Orioles considering Franco?

[scOtt]

8 hours ago, Brooks The Great said:

If Tommy Milone can be flipped for ANYTHING at the deadline like he was last year, anyone can be flipped.

 

I should read the whole thread before I post.....

[scOtt]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I guess we have differing opinions on what halfway decent is.

Like someone said above, pay million bucks to get a maybe prospect or two. Worth it. Fill the system with talent.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, scOtt said:

Like someone said above, pay million bucks to get a maybe prospect or two. Worth it.

That was me and no, I don't think it will be worth it.

For a real prospect sure, for some 17 year old lottery ticket or shuttle-bound bullpen arm?  No thanks.

[scOtt]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

That was me and no, I don't think it will be worth it.

For a real prospect sure, for some 17 year old lottery ticket or shuttle-bound bullpen arm?  No thanks.

I play the lottery regularly.

 

 

[scOtt]

14 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

I'm assuming the bullpen will be blown out by late June.

I agree with this. Maybe August but yeah...

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, scOtt said:

I play the lottery regularly.

 

 

And the house wins.

[Tony-OH]

17 hours ago, interloper said:

It's Heyman so whatever. But no reason to think the Os wouldn't at least check to see if they can get a good deal. Pretty classic deadline trade kind of guy. Upgrade over Ruiz for sure. 

Ultimately $4-8 mil sounds a little steep for the chance at a trade chip. And it's definitely too steep for simply upgrading the offense a bit in a rebuild year. Would I be for it? Oh hell yeah.

Which means Franco must be a Boros client. 

I mentioned Franco this off season as being a fit for the right price. The defense seems pretty solid besides going laterally to the 3B side, and the bat might play well at Camden Yards and I'm ok with them moving on from Ruiz.

[LTO's]

46 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Anyway, unless I'm not looking at something correctly here, MLB.com straight up has the wrong stats for Franco:

That's weird. Those stats are way off. Franco played 60 games last year. I'm mostly in agreement with you that any potential trade involving Franco wouldn't be exciting. If he built off his 2020 and OPS'd around .800 which is possible in Camden Yards I would be somewhat intrigued. It's being reported that the Orioles are one of many teams interested, indicating that there's a market for him.

[LTO's]

30 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

for some 17 year old lottery ticket

I'll take one Fernando Tatis Jr.

[interloper]

15 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Ahhh, right.  "The ball is coming out of his hand nicely" is to @Frobby as "we can sign this guy in spring training and trade him at the deadline" is to Moose Milligan.

The idea that we could trade a guy who's readily available to anyone right now and get something halfway decent is laughable.  

That's fair, admittedly. I mean if they want to simply upgrade at 3B for no other reason than to field a better team I'm obviously down for that as it wouldn't handcuff them financially. I just sorta doubt they're thinking that way right now. Would be fun tho!

[wildcard]

23 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Which means Franco must be a Boros client. 

I mentioned Franco this off season as being a fit for the right price. The defense seems pretty solid besides going laterally to the 3B side, and the bat might play well at Camden Yards and I'm ok with them moving on from Ruiz.

I don't really understand your assessment here.  His defense is solid except for laterally?   Having good lateral movement is essential for a 3rd baseman to be good defensively.    

While I am ready to move on from Ruiz I don't want to downgrade the defense to do it.   Especially for a guy that has a 737 career OPS.   He seems to hit well every other  years and this would be his down year.   

I say Elias,  keep looking for someone better.

[scOtt]

49 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

And the house wins.

Yes they do! Just like casinos.

 

Still, ya never know.......

[scOtt]

29 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Which means Franco must be a Boros client. 

I mentioned Franco this off season as being a fit for the right price. The defense seems pretty solid besides going laterally to the 3B side, and the bat might play well at Camden Yards and I'm ok with them moving on from Ruiz.

Yeah. Ruiz is adequate.... He just doesn't excite. Nothing special in his game. O or D.

[scOtt]

5 minutes ago, scOtt said:

Yes they do! Just like casinos.

 

Still, ya never know.......

Random turn of the cards. squEEze hit 4 of a kind once when we were in Reno. I forget how many HUNDREDS she won on a $2 bet.

[Just Regular]

Ummm...don't we have organizational filler at 3B?   

Beyond now, I think '22 Maikel Franco is more cromulent for a team I haven't quit on yet than anyone else we have.

Next offseason's UFA 3B are Bryant, E. Escobar, Marwin G. in contrast to the SS group now 8-deep with Semien, Andrelton and Galvis back alongside the Big Five.

I guess we could just change gears to the Eric Sogard type guy.