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9 minutes ago, interloper said:

A wise choice. 

Hopefully Allen clears because he's a talented arm that needs some work. 

Agreed. There is arm talent there, but he needs some minors developmental time. Get his mechanics and pitch shape to where it needs to be. I watched a good bit of video of him. Different arm angles and mechanics seemingly in every season.

I am glad Vespi finally gets an opportunity. Been a fan of his for years. 

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6 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

Agreed. There is arm talent there, but he needs some minors developmental time. Get his mechanics and pitch shape to where it needs to be. I watched a good bit of video of him. Different arm angles and mechanics seemingly in every season.

Yeah, Allen will get through waivers to the minors at some point, hopefully this time around with the O's, unless another team tries to stash him on their active roster for a few days before trying to sneak him through.

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9 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Wanted Rutschman, got Vespi.

 

 

Yeah...I'm excited Vespi is up and in the pen. I'd like to see if he can be a solid bullpen piece for a few years, but if you told me at the beginning of the year that Vespi would make his debut before Rutschman, I don't think I'd believe you. 

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10 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Really? MASN hinted at a debut? If so it has to be AR. They just wouldnt do that for a reliever.

Yeah, Sports Guy posted it on Page 37 of the Adley thread on the minor league board yesterday.

 

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So now we have two lefties in DFA limbo with Fry and Allen. Very good chance at least one of them clears and replaces Vespi at Norfolk. It's been a circuitous route of many moves to essentially replace Fry with Vespi, but at the end of the day we might have all 3 of these lefties in the organization still. 

 

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