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I see you drop DHernandez from orange to yellow. I know everybody has him destined to the bullpen, but is there a chance he could be used in the closer role? I still have hope that he will be a viable 3rd or 4th starter in the future. I believe this year will be important for him to harness his command so he could be a starter.

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Yesterday Aaron Odom was at a family funeral and he received a call from the Orioles saying he had to take a drug test and take it by five or it would go down as a positive, So Aaron had to leave the funeral and drive to Houston 3 hours away, but 5 min. before he got there Dave Stockstill called and said he was released, but said he could still take the test incase someone picked him up. In the winter meetings Aaron was talked very highly about from his coaches and managers I gatherd from very good sources. Dave said for his age of 24 he needed to be in A+ ball. I have enjoyed jawing with yall through the 2008 season. Aaron said The Orioles coaches and staff have been very good to him. Good luck to the Orioles in 2009.

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What is it about Reimold that makes him the same level prospect as Chris Waters? Why is he going backwards in your view?

I can reasonably assume it's his age-- he's getting to the point now where he's a AAAA outfielder, because the Orioles seem to be really down on him as a major leaguer.

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Yesterday Aaron Odom was at a family funeral and he received a call from the Orioles saying he had to take a drug test and take it by five or it would go down as a positive, So Aaron had to leave the funeral and drive to Houston 3 hours away, but 5 min. before he got there Dave Stockstill called and said he was released, but said he could still take the test incase someone picked him up. In the winter meetings Aaron was talked very highly about from his coaches and managers I gatherd from very good sources. Dave said for his age of 24 he needed to be in A+ ball. I have enjoyed jawing with yall through the 2008 season. Aaron said The Orioles coaches and staff have been very good to him. Good luck to the Orioles in 2009.

Seriously? Did he explain that he was at a funeral? This seems like a terrible thing to do. Force someone to leave their family in a time of need and get released 5 minutes before arriving??? This makes me lose some respect for the Orioles organization!!! This is horrible.

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Seriously? Did he explain that he was at a funeral? This seems like a terrible thing to do. Force someone to leave their family in a time of need and get released 5 minutes before arriving??? This makes me lose some respect for the Orioles organization!!! This is horrible.

I think drug tests are ordered by MLB/MiLB - not the clubs. The clubs would have a bit of a conflict of interest, doncha think?

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Tony, any chance Rosa starts/finishes in Aberdeen? Rosa did very well in the GCL last season, and was promoted to Aberdeen at the end of the season. Pedro Florimon has stuck up Delmarva the past two seasons, Rosa is certainly a better bet than any other options we have.. If Avery is going to be promoted to Delmarva, why not Rosa? It would be nice to keep Rosa and Hoes together as a 2B/SS combo throughout the minors.

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Tony, any chance Rosa starts/finishes in Aberdeen? Rosa did very well in the GCL last season, and was promoted to Aberdeen at the end of the season. Pedro Florimon has stuck up Delmarva the past two seasons, Rosa is certainly a better bet than any other options we have.. If Avery is going to be promoted to Delmarva, why not Rosa? It would be nice to keep Rosa and Hoes together as a 2B/SS combo throughout the minors.

I'd like to think Rosa would get a chance to start out at Aberdeen but his plate discipline was down right atrocious last year and that suggests he'll need more fine tuning at Bluefield. You never know though, a good spring could have him in Aberdeen. I'm hearing Florimon will get a look at Frederick and Miclat will be at Delmarva although I'd have them switched if it were me.

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Donnie Murphy a better prospect than Scott Moore?

Murphy hasn't had near the success that Moore has had...

Remember, don't get caught up too much in the colors. Murphy can play some shortstop so that gives him some value as a utility guy. Moore has yet to show he can produce in limited at bats and his poor year last year really hurt his overall prospect value. He doesn't hit enough to be a corner guy and he can't play defense good enough to be in the middle of the diamond. So, what's his value to a major league club? At least Murphy can supposedly catch the ball a little in the middle of the diamond. That gives him Brandon Fahey type value.

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Tony,

You really think that Salazar will make it through waivers? That is the only way he going to Norfolk again.

What is it about Reimold that makes him the same level prospect as Chris Waters? Why is he going backwards in your view?

Salazar is the kind of guy that passes through waivers all the time. As much as I'd like to see him get a shot to be a bench guy with Baltimore, I think the O's are going to end up going with a 13-man pitching staff which leaves a bench of backup catcher, Freel, and Gomez.

I just think Reimold is going to end up a platoon-type outfielder who may get a chance to get 400 at bats one year and may have a decent 25 homer-run season. I don't see him as a regular option although he still might surprise.

Waters showed me he could be a fifth starter/swingman type. I don't think he'll make the team with Hendrickson now signed, but he's a backup option. It seems strange to say so, but I don't think there's a ton of difference between them on their overall value although I do think Reimold is still higher.

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