Ramon Urias 2023

[Brooks The Great]

5 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

It's interesting, he's quickly closing in on his much more heralded brother's career WAR (Luis is at 7.1 rWAR as of today, while  Ramon is at 6.3 rWAR). That's despite Ramon only having 59% of the plate appearances.

Why was (and in many ways still is) his brother so much more highly regarded as a prospect / player?

I'd say because his brother was projected to have a lot more power (which is also the case in reality).

Ramon is looking to be the better overall player, though, due to his defensive ability at multiple positions, and a marginally better hit tool. 

[SteveA]

Ramon pulled up gimpy on his base hit in the 9th just as he got to 1st.

Even if he's not hurt enough for the length of a DL stay, we could bring up an extra infielder and ditch Torrens if Ramon might have to miss a few games.

[Brooks The Great]

5 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Ramon pulled up gimpy on his base hit in the 9th just as he got to 1st.

Even if he's not hurt enough for the length of a DL stay, we could bring up an extra infielder and ditch Torrens if Ramon might have to miss a few games.

I imagine it would be Ortiz again. 

I'm going to be a broken record saying this until it happens, but man would I love to phase out Frazier as soon as possible so that Ortiz and Westburg can get regular playing time.

[Going Underground]

 

[Brooks The Great]

4 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

 

Damn, that sucks. Ortiz time.

[maybenxtyr]

14 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

 

He's definitely an easy guy to root for. Hopefully he recovers quickly. I also hope they don't play a man down like they've done in the past.

[sportsfan8703]

Tough break for Urias. I bet we send Torrens down for Ortiz until we make a IL decision on Urias. Maybe Westburg eventually. 

[maybenxtyr]

4 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Tough break for Urias. I bet we send Torrens down for Ortiz until we make a IL decision on Urias. Maybe Westburg eventually. 

The easy move is Urias to the IL and bring up Ortiz.

 

They could really use a spark, and I would like to see them DFA Torrens and add Westburg. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, maybenxtyr said:

The easy move is Urias to the IL and bring up Ortiz.

 

They could really use a spark, and I would like to see them DFA Torrens and add Westburg. 

I can’t think Torrens will be on the major league roster very long. I still don’t get the reasoning why he was added as a third catcher. 

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I can’t think Torrens will be on the major league roster very long. I still don’t get the reasoning why he was added as a third catcher. 

Carry three catchers and still can't give Adley a day off.

[maybenxtyr]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Carry three catchers and still can't give Adley a day off.

They're doing their best to run him down before Memorial day.

[Aristotelian]

7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Carry three catchers and still can't give Adley a day off.

He got six innings off yesterday. That's most of a game. Too bad it went into extra innings so he also played most of a game...

[Billy F-Face3]

2 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I can’t think Torrens will be on the major league roster very long. I still don’t get the reasoning why he was added as a third catcher. 

I noticed the decision was made on the exact same day that Anthony Santader's back swing hit Savlador Perez in the wrist and knocked him out of the game. I think they saw that and realizing how they always use a catcher as a DH and refuse to give Adley a day of complete rest, they got scared they would lose the DH one day. The Royals were OK because they had 3 catchers on their roster that day. I think that influenced the powers that be on the Orioles. 

[sportsfan8703]

Mateo was able to fight off a hip issue after a few days and return. I’m guessing we will know the severity of the strain and if Urias needs the 10 day IL. 

[Frobby]

Seemed like an odd situation for Ramon to strain a hammy.  He hit a solid single into LF and didn’t need to bust it down the 1B line, nor did he appear to be doing so when he suddenly started hobbling.   Seemed to come out of nowhere really.