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19 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Shoulder issues seem way harder to come back from than an elbow.  I mean, Tommy John surgery is practically an afterthought, it's a given that anyone having TJ will be back.  

The shoulder is a whole different beast, IMO.  That said, I wish Tillman well and I hope he gets to have another day in the sun.  One should be so fortunate.

DD might have "packaged" Tilly and "Mauer w Power" for the comeback trail stroll through the minors for us.  I mean Matt was a closer in college.  Could he come back reimagined since he had his TJ already?  :clap:

But, I digress into COC spew .....  

 

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He then had his elbow repaired.

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In his climb back to MLB, Hill pitched for the Long Island Ducks with player-coach Lew Ford. Maybe because I'm reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein right now, I don't want to think about what may have

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The one thing we know about Chris Tillman is he is a quality individual.  A class act.   I think Cressey Sports is in Palm Beach.  Across the state from his home in Sarasota.   I have no problem with

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30 minutes ago, Redskins Rick said:

I thought Felix Pie was going to be hired to walk on water? :)

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He's apparently still active, is just 36, and during the last full year of baseball (2019) he hit .381/.466/.665 for Leon in Mexico.

2011 Oriole teammate Brandon Snyder is still on the Nats' AAA team.  Pedro Florimon is playing for El Paso in the Padres' system. Adam Jones not having a good year so far for Orix.  Rick VanDenHurk is pitching for Yakult.  Pedro Strop is still in the Cubs' pen.  And Chris Davis... I think that's all the remnants of the 2011 Orioles.

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16 minutes ago, bobmc said:

DD might have "packaged" Tilly and "Mauer w Power" for the comeback trail stroll through the minors for us.  I mean Matt was a closer in college.  Could he come back reimagined since he had his TJ already?  :clap:

But, I digress into COC spew .....  

 

I have a business acquaintance who is neighbors with Matt Wieters.   He reports that Wieters is still hoping to sign on with a team.    

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The one thing we know about Chris Tillman is he is a quality individual.  A class act.   I think Cressey Sports is in Palm Beach.  Across the state from his home in Sarasota.   I have no problem with Chris signing a minor league contract and working with the O's rehab personnel in Sarasota if that helps him. 

I wouldn't spend much money on the chance that he might come back but having a good person like him workout with  the  O's young players doing rehab is a plus in my book. I can't think a better person for Carter Baumler to be around.

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The one thing we know about Chris Tillman is he is a quality individual.  A class act.   I think Cressey Sports is in Palm Beach.  Across the state from his home in Sarasota.   I have no problem with Chris signing a minor league contract and working with the O's rehab personnel in Sarasota if that helps him. 

I wouldn't spend much money on the chance that he might come back but having a good person like him workout with  the  O's young players doing rehab is a plus in my book.

If I were a class act and clearly couldn't pitch in the majors anymore I'd retire with my 22M in career earnings instead of pocketing an extra 3M on my way out the door.

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3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

If I were a class act and clearly couldn't pitch in the majors anymore I'd retire with my 22M in career earnings instead of pocketing an extra 3M on my way out the door.

Are you trying to say the Chris Tillman is not a class act?  Good luck with that.

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16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm saying my bar for what constitutes a "Class act" is different from yours.

When talking about Chris Tillman you should adjust your bar.   You sound upset that Tillman got 3M from Peter Angelos billions.    Chris went 74-60 for the O's.  He earned his money.

And besides that he was a great person the whole time he was with the O's.

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He's apparently still active, is just 36, and during the last full year of baseball (2019) he hit .381/.466/.665 for Leon in Mexico.

2011 Oriole teammate Brandon Snyder is still on the Nats' AAA team.  Pedro Florimon is playing for El Paso in the Padres' system. Adam Jones not having a good year so far for Orix.  Rick VanDenHurk is pitching for Yakult.  Pedro Strop is still in the Cubs' pen.  And Chris Davis... I think that's all the remnants of the 2011 Orioles.

Strop was released by the Cubs a week or so ago and elected free agency rather than going to AAA.   At the moment he is not employed, to my knowledge.   He also had taken "personal leave" from the Cubs for unspecified reasons just a day or two before the release.

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When talking about Chris Tillman you should adjust your bar.   You sound upset that Tillman got 3M from Peter Angelos billions.    Chris went 74-60 for the O's.  He earned his money.

I'm not upset.

I'm saying that in my opinion a "class act" shouldn't accept money that they didn't earn.   Tillman was amply compensated for his success with the Orioles.

To me "class act" means more than doesn't end up in the papers for doing something stupid.

Not sure why you are deciding to White Knight him.

He was a baseball player.  Seemed like an overall decent guy. I don't see any reason to put him on a pedestal.

 

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