Orioles bring up Rom, O'Hearn, and Vavra

[eddie83]

1 hour ago, waroriole said:

I just feel bad for Westburg. It’s beyond pathetic how they’ve handled him. 

May not want him up here if he isn’t playing a ton at this point in season. 

[Sports Guy]

1 hour ago, foxfield said:

The Orioles have played 35 games. 

per BBRef:

Adley has played in all 35 starting 33.

He has caught 27 games or a portion thereof. 
He has been a DH only in 8 games. 
 

I don’t think I completely agree with how he is being used, but I also don’t think he is being driven into the ground with this usage. 
 

I do not think he is going to play 162 straight and would agree that would be a mistake. 

Good post. Honestly, I would have thought he had DH’ed more. That’s a 35-40 game pace.

I think that’s a bit much, as I think he should only catch 120 games max and I don’t want him playing 155-160 games.

Im guessing some of this slows down as the summer goes on.

[Sports Guy]

Westburg hit another homer tonight.

Not sure what else he has to prove.

Edited May 9, 2023 by Sports Guy

[maybenxtyr]

16 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Westburg hit another homer tonight.

Not sure what else he has to prove.

I think he's going to need an injury to Frazier or something along those lines. Maybe in a couple of months they'll bench someone for him.

[bpilktree]

1 hour ago, foxfield said:

The Orioles have played 35 games. 

per BBRef:

Adley has played in all 35 starting 33.

He has caught 27 games or a portion thereof. 
He has been a DH only in 8 games. 
 

I don’t think I completely agree with how he is being used, but I also don’t think he is being driven into the ground with this usage. 
 

I do not think he is going to play 162 straight and would agree that would be a mistake. 

Yeah 10 guys have started at catcher 27+ games this season and 15 have caught 25+ so basically a third of the starting catchers have started at catcher  as much or more then Adley has.  

[Can_of_corn]

1 hour ago, waroriole said:

He didn’t need to bring up Gunnar, but he did that. If you’re gonna play service time games, I’d do it with the #1 prospect. 

I mentioned Gunnar as an exception.

Perhaps he was enticed by the draft pick?

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, bpilktree said:

Yeah 10 guys have started at catcher 27+ games this season and 15 have caught 25+ so basically a third of the starting catchers have started at catcher  as much or more then Adley has.  

I don't think anyone is suggesting he's starting at Catcher too often.  The issue is the lack of any full days off and coming into to catch after DHing when they've had three Catchers on the roster.

[Ripken]

41 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Westburg hit another homer tonight.

Not sure what else he has to prove.

He doesn't make $8M so he has to kill AAA pitching.

[waroriole]

2 hours ago, eddie83 said:

May not want him up here if he isn’t playing a ton at this point in season. 

Then they should play him a ton. Urias is on the IL. 

[Billy F-Face3]

4 hours ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

I'm surprised they took tom out of the rotation. He was doing great as a starter so I would have thought they would want to use him as a starter, especially  because he is left handed and we have no left handed starters in the Majors.

That was supposed to be about Drew Rom. I was typing on my phone earlier, and to be honest I suck at typing on my phone.

[Billy F-Face3]

9 hours ago, Spy Fox said:

The Rom callup is interesting. Will he get a start? If he's a 1-2 inning guy in the bullpen, why not Vespi? 

That's exactly what I was wondering. Vespi proved he can do it, and he wouldn't be stealing a LHP starting pitching prospect from the rotation.

[Billy F-Face3]

It feels like we are going through option years and cash considerations like candy and dirty underwear. They keep yo-yo optioning players proving they haven't thought ahead well enough to anticipate the way things might go. They can't make up their minds what they want to do with Stowers, Vavra, Torrens, and O'Hearn. It really is wasteful.

[Billy F-Face3]

Same can be said for Ortiz. They called him up only to send him back down.

[maybenxtyr]

26 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

It feels like we are going through option years and cash considerations like candy and dirty underwear. They keep yo-yo optioning players proving they haven't thought ahead well enough to anticipate the way things might go. They can't make up their minds what they want to do with Stowers, Vavra, Torrens, and O'Hearn. It really is wasteful.

I think they're doing exactly what they want with Stowers, Vavra, Torrens, and O'Hearn. Most likely they are just depth pieces and they are shuffling them around accordingly. Ortiz is a different matter. He profiles as a guy that can be a ML SS. There's just not any where to play him everyday right now.

[Legend_Of_Joey]

28 minutes ago, Billy F-Face3 said:

Same can be said for Ortiz. They called him up only to send him back down.

Atleast he got more at bats than Diaz did last season...