Orioles protect 6

[Legend_Of_Joey]

Who had Gillespie on their Bingo card?

[UMDTerrapins]

Didn't see Gillaspie, particularly over Neustrom. But otherwise that was what I expected. 

[HowAboutThat]

Well, quoting Gomer, “Surprise x 3!”

Who the hell is Gillespie? Did I miss him on the top-30?

[Just Regular]

14 more innings of pitch data in Arizona recently.   I do notice the Orioles I guess authorized him to pitch ~3 innings at a time in Arizona, after he was ~1 in Aberdeen, and ~2 in Bowie.    I guess they have some SP/bulk hopes.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=gillas000log

I wonder how unusual it is for an Age-20 California kid to pitch in Mexico...

 

[waroriole]

14 minutes ago, UMDTerrapins said:

Didn't see Gillaspie, particularly over Neustrom. But otherwise that was what I expected. 

Seems like a really stupid move to protect him over Neustrom. Does this mean we kept Bannon and Nevin over Neustrom?

[HowAboutThat]

OK I have a question: The roster now has 39 spots. Does that mean we are not allowed to clear out any more spots before the Rule 5, and we go into that draft with just the one vacant spot? I think we can still clear out all we want, but I don’t remember when the roster has to be set.

[UMDTerrapins]

22 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Seems like a really stupid move to protect him over Neustrom. Does this mean we kept Bannon and Nevin over Neustrom?

Sorta. We would have had to DFA Bannon or Nevin and almost certainly lost them, whereas Neustrom might not get picked. But he will. Exposing Neustrom just wasn't necessary. I would have kept him over 5-6 guys that we held onto. It's an Elias tradition in the making. 

[ChuckS]

I’m not positive Neustrom gets picked but protecting Bannon and Nevin over him is inexcusable. 

Is this the final roster before the Rule V or can changes still be made?

[DocJJ]

I'm guessing Gillaspie has a live arm... his numbers are terrible....

[waroriole]

43 minutes ago, UMDTerrapins said:

Sorta. We would have had to DFA Bannon or Nevin and almost certainly lost them, whereas Neustrom might not get picked. But he will. Exposing Neustrom just wasn't necessary. I would have kept him over 5-6 guys that we held onto. It's an Elias tradition in the making. 

Nevin and Bannon couldn’t scrape together a .700 OPS at AAA. I don’t care if they’re claimed. I’m not even a big Neustrom fan, but this is just plain stupidity. 

[luismatos4prez]

2 minutes ago, waroriole said:

Nevin and Bannon couldn’t scrape together a .700 OPS at AAA. I don’t care if they’re claimed. I’m not even a big Neustrom fan, but this is just plain stupidity. 

Career Minors OPS:

Bannon .808

Nevin .778

Neustrom .749

I agree there's definitely a case to be made for keeping Neustrom over those two. But it's not a slam dunk like you're making it out to be. Neustrom had a .748 OPS at Norfolk last year - that's an average AAA hitter. 

[interloper]

I could see a guy like Gillaspie being taken if scouts really think he's about to pop based on the analytics. I think this also speaks to the lack of pitching in the system that Elias would protect high strikeout bullpen guys like Gillaspie and Bautista. Those are, after all I think, the kind of guys teams pick in the Rule 5 and we can't really afford to lose more of them. And hey, maybe the loss of Pop plays a factor here. 

[Legend_Of_Joey]

1 hour ago, Philip said:

OK I have a question: The roster now has 39 spots. Does that mean we are not allowed to clear out any more spots before the Rule 5, and we go into that draft with just the one vacant spot? I think we can still clear out all we want, but I don’t remember when the roster has to be set.

They can clear out whoever they want and get more spots for selections. They just can’t add anyone to protect them from the draft.

[luismatos4prez]

The Gillaspie pick stunned me. He did have some good strikeout and walk numbers this year, but do we really like him better than Vespi? I think there's a >50% chance Vespi gets taken. I hope we're not seeing Vespi threads all next year a la Pop.

[sportsfan8703]

What’s the scouting report on Gillespie?