Tuesday, August 9 -- Orioles vs Blue Jays

[Il BuonO]

2 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

Moves to make

DFA Odor... Vavra at 2B (Urias can back him up some days)

Promote Gunnar for 3B (Urias can back him up too)

DFA Phillips... Promote Stowers, have him DH every day

Is that a silly plan?

Not at all, exactly what I would prescribe. 

[Jagwar]

Just now, Gurgi said:

Its not silly if your going all out to win this year.  I am not sure Elias wants to start any of those rookies clock just yet.  

Gunnar I could see. He's the newly minted #1 prospect by BA. But Stowers?

[justD]

5 minutes ago, Remember The Alomar said:

I hear you, but in the grand scheme of things, I don't want him to change his approach at all. 

Colton Cowser seemed to have a similar approach when I saw him in Bowie last week. fwiw?

[Remember The Alomar]

Just now, justD said:

Colton Cowser seemed to have a similar approach when I saw him in Bowie last week. fwiw?

That's really exciting to hear. Thanks for that tidbit!

[justD]

6 minutes ago, seak05 said:

The catcher on the bench is the one with the good pop time. I get not wanting to take the bat potentially out of Adley's hand though

Oops. My bad. 

[spiritof66]

So is the Orioles soccer jersey the first in a series of dumb ideas? Orioles lacrosse jersey, cricket shirt, football jersey, rugby shirt, hockey sweater, team handball jersey. Many possibilities.

[Roll Tide]

6 minutes ago, Remember The Alomar said:

I hear you, but in the grand scheme of things, I don't want him to change his approach at all. 

With his current approach he’s good for about 15 homers in 600 ABs

[RVAOsFan]

3 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

Moves to make

DFA Odor... Vavra at 2B (Urias can back him up some days)

Promote Gunnar for 3B (Urias can back him up too)

DFA Phillips... Promote Stowers, have him DH every day

Is that a silly plan?

I would designate Nevin before DFA Odor. I would bring up Stowers ASAP and then consider Henderson at the end of August if we are still in the thick of it. 

[O's84]

Nice job by Bradish to fight his way through that inning.

[RVAOsFan]

Bradish looking real solid

[Gurgi]

Bradish throws just hard enough to make hitting high four seam fastballs really hard.  Nice K.

[Remember The Alomar]

Just now, Roll Tide said:

With his current approach he’s good for about 15 homers in 600 ABs

His OPS+ is 128. I don't really care how he does it. But, I'm sure the HR numbers will tick up. 

[RVAOsFan]

1 minute ago, Roll Tide said:

With his current approach he’s good for about 15 homers in 600 ABs

As he matures those doubles will turn into homers. He is good for 20 next year. 

[Il BuonO]

1 minute ago, Roll Tide said:

With his current approach he’s good for about 15 homers in 600 ABs

That’ll change as he learns the league. And he’s not a pure HR hitter. He’ll be plenty productive with the approach he has currently.

[spiritof66]

14 minutes ago, Jagwar said:

He was running on the play then misjudged the play. It happens

What was there to misjudge? Did he think the ball was going over the LF's head? No reason to even think about going to third with no outs.