Orioles claim Lucius Fox…But at what cost?

[interloper]

30 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

We thought that last year and we lost a .1 rWAR reliever! 

Ha, I'm curious to see what this year's lost reliever posts in the WAR column.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

[Orioles0615]

Incoming resigning of the Dark Knight 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, Orioles0615 said:

Incoming resigning of the Dark Knight 

[Ruzious]

Baseball Prospectus had him 79th before the 2019 season.  He's never hit well at any level, but he's just 24, so probably worth more of a look than some on the O's 40 man roster.  

[jabba72]

His stats are definitely underwhelming. Maybe a defensive specialist. 

[owknows]

4 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

His stats are definitely underwhelming. Maybe a defensive specialist. 

Hard to tell..

 

Doesn't have much on his resume above AA

Less than half a season combined

And he wasn't bad in A or AA

 

Worth a flyer

[Philip]

46 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Maybe a Richie Martin replacement? He was once highly thought of ($6 million bonus from Giants), but his statistics certainly have shown that has NOT developed like they'd hope. 

His MLB pipeline makes him look major league ready as a utility guy.
https://www.mlb.com/prospects/royals/lucius-fox-665650

Seems like Mateo-light. 

This begs the question of why we want somebody who’s not quite as good as somebody we already have?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

8 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

His stats are definitely underwhelming. Maybe a defensive specialist. 

Hopefully one who plays good defense unlike Richie Martin. 

[Philip]

Whoever we get between now and tonight should probably not book any flights to Baltimore, because he won’t necessarily be on the roster for more than about 30 minutes, until we claim somebody else.

[owknows]

Just now, Philip said:

Whoever we get between now and tonight should probably not book any flights to Baltimore, because he won’t necessarily be on the roster for more than about 30 minutes, until we claim somebody else.

 

Just now, Philip said:

Whoever we get between now and tonight should probably not book any flights to Baltimore, because he won’t necessarily be on the roster for more than about 30 minutes, until we claim somebody else.

Stacking all the half-eaten doughnuts and sandwich pieces out of the dumpster....  But you can only have three of them even if you are the neediest General Monger...

So if you pick up one more scrap.. you have to put the old one back.

[Tony-OH]

40 minutes ago, interloper said:

Fine by me. I've seen enough of Martin, though I don't mind if he stays in the system after a DFA. 

Honestly, I like Jones maybe less than I like Martin. 

I don't think either are major league players in anything more than a up/down utility role.

[Just Regular]

Here is the way back when from when he was #3 in the IFA class and got his big money.

https://www.mlb.com/news/giants-sign-international-prospect-lucius-fox/c-134197896

I guess deadline day is when all the bluffs have to be shown, and he was in an org where Nicky Lopez exploded in 2021 to complement the Royals Mondesi, WItt and Merrifield trio on the dirt.

[wildcard]

Looks like a speedster that can steal a base.   Pretty good a working a walk which  helps his OBP.   Better at 2B than SS according to his fielding percentage.   It could mean no Galvis this year with Urias, Mateo also on the roster.

I agree that it might affect Martin but I think Bannon may also be in consideration to go.

[scOtt]

Fox does have good OBP numbers but he's just more middle infield fodder/filler.