Orioles sign Jake Cave, DFA Jake Reed

[Yardball85]

 

[yark14]

WTF?

[LA2]

In case Brett Phillips gets injured flying his glider.

[ShoelesJoe]

Will be 30 years old next season, LH bat with mediocre offense. Is this acquisition the first domino in an eventual trade of Mullins? 

[SteveA]

2 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

Will be 30 years old next season, LH bat with mediocre offense. Is this acquisition the first domino in an eventual trade of Mullins? 

Getting a 30 year old 4A OF would have no effect on the future of Mullins.

Unless this is like those guys who start with something like an old shoe and trade it for something a little more valuable and trade that for something else a little more valuable and so on and so on and finally wind up with a Lamborghini, and they document it all on Youtube.

[SteveA]

Is there some sort of labor strife we don't know about?   Maybe Elias is trying to put together a team of replacement players.   Bemboom, Cave, .....

[Can_of_corn]

Elias said it was go time in 2023, not surprising he's beefing up the 40 man.

Edited October 12, 2022 by Can_of_corn

[ShoelesJoe]

2 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Getting a 30 year old 4A OF would have no effect on the future of Mullins.

 

I’d think so too, but between McKenna and Phillips we appear to be already well stocked with 4A center fielders. Why add another? I can see a scenario where Elias & Co. believe that Phillips’ offensive explosion at Norfolk was the real deal, thus making Mullins expendable. We trade Mullins for pitching, Phillips replaces him in CF next season, and Cave replaces Phillips at Norfolk. 

[Tony-OH]

Ok, I'm now thinking my "funny" theory that Elias is going to stock his 40-man with 30+ year old AAAA players until he receives a bigger contract is starting to not look so funny, but rather prophetic.

[Tony-OH]

Brett Phillips be like:

[Brian88]

15 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

I’d think so too, but between McKenna and Phillips we appear to be already well stocked with 4A center fielders. Why add another? I can see a scenario where Elias & Co. believe that Phillips’ offensive explosion at Norfolk was the real deal, thus making Mullins expendable. We trade Mullins for pitching, Phillips replaces him in CF next season, and Cave replaces Phillips at Norfolk. 

Phillips is a free agent 

[Just Regular]

 

[ScGO's]

43 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

Phillips is a free agent 

I think he only has 3 years of service time. I think he enters his first year of arbitration this offseason

[Legend_Of_Joey]

43 minutes ago, Brian88 said:

Phillips is a free agent 

Why would Elias sign Phillips when he can get Jake Cave?

[Legend_Of_Joey]

1 minute ago, ScGO's said:

I think he only has 3 years of service time. I think he enters his first year of arbitration this offseason

Phillips was outrighted off the 40 and was in the Minors. As soon as that season ended, he became a free agent.