More attic space: Orioles outright 3 more

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Along with Chris Ellis, who was outrighted and elected free agency.

[Sports Guy]

Kind of surprised they let Ellis go. 
 

Seems like an unnecessary move right now.

[wildcard]

4 minutes ago, Legend_Of_Joey said:

Along with Chris Ellis, who was outrighted and elected free agency.

Surprised they left Ellis go.

[Sports Guy]

Down to 27 players on the 40 man.

No catchers.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

Down to 27 players on the 40 man.

That's a lot of rule V selections.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

So how many players currently not on the 40 man roster project to get added to it before the Rule 5 draft and free agency? 

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Down to 27 players on the 40 man.

No catchers.

I wonder what the reason is to get rid of so many guys at this point in time.   When do we need to reinstate players from the 60-day DL?   That must be soon.  

[Legend_Of_Joey]

22 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I wonder what the reason is to get rid of so many guys at this point in time.   When do we need to reinstate players from the 60-day DL?   That must be soon.  

By Sunday.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

 

[Jammer7]

2 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

Down to 27 players on the 40 man.

No catchers.

I think there is more to go. The four on the 60 day IL makes it 31. Then, they protect between 5-7 guys. We can bet that they’ll make a waiver claim or two, and probably pick two R5 players. Then, sign a FA catcher, middle infielder, starter and at least one reliever. Some of that might be minor league deals, with spring invites, but I think 6-8 more are going. 

[Can_of_corn]

11 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

I think there is more to go. The five on the 60 day IL makes it 32. Then, they protect between 5-7 guys. We can bet that they’ll make a waiver claim or two, and probably pick two R5 players. Then, sign a FA catcher, middle infielder, starter and at least one reliever. Some of that might be minor league deals, with spring invites, but I think 6-8 more are going. 

I mean, obviously they keep Stewart but are the rest of the guys on the 60 locks to stay on the team?  Lopez in particular seems vulnerable.

[Jammer7]

37 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I mean, obviously they keep Stewart but are the rest of the guys on the 60 locks to stay on the team?  Lopez in particular seems vulnerable.

I’m not certain Stewart isn’t DFA’d or traded. I have laid that out in previous threads. Terrible defense and consistently late on an average fastball are a really bad combo for me. 

I think Akin, Lopez and Mateo all come back. Lopez might be our best RH reliever beyond Wells and Sulser, and he stayed healthy throughout the year. He may not get $1.5 million, but he is worthy of being tendered. 

[SCJeff]

Obviously, based on skill level, we have more room to cut withoutit hurting. Very noticeable that only two of our DFAs got claimed. 

 

That said, figured we would hold onto Ellis too 

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

I’m not certain Stewart isn’t DFA’d or traded. I have laid that out in previous threads. Terrible defense and consistently late on an average fastball are a really bad combo for me. 

I think Akin, Lopez and Mateo all come back. Lopez might be our best RH reliever beyond Sulser, and he stayed healthy throughout the year. He may not get $1.5 million, but he is worthy of being tendered. 

Stewart was a joke.  He might be back but it won't be because of overwhelming ability.

[Jammer7]

Kriske, Fry, Mattson, Bannon, Richie Martin and DJ Stewart are all bubble guys for me. Fry and Stewart might be next.

No doubt Elias has tried to trade these guys he has DFA’d, but found no takers. They have been evaluating these guys for three years. Time to cut losing players loose and change the landscape. This tells me Elias is going to make a few meaningful acquisitions.