Hypothetically how good would the Os be right now

[Sports Guy]

38 minutes ago, GuidoSarducci said:

Why Harvey and Zimmerman and not Lopez and Kremer? 

Well first of all, Zimmerman was in the KG trade.

Secondly, I think if we have a few vets in the rotation, the need to sign Harvey is gone.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

51 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Maybe we would still have Iglesias at short.

Galvis had been better offensively so far this year. 

[Hazmat]

1 hour ago, Aglets said:

Is Bundy still a Cy Young contender since we moved him?

If Gausman continues to pitch like he has so far this season, he will be in the conversation.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, Hazmat said:

If Gausman continues to pitch like he has so far this season, he will be in the conversation.

It’s DeGrom’s award to lose in the NL, but it’s nice to see Gausman pitching well.

[scOtt]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Flip the red switch and not the blue.

 

I'm not expecting anyone to get that reference so don't feel bad.

I hope it's not a Matrix reference...

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, scOtt said:

I hope it's not a Matrix reference...

It is not.

[scOtt]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

It is not.

Of course not. That would be too easy.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, scOtt said:

Of course not. That would be too easy.

Don't waste effort tracking it down, it isn't worth it.

It's a me thing.

[Beysbol]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Don't waste effort tracking it down, it isn't worth it.

It's a me thing.

I actually tried to track it down via Google, but didn't find anything except for the red and blue switches in Mario. Lol

[Camden_yardbird]

To me this is not the hypothetical.  The hypothetical is how good would we be if the Orioles had taken chances on former top prospects this offseason (exactly the type of risk they should be taking) and signed any of  Rodon, Naquin, Profar, Ray, or Wong.

Did I cherry pick?  Sort of.  I chose four (minus Naquin who was drafted by the O's) players who were top 10 prospects for their teams, reaching free agency for the first time between the ages of 27-30.

Elias seems to see no value in these players because they were born before the year 2000 but they would all fill a need and could have trade value or help build a more complete team.

[HowAboutThat]

I’m actually pretty happy with our pitching overall. Hyde doesn’t prepare, and he doesn’t anticipate, so we’ve given up some unnecessary runs, but the lit hing is the least of our worries. The defense, overall seems better. Not elite, but mostly at least competent. Franco is dreadful, but everyone else is about average, so we can live with it for now. The offense is dreadful. But oh well.

we’ll get better this season, and finish respectably.

[murph]

17 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It’s DeGrom’s award to lose in the NL, but it’s nice to see Gausman pitching well.

Corbin Burnes might have something to say about that....of course he just went on the IL.   I am rooting for Gausman too and Bundy, but glad Gausman seems to be finally finding the success we thought he would have here. 

[now]

For that matter we could have signed Kluber too, right? (Instead of King F.) As for Gausman, puh-leeze, didn't we see enough already?

[DrungoHazewood]

21 hours ago, GuidoSarducci said:

If we had merely kept Bundy, Gausman and Villar ? 

In a worse position for being a rebuilding team with okay guys at free agent rates, or close?  Villar has been terrible since he left, and Bundy is basically the same pitcher he's always been.  Gausman has been all over the place since he was an Oriole.

[DrungoHazewood]

18 hours ago, Hazmat said:

If Gausman continues to pitch like he has so far this season, he will be in the conversation.

He's pitched 33 innings.  He's in the midst of his 21st-best run of five games in his career.  He's had many years to continue to pitch like this, and almost never has.  Remember the five game span in 2016 when he didn't allow any runs in four of the five starts?