Why is Aguilar on this team?

[rm5678]

5 hours ago, Getz said:

I wonder the same, this signing made little sense from the start.

Signing Aguilar made even less sense than when they signed Brett Phillips.

[RZNJ]

8 minutes ago, rm5678 said:

Signing Aguilar made even less sense than when they signed Brett Phillips.

Don't laugh.  You may not have heard the last of Brett Phillips as an Oriole.

[Tony-OH]

16 hours ago, RZNJ said:

Don't laugh.  You may not have heard the last of Brett Phillips as an Oriole.

Say what you want about Phillips, but at least he brings value as a pinch runner and defensive replacement in the outfield. Aguliar brings nothing but the potential for a home run once in a blue moon.

[RZNJ]

4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Say what you want about Phillips, but at least he brings value as a pinch runner and defensive replacement in the outfield. Aguliar brings nothing but the potential for a home run once in a blue moon.

Phillips has 13 walks and 13 K's in AAA.   I actually saw him inside out a pitch into LCF for a double.   I would not be shocked if he stayed on the roster all winter and came to ST.   He made 1.4M this year and is arbitration eligible.  I can't imagine a 400 OPS can get a player a raise.   I wonder if they think he's worth that.

[Tony-OH]

9 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Phillips has 13 walks and 13 K's in AAA.   I actually saw him inside out a pitch into LCF for a double.   I would not be shocked if he stayed on the roster all winter and came to ST.   He made 1.4M this year and is arbitration eligible.  I can't imagine a 400 OPS can get a player a raise.   I wonder if they think he's worth that.

Phillips was DFA'd on Aug 19th. He's not on the 40-man so the Orioles will need to sign him to a minor league contract this offseason to keep him in the organization. I doubt it will take a major league deal.

[OriolesMagic83]

4 hours ago, RZNJ said:

Phillips has 13 walks and 13 K's in AAA.   I actually saw him inside out a pitch into LCF for a double.   I would not be shocked if he stayed on the roster all winter and came to ST.   He made 1.4M this year and is arbitration eligible.  I can't imagine a 400 OPS can get a player a raise.   I wonder if they think he's worth that.

No way the O's pay Phillips $1.4 mill.  I could see them bringing him back for close to ML minimum, especially if Hays or Mullins is dealt.

[sportsfan8703]

Very good ABs last night. He’s coming around. 

[Chelsea_Phil]

4 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Very good ABs last night. He’s coming around. 

True, maybe I would a bit too harsh on him in my OP?

[Moose Milligan]

The Jesus Aguilar game. 

[SilverRocket]

He shouldn't be on the team, but he saved this game.

[Jagwar]

7 minutes ago, SilverRocket said:

He shouldn't be on the team, but he saved this game.

Perfect way to capture shat happened today. 

[Chelsea_Phil]

From OP:

mea culpa, mea culpa , mea maxima culpa.

i will also say 10 our fathers and 10 Hail Marys as Penance (for you non-Catholics, this probably makes no sense to you)

[bobmc]

4 minutes ago, Chelsea_Phil said:

From OP:

mea culpa, mea culpa , mea maxima culpa.

i will also say 10 our fathers and 10 Hail Marys as Penance (for you non-Catholics, this probably makes no sense to you)

His name is Jesus!  Pray to him!

[rm5678]

On 9/15/2022 at 9:31 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

Very good ABs last night. He’s coming around. 

You called it. He absolutely came around today. Who knows, maybe we wouldn't have even won the game today if Mountcastle had not gotten hit in the elbow yesterday.

[Tony-OH]

Lol.. Some of you guys crack me up.

Aguilar finally ran into one. 

I know this thread would pop up the second he did run into one. 

He was dumb move, and who knows, Stowers may have run into two in this game if he had played the whole game.

Nothing changes.