Grayson Rodriguez 2022

[waroriole]

9 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

Roch said he’s getting more tests, not good. https://twitter.com/masnroch/status/1532457988119838724?s=21&t=RZsBgsAq0jJurF3RDxgs-w

I don’t think that’s certainly a bad thing. The initial tests could’ve showed no issues, but they wanted additional tests to be sure. 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

Sounds like this will be the catalyst for the annual Elias “we are further behind on the rebuild than we had anticipated” speech. 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

Just now, waroriole said:

I don’t think that’s certainly a bad thing. The initial tests could’ve showed no issues, but they wanted additional tests to be sure. 

Unclear but if it were minor, we would have known already is my guess

[waroriole]

Just now, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

Sounds like this will be the catalyst for the annual Elias “we are further behind on the rebuild than we had anticipated” speech. 

Who could’ve foreseen there would be problems if you put all your pitching eggs in one basket. 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

Just now, waroriole said:

Who could’ve foreseen there would be problems if you put all your pitching eggs in one basket. 

I think you need to actually draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds to improve. Just a thought. 

[RZNJ]

2 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

I think you need to actually draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds to improve. Just a thought. 

Counterpoint.   If you draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds you wind up with a lot of wasted picks.    How many stud pitchers have the Orioles drafted in the first round in their search over the years.   Since 1990, 1st round pitchers.  Mike Mussina, Jay Powell, Alvie Shephered, Mike Paradis, Richard Stahl, Josh Cenate, Scott Rice,  Beau Hale, Chris Smith, Adam Loewen, Wade Townsend, Garrett Olson, Pedro Beato, Brian Matusz, Matt Hobgood, Dylan Bundy, Kevin Gausman, Hunter Harvey, Cody Sedlock,  D.L. Hall, Grayson Rodriguez.

 

I count one top of the rotation pitcher (while he was with the Orioles) on that list.   21 pitchers on the list.   1 top guy.

[Going Underground]

18 minutes ago, interloper said:

Olson sucks lol. Isn't he like super anti analytics?

Yes.Never said he was great but someone asked what happened to Olson and Brian Roberts. 

[Going Underground]

Maybe if dehydration figuring out why. The heat index was actually hotter last night in Baltimore then in Norfolk. Some like it hot,sounds like a song. Feel the heat 

[seak05]

Do we know he actually got tests in Norfolk? Maybe they just preferred he get the tests in Baltimore? Or the plan is for him to start Sunday here, so they just brought him north 

 

[NelsonCruuuuuz]

1 minute ago, RZNJ said:

Counterpoint.   If you draft pitchers in the first 4 rounds you wind up with a lot of wasted picks.    How many stud pitchers have the Orioles drafted in the first round in their search over the years.   Since 1990, 1st round pitchers.  Mike Mussina, Jay Powell, Alvie Shephered, Mike Paradis, Richard Stahl, Josh Cenate, Scott Rice,  Beau Hale, Chris Smith, Adam Loewen, Wade Townsend, Garrett Olson, Pedro Beato, Brian Matusz, Matt Hobgood, Dylan Bundy, Kevin Gausman, Hunter Harvey, Cody Sedlock,  D.L. Hall, Grayson Rodriguez.

 

I count one top of the rotation pitcher (while he was with the Orioles) on that list.   21 pitchers on the list.   1 top guy.

Here, I am going to say something positive about Elias:). I trust his picks from him MUCH more than Joe Jordan who was just abysmal. I know not all were Jordan but many were. It’s not like you can blatantly ignore pitching. 
 

As other posters have noted, after Grod, not sure where the starting pitching is coming from in the pipeline. 
 

But your point is spot on, def riskier but when building from the bottom, you gotta have a pipeline. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

32 minutes ago, NelsonCruuuuuz said:

Roch said he’s getting more tests, not good. https://twitter.com/masnroch/status/1532457988119838724?s=21&t=RZsBgsAq0jJurF3RDxgs-w

If I hear the name Dr. James Andrews come up…

[seak05]

Lat strain sigh 

https://t.co/INQmdirjHo

[Going Underground]

Schmuck wrote this yesterday 

The lat muscle is below the shoulder blade and – as an important core component – plays a major role in pitching mechanics. It is the same area that dogged left-hander John Means at multiple junctures early in his career. The Orioles have to hope that Rodriguez suffered a heat-related cramp and not a nagging injury that impacts a significant chunk of his season

[Can_of_corn]

Thank goodness they are being so conservative with these pitchers or they might end up getting injured.

[Sports Guy]

https://www.mlb.com/glossary/injuries/lat-strain
 

Best case scenario is he is on a rehab assignment by the end of the month.  Then he goes back to AAA to pitch more.

Wont be in Baltimore until after the AS break, at the earliest.