BLUF: Elias acquired a legitimate left-handed starting pitcher for a tweener prospect that plays a position of organizational depth.
Analysis: The first place I go to when the Orioles acquire a big league pitcher is Baseball savant to look at his stuff and on first look, if you go by his 2022 percentiles it doesn't look very good.
But when you look at the results, things look a lot better:
The next step with to try and figure out how he has success and what jumped out a
My Take on the trade with a scouting report on Irvin
I think Means will ramp up slowly and pitch 100 innings. If all goes well, Bradish is used as an opener for the first half, then slowly ramps up if he's healthy for the playoffs. Or he feels a pop and doesn't pitch at all!
We can hope for at least one Opening Day this decade like Texas just had: celebrate your World Series championship, then start your title defense with a walkoff win.
Coulda been a great one.
8/9, 124. I really thought Adam Jones played SS for Seattle, but it was only in their minor league system. Once he made the majors with them he was just an outfielder.
5 Orioles.
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