Forgotten Team(O's)

[Riggodrill44]

I'm pretty sure I'm like most posters here. Hear about a transaction and look around the internet for confirmation. Last week we optioned 2 players off of the roster, which to me is a major transaction. I went to MLBTRADERUMORS, and nothing reported. Ok, it's just hasn't been posted.

 

Here it is a week later and there's no transaction listed under the team. Made me wonder if they "just don't see a reason to report on the losers" . I don't think I've ever seen a missed 40 man transaction.

[Philip]

I noticed that too.

[Ruzious]

We're not really doing this - "How dare the media treat us poorly" thing, are we?  How bout we not be so absurdly bad every year, and then care about how the media treats us?  

[Can_of_corn]

15 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

We're not really doing this - "How dare the media treat us poorly" thing, are we?  How bout we not be so absurdly bad every year, and then care about how the media treats us?  

It's the Baltimore inferiority complex again.

Who cares if MLBTradeRumors misses a transaction?   Last time I checked it wasn't an offical site.

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

1 hour ago, Ruzious said:

We're not really doing this - "How dare the media treat us poorly" thing, are we?  How bout we not be so absurdly bad every year, and then care about how the media treats us?  

It was all orchestrated by Keith Law & Ken Rosenthal. 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

It's the Baltimore inferiority complex again.

Who cares if MLBTradeRumors misses a transaction?   Last time I checked it wasn't an offical site.

Funny they use the disrespect angle like the Ravens do, but when it comes to selecting the best player available, no thang, Elias must be a genius for not taking BPA….

Edited September 1, 2021 by NelsonCruuuuuz

[Riggodrill44]

Yeah but it's true. Just like Mancini finishing 3rd in rookie of the year, and Mountcastle not even being mentioned for rookie of the year. 

It's all right if you don't believe it, I do and I've seen this for years.

 

[Can_of_corn]

13 minutes ago, Riggodrill44 said:

Yeah but it's true. Just like Mancini finishing 3rd in rookie of the year, and Mountcastle not even being mentioned for rookie of the year. 

It's all right if you don't believe it, I do and I've seen this for years.

 

Yea, Mancini totally should have beat out Judge.  I know Judge hit 52 HR that year and had an 8 win season but he plays for the Yankees and that's the only reason he won.

 

[DrungoHazewood]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Yea, Mancini totally should have beat out Judge.  I know Judge hit 52 HR that year and had an 8 win season but he plays for the Yankees and that's the only reason he won.

 

Mancini was 6th in rWAR among AL vote-getters in the 2017 ROY. But that's only because WAR hates Baltimore, too.

[DrungoHazewood]

25 minutes ago, Riggodrill44 said:

Yeah but it's true. Just like Mancini finishing 3rd in rookie of the year, and Mountcastle not even being mentioned for rookie of the year. 

It's all right if you don't believe it, I do and I've seen this for years.

 

Mountcastle got a single ROY the vote last year.  But how often does the ROY go to someone who missed 42% of the season?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Mountcastle got a single ROY the vote last year.  But how often does the ROY go to someone who missed 42% of the season?

I'm not sure the percentage of the season but I wouldn't count Wander Franco out of the ROY race yet.

[interloper]

I dunno, I'm always a little surprised when MLBTR does devote a post or even a section of a post to our anonymous-ass roster churn. 

[DrungoHazewood]

8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I'm not sure the percentage of the season but I wouldn't count Wander Franco out of the ROY race yet.

And the ROY is pretty random, some years just don't have a good candidate and they give it to John Castino.  Like the year McCovey slugged .650 for 50 games and they gave it to him.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 hour ago, DrungoHazewood said:

Mancini was 6th in rWAR among AL vote-getters in the 2017 ROY. But that's only because WAR hates Baltimore, too.

There's even a song written about how bad WAR is. 

 

[InsideCoroner]

16 hours ago, DrungoHazewood said:

And the ROY is pretty random, some years just don't have a good candidate and they give it to John Castino.  Like the year McCovey slugged .650 for 50 games and they gave it to him.

I had forgotten all about “Clams” Castino.