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3 minutes ago, ChosenOne21 said:

I really don't get the Dorrian love. Neustrom is a much better player

I don't think anyone loves Dorrian, it's just that we have a lot of options for outfield. 3B is a bigger hole and 22 HR jumps out. That said I am also not convinced Dorrian is the answer for us or that any MLB would carry him on their roster. 

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Good question.   It’s worth noting though that of the OH top 20 so far, only two are already on the 40 man roster (Lowther and Baumann) and only three others (Hall, Bradish, Vavra) need to be added.  

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With the top rated farm system shouldn't we be at the point in which we are using all 40 slots for our own guys?  If someone can't make another team's 40 why would we want to add them to our 26?

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I feel like we're not focusing on the best part of today. It's not that we finally find out who we're going to protect from the Run V. It's that we soon get to geek out about which player we can steal

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19 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Would suck to lose Neustrom but seems like his ceiling is McKenna. It does seem like Dorrian has a higher chance of filling a need at some point. 

I also wonder whether we might see more guys dropped. Any reason we are keeping Martin, Bannon, and Diaz at this point? Nevin? If anyone claims those guys do we care? 

I do not think Nevin or Diaz is going anywhere at this time. Nevin, in particular, is well liked. Elias has talked about his untapped power and working on pulling the ball more, along with his versatility. He was actually lauded for his defensive improvement, particularly at 3B. Diaz, might be on his last shot.

Martin, I think he is square on the bubble. If they want to keep Grenier, then I think Martin goes.

Bannon, I believe he is square on the bubble. Hard worker, who may have gained too much muscle mass last year. An under-sized 5-07 3B who had a terrible year with the bat. He apparently had a very unlucky season and hit the ball hard frequently. Elias cited that some of the advanced metrics were telling on Bannon. But I just cannot see how Bannon, who is 26, can be of more value to the organization than a guy like Neustrom. 

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25 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Dorrian shouldn’t even be under consideration and we have too many other crappy options to not protect Neustrom.  

Neustrom is not good defensively, can't hit left-handers, and slashed .203/.285/.366/.651 with a 14 to 36 BB/K ratio over his last 138 PAs in AAA. What makes you think he'd be hot on anyone's list of Rule 5 selections? There may be ten better outfielders in the system that are better prospects.

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2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Neustrom is not good defensively, can't hit left-handers, and slashed .203/.285/.366/.651 with a 14 to 36 BB/K ratio over his last 138 PAs in AAA. What takes you think he'd be hot on anyone's list of Rule 5 selections? There may be ten better outfielders in the system that are better prospects.

That’s fine…I would still protect him over some guys who are currently on the 40 man.  
 

Im not saying he’s some great prospect, just saying we have worse already here.  
 

And Dorrian is a non factor to me.

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Bannon, Martin and Nevin are all guys that could still be dropped from the 40-man and no one should blink an eye.

One thing to remember about adding guys is that if you don't think they aren't going to get selected, you have no reason to add them to the 40-man.

There will be free agent signings and waiver claims that are still going to happen. Most of discussion here are on 40 level players, maybe 45 at best. Those guys fall out of minor league trees all the time. 

The only three that MUST be protected or will be taken is Bradish, Hall and Bautista. Even Vavra might not get selected, but I'd protect him over the three I mentioned earlier.

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41 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Would suck to lose Neustrom but seems like his ceiling is McKenna. 

Neustrom is nothing like McKenna.   Power hitter, so-so defender and runner. I’d say his ceiling is a slightly better version of DJ Stewart.    

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Neustrom is nothing like McKenna.   Power hitter, so-so defender and runner. I’d say his ceiling is a slightly better version of DJ Stewart.    

And given age and controllability, I would take him over Stewart. Much like you don't protect Grenier unless you drop Martin, maybe we don't protect Neustrom unless we drop Stewart? Then again, if we are talking similar players, maybe you keep the guy on the roster, don't protect the other, and hope to retain both in the organization and if that doesn't work, it's not all that big of a loss. 

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1 minute ago, Aristotelian said:

I don't think anyone loves Dorrian, it's just that we have a lot of options for outfield. 3B is a bigger hole and 22 HR jumps out. That said I am also not convinced Dorrian is the answer for us or that any MLB would carry him on their roster. 

Agree. I have been beating a drum for months that I would keep Neustrom over Stewart. It isn’t even close for me. Ryan Fuller really helped Neustrom in AA and his AAA work was pretty solid as well. The one thing I do not like about Neustrom is his fairly low hand position at load. 

Dorrian had a really good year in AA. I believe he is 25, and his splits are not great. The defense is below average, but not terrible. He isn’t a real physical or athletic guy either. On the other hand, LH power has value. The Orioles are a very RH hitting team. I don’t think he has a shot at being added. 

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3 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

And given age and controllability, I would take him over Stewart. Much like you don't protect Grenier unless you drop Martin, maybe we don't protect Neustrom unless we drop Stewart? Then again, if we are talking similar players, maybe you keep the guy on the roster, don't protect the other, and hope to retain both in the organization and if that doesn't work, it's not all that big of a loss. 

Bingo. Neustrom is not getting selected.

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25 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Neustrom is not good defensively, can't hit left-handers, and slashed .203/.285/.366/.651 with a 14 to 36 BB/K ratio over his last 138 PAs in AAA. What makes you think he'd be hot on anyone's list of Rule 5 selections? There may be ten better outfielders in the system that are better prospects.

Hmmm, I’m sensing that Neustrom may not show up in the no. 27-30 prospects yet to be named…. 

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We may have some players get selected. We lost Pop and Fenter last year, but got Fenter back. However, we saw the guys that Elias targeted in Scroeler and Wells. Big, tall, former SP, with good analytics. 
 

I think it might be important to see who are we at risk of losing in the milb portion of the rule 5 draft. I think that’s why we saw some late promotions to AAA. Grenier and Vespi, I believe. 

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