Orioles acquire Ryan O’Hearn

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, RZNJ said:

Hmmm.     Now what are we going to do, complain about the 4 catchers they claimed off of waivers back in October?   Wait!   Been there, done that.

And all of that was a waste of the Orioles front office time now wasn't it? All we have out of that is two bad AAA depth catchers in the organization that could have been found or resigned as free agents like every other teams does. The fact that so many were available showed how silly it was to put Nottingham on the 40-man roster so they can have time to "sign him" to a split contract. 

Maybe if those analysts working on that catcher problem was working on our starting pitching and MOO needs, we wouldn't have Gibson and Frazier for $19 million next year and be no better then we were last year.

[interloper]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Ok, you are right in that take. Did I say anywhere that you were not right in that take. I said he was not going to make that money in AAA. I was right, so i don't even understand why you running around gloating like you won some prize.

There was a lot of comments being made. I don't even remember what I was responding to but I was making a point about guys who make money and whether they will be in major leagues or not.

I never once said O'Hearn is definitely going to be on opening day nor did I ever say he was going to be in the lineup everyday. Go back and find that because I know I neve said it.

Gheese, some of you make it your mission in life to try and find where I made a mistake. Trust me, I do make mistakes, but in this one, I was just trying to tell people that he was not going to be AAA depth making $1.4 million. 

I will guarantee you that is correct.

Hehe, all good man. I've had my moment of fun, I'll shut up now. 

I'm just as happy as the next guy that O'Hearn has been DFA. And by god I hope Elias pulls off a move ACTUALLY worth talking about soon. 

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Tony-OH said:

And all of that was a waste of the Orioles front office time now wasn't it? All we have out of that is two bad AAA depth catchers in the organization that could have been found or resigned as free agents like every other teams does. The fact that so many were available showed how silly it was to put Nottingham on the 40-man roster so they can have time to "sign him" to a split contract. 

Maybe if those analysts working on that catcher problem was working on our starting pitching and MOO needs, we wouldn't have Gibson and Frazier for $19 million next year and be no better then we were last year.

If you really feel that claiming catchers on waivers prevented them from doing something else, I don't know what to say.   

[LTO's]

16 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Maybe I missed something here.

You are. Maybe go back and re-read this thread.

[Aristotelian]

8 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Wait, who penciled him into a lineup everyday? 

I know I just said if he's making $1.4 million it won't be at AAA. Other people were just figuring out where he would get hi PAs? You know, discussion board stuff. I don't recall you stating that he would be DFA'd soon for another player. Did I miss where you called that?

Why would you think this is something you should gloat about when no one said what you are saying and I don't recall you saying he would be DFA'd before the season. Maybe I missed something here.

 

 

Nobody penciled him in every day but most of the posts in this thread seemed to assume he would be on the active roster. There are a lot of posts in the thread about him getting DH AB's, punt lineups, etc., and Roch's "Lefty bat, check" comment seemed to imply that he was going to fill a need on the team. 

[Tony-OH]

3 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

 Roch's "Lefty bat, check" comment seemed to imply that he was going to fill a need on the team. 

I think that's what had people trying to figure out his PAs. Kinda goes to show that no one outside of the that warehouse really knows what's going on.

[sportsfan8703]

3 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I think that's what had people trying to figure out his PAs. Kinda goes to show that no one outside of the that warehouse really knows what's going on.

Would we be paying so much attention to this move if we had done more in FA?  Just evaluate the move in and of itself. This move has no bearing on the Frazier signing or the lack of SP signing. 
 

Best case scenario is that we end up with Diaz on the 40 man. O’Hearn off the 40 man. Both in ST. Those are two good depth moves. 

[theobird]

5 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I think that's what had people trying to figure out his PAs. Kinda goes to show that no one outside of the that warehouse really knows what's going on.

well……Clearly. Except me. I know what time it is, always do. Everyone else on here is in a state of confusion. :j

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

1 minute ago, theobird said:

well……Clearly. Except me. I know what time it is, always do. Everyone else on here is in a state of confusion. :j

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, theobird said:

well……Clearly. Except me. I know what time it is, always do. Everyone else on here is in a state of confusion. :j

 

 

[sportsfan8703]

AAA depth. How can anyone be mad?

[deward]

7 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

AAA depth. How can anyone be mad?

A reasonable interpretation, based on the information available at the time, was this the move might have been intended to be more than AAA depth. Thus the reaction. That, and general pent-up frustration over how the off-season has played out compared to expectations.

[Frobby]

So here’s what I’m trying to figure out: We DFA’d Diaz while Vallimont was still on the 40-man, so we apparently thought Vallimont was more worth keeping than Diaz.  But then we DFA’d Vallimont to make room for O’Hearn, and then O’Hearn to make room for Diaz.  That suggests we’d rather have Diaz than Vallimont, right?   It doesn’t make a ton of sense unless we’re hoping one of these guys slips past waivers.  

[Tony-OH]

27 minutes ago, Frobby said:

So here’s what I’m trying to figure out: We DFA’d Diaz while Vallimont was still on the 40-man, so we apparently thought Vallimont was more worth keeping than Diaz.  But then we DFA’d Vallimont to make room for O’Hearn, and then O’Hearn to make room for Diaz.  That suggests we’d rather have Diaz than Vallimont, right?   It doesn’t make a ton of sense unless we’re hoping one of these guys slips past waivers.  

But some have said that Elias is smart and we're dumb so it must all be some master plan that we're too stupid to understand.

So all those years of being lawyer and all the years of being a smart knowledgeable baseball fan be damned, Elias must have some plan that is so intelligent, so smarts, that no mere regular baseball fan like yourself could possible ever hope to understand.

To be honest, the more this offseason goes, the less impressed I am with Elias and who he surrounds himself with when it comes to these roster manipulation moves. Just seems like so much wasted energy for what? 

 

[Frobby]

6 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

But some have said that Elias is smart and we're dumb so it must all be some master plan that we're too stupid to understand.

So all those years of being lawyer and all the years of being a smart knowledgeable baseball fan be damned, Elias must have some plan that is so intelligent, so smarts, that no mere regular baseball fan like yourself could possible ever hope to understand.

To be honest, the more this offseason goes, the less impressed I am with Elias and who he surrounds himself with when it comes to these roster manipulation moves. Just seems like so much wasted energy for what? 

 

I do believe there’s some logic to this that isn’t apparent from the outside.