6/3 Roster Moves: Tate to 60 day IL, Coulombe to BL, Lester recalled

[Morgan423]

From the team transaction page today:

06/03/23	Baltimore Orioles placed RHP Dillon Tate on the 60-day injured list. Right elbow flexor strain.
06/03/23	Baltimore Orioles placed LHP Danny Coulombe on the bereavement list.
06/03/23	Baltimore Orioles selected the contract of 3B Josh Lester from Norfolk Tides.

[Winter]

why Lester. 

[Can_of_corn]

5 minutes ago, Winter said:

why Lester. 

I'm guessing it's for Father's Day.

Dude looks like a 40 year old father of four.

 

 

6'3" 180 pounds eh....?

I will say big props for making to the majors as a 13th round draft pick.

Edited June 3, 2023 by Can_of_corn

[Frobby]

4 minutes ago, Winter said:

why Lester. 

Really good question.   To torment all the people to want to see Westburg?  Elias is trolling us now.  

Maybe one of the O’s 1B/3B has some minor tweak that won’t put them on the IL but will make them unavailable for 2-3 days.  

 

[eddie83]

4 minutes ago, Winter said:

why Lester. 

Because Coulombe will miss only 2 games. Would not be surprised  he is DFA’d in a couple of days. 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Frobby said:

Really good question.   To torment all the people to want to see Westburg?  Elias is trolling us now.  

Maybe one of the O’s 1B/3B has some minor tweak that won’t put them on the IL but will make them unavailable for 2-3 days.  

 

He's probably going to only be up for a few days and Elias isn't worried about losing him.

[dtk9119]

5 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

He's probably going to only be up for a few days and Elias isn't worried about losing him.

Good point. At first I was like WTF, what about Westburg?? Makes total sense now since Columbe will be back in a few days.

[Frobby]

8 minutes ago, eddie83 said:

Because Coulombe will miss only 2 games. Would not be surprised  he is DFA’d in a couple of days. 

Right, but for example, why not bring up Ortiz, or another reliever?  I guess maybe this is the 5-opinion limit deterring those moves.

[Bahama O's Fan]

Basically Elias saying he can pass this guy through waivers later. He has been hitting in AAA though

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Right, but for example, why not bring up Ortiz, or another reliever?  I guess maybe this is the 5-opinion limit deterring those moves.

He bats left handed?

[Legend_Of_Joey]

4 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Right, but for example, why not bring up Ortiz, or another reliever?  I guess maybe this is the 5-opinion limit deterring those moves.

Ortiz might still be sick.

[Moose Milligan]

Doubtful we see Tate this year. 

[Billy F-Face3]

I actually wrote out a moderately long post last night about how Lester (and Diaz too) were performing in AAA and how Mountcastle should look over his shoulder. I decided not to post it because I thought it was going to pump too much critical/negative energy into the discussion and I didn't want to add to the negativity in anything regarding Mounty. He gets too much of that already as it is.

But to mention Lester, in my OOTP simulation I just finished the season with an interesting development. Mountcastle got injured late in the season (Broken knee cap / end of his season) so I brought up Lester to take his place. The Orioles still ended up going to the World Series with Lester as the starting 1st Baseman. (I traded O'Hearn away before the trade deadline to dump his salary). They faced the Dodgers in the World Series and lost the series 4-2.

That's a computer program and not reality, but it is fun to watch things that happen and compare it to real life. All Lester has been doing in Norfolk is smashing home runs.

[Morgan423]

Regarding Lester, shouldn't he still have options?  He started in pro ball in 2015, but he didn't get called up to the big leagues until last year, when the Tigers gave him his debut. 

So surely he's only used one option?  If so, we don't need to DFA him when we send him back down.

[Snutchy]

13 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

Doubtful we see Tate this year. 

He's been dealing with this since November. In my uneducated but somewhat educated opinion, I feel like would be getting ready to start throwing at this point.