jose Iglesias traded to Angels.

[Can_of_corn]

14 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

It’s not the same as playing competitive games. Certainly it was better than nothing, plus it was a placeholder in case rostered players tested positive and a replacement was required. 

Honestly for some players it might be more useful than competitive games.  Perfect time to rebuild muscle memory.

[Just Regular]

3 hours ago, Tony-OH said:

I'd rather see Stewart at DH while the outfield starts off with Mountcastle, Hays and Santander. Mancini for me is the 1B if he's healthy.

The best defensive outfielder the Orioles can put out there is Hays in LF, Mullins in CF, and Santander in RF. If Mancini is not ready, Id go with that with Mountcastle moving to 1B and Stewart still at DH.

Mullins and Stewart are odd couple platoon mates, but I think this is the right configuration and they'll basically be an Offense/Defense one the first month or so.

For 4 of the 5 OF/DH/1B spots, I see Mancini, Hays, Santander, Mountcastle a couple few ticks ahead of that platoon from a straight talent standpoint, and haven't given up on Diaz belonging to the better of those two tiers to finish out that 55.5% of the lineup.   Maybe he's only 75-90% as good as Mullins fielding or Stewart hitting, but a possible two way player shouldn't be too much slowed by those guys, and I'd guess in the long run he outhits Stewart straight up.

The nice thing is the attractive Offense/Defense combo can still both help the team as OF4/OF5 even if that's one slot down from DH/OF4.   Hays and Mancini aren't gonna be Cal in 2021, but they are 2 of the 5 Voltron lions setting a floor for early Adley lineups (just like all these 2018/2019 SEC guys are for the back rotation/long relief) while we await seeing how good the guys on the dirt can get in time.

Down 1 late next spring, Hyde perhaps pinch hits Stewart and pinch runs Mullins for the whole other 44.4% of the lineup most any day.

On Yusniel and Adley and not giving up on 2022, you could probably sell me on the argument after not seeing live pitching in 2020 (except the same dozen-ish camp guys), why mess them up having to gear for AAA junk half the year?    Assuming you want to keep all your Not Maximizing Wins at the MLB Level silo'ed to 2021.

[Just Regular]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Two milion?  You better check again.

The Dodgers putting 8 figures on him has always been a piece of my optimism, at least that the Mullinses and Stewarts of the world are something else.

[Roll Tide]

41 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Honestly for some players it might be more useful than competitive games.  Perfect time to rebuild muscle memory.

Should’ve sent Davis there!

[Just Regular]

31 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Honestly for some players it might be more useful than competitive games.  Perfect time to rebuild muscle memory.

I am fascinated to see what the Blip does to batter pitcher battles.   

I think I think the emerging technologies give pitchers a big edge in having been able to use 2020 productively.  The teams are curating Speed X, Spin Y, Tunnel Z - pitchers don't need hitters at all to refine their craft (I've got Earl, "the hitters will let me know" turning over in his grave there).

The hitters meanwhile....maybe the backend Bowie arms day after day were still exciting for Gunnar Henderson, High School Class of 2019, but I imagine Adley was beating up Bruce Zimmermann something fierce by the end of summer.  And I still want him facing Gerrit Cole in Week 2.

There's always the hometown tint, but if our PitchDev is plus now and Baumann/Hall/Rodriguez gained relatively on other young 20's dudes last year, I think even at the MLB level their 2021 productivity could be respectable, or with them there Orange Colored glasses, at Release The Kraken, Lindor-wooing levels.

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Should’ve sent Davis there!

Couldn't have hurt.

[LookinUp]

1 hour ago, Roll Tide said:

Noted thanks! Isn’t that equipment available all throughout the organization by now? If not that’s a problem in itself.

I don't know, but if it's still a problem I imagine that Elias has a plan to get it fixed. Those advanced tools are central to his evaluation and player development strategies.

[LookinUp]

59 minutes ago, OrioleDog said:

I think I think the emerging technologies give pitchers a big edge in having been able to use 2020 productively. 
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The hitters meanwhile....maybe the backend Bowie arms day after day were still exciting for Gunnar Henderson, High School Class of 2019, but I imagine Adley was beating up Bruce Zimmermann something fierce by the end of summer. 

I think that any MiL hitter would benefit from going against our MiL pitching at this point. If it didn't benefit them, they're probably already close to Major League All Star level players. Really, any hitter that has to face 95 MPH and decent secondaries will benefit from that. That doesn't mean I'm saying our arms are all ML arms, but they're very good MiL arms, which is toward the top of what they'd be facing if they were actually playing minor league games. 

[sportsfan8703]

Wish we would’ve just taken the money we paid Iglesias(2.5 million), and just given it to prospect from the Dominican. We would’ve likely gotten back a player better than a barely top 30 prospect/low ceiling prospect. 

[Can_of_corn]

16 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Wish we would’ve just taken the money we paid Iglesias(2.5 million), and just given it to prospect from the Dominican. We would’ve likely gotten back a player better than a barely top 30 prospect/low ceiling prospect. 

Remember, you can't just throw money at these impoverished 16 year olds.  You have to build a relationship.

[Frobby]

1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Wish we would’ve just taken the money we paid Iglesias(2.5 million), and just given it to prospect from the Dominican. We would’ve likely gotten back a player better than a barely top 30 prospect/low ceiling prospect. 

We didn’t have that option.  

[jerios55]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

We didn’t have that option.  

Well, we aren't paying that 3.5 million this year, so maybe we are about too.  At least the more we spend there you can consider it the case.

 

[joelala]

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2020/12/iglesias-baltimore-was-special-for-me.html?fbclid=IwAR11KZvra2Wak7K5eaG66_9QAFDNSU0KEjrrXNGfe_VaIp7htEIEfZIyvZA
 

Interview with Jose post-trade. A good reminder that these guys are human, and moreover, an encouraging sign that he says he absolutely loved the atmosphere and culture Hyde et. al have created in the clubhouse. 
 

Best of luck to Jose! Seems like a cool dude. 

[LookinUp]

On 12/5/2020 at 4:42 PM, sportsfan8703 said:

Wish we would’ve just taken the money we paid Iglesias(2.5 million), and just given it to prospect from the Dominican. We would’ve likely gotten back a player better than a barely top 30 prospect/low ceiling prospect. 

I don't believe we have $2.5-$3.5 million left over in the international player pool. In other words, we're already putting that money into those players, which is good.

[orioles22]

This kind of trade makes me wonder if it's time to give up on baseball. Baseball has major problems with such a disparity in payrolls. It's very discouraging that we can't keep a player with a very modest salary in baseball terms.