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OriolesMagic83
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Finally someone who can replace Owings production.

Jammer7
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There are improvements he can make mechanically. It looks like they already made some adjustments with him prior to yesterday’s game his hands were higher, and he was more balanced. Solid line drive h

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I thought that was a COVID exception and he wasn't staying on the 40....

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17 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I don’t get it either. He might be better than McKenna but this could also be a push. 

This doesn’t make us that much better or worse. 

It would seem like a push to me, and McKenna is making league min while Phillips is making $1.4mm (or whatever is left of it for the rest of the season) AND we had to pay to get him. Very bizarre in my opinion. 

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28 minutes ago, Jammer7 said:

The roster has him going to the minors. 

Phillips is out of options, so he would have to be DFA'd. Why would we pay cash for someone if we don't plan on keeping him? While I like Phillips and he seems to be a fun guy, this trade is a bit strange.

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1 minute ago, CharmCityHokie said:

It would seem like a push to me, and McKenna is making league min while Phillips is making $1.4mm (or whatever is left of it for the rest of the season) AND we had to pay to get him. Very bizarre in my opinion. 

Phillips has more upside than McKenna, IMO. 

Not sure how much that really matters when discussing backup/part-time OFs on a non-contending team though.

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12 minutes ago, jrobb21613 said:

This must be the buying Elias was referring to when he said we'd be both buyers and sellers.

I would hope they were trying to buy pitchers with multiple years of control, but the trades fell through. I wouldn’t really call this buying at the trade deadline. This is just picking up another teams scraps for depth. 

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