I loved Gibson’s remarks on the trade deadline last night

[Frobby]

“It’s easy to look around and see moves and get anxious, get antsy. Wait to see where the dominoes will fall for us. Do we have needs? Sure. Are there players that could make our team better? Sure. But I think we have a really darn good team and if we don’t make this massive splash, I think this team is really good. I think the Fuji trade (adding Shintaro Fujinami) is really big for us. The flexibility he adds in the bullpen is huge.

“But I mean, it is definitely more difficult to keep your mind off it. Because you look around the league and there are teams more active than others. But we’re really confident in what we have.”

https://www.masnsports.com/blog/gibson-on-trade-deadline

That’s exactly what I want to hear from a veteran team leader.   

 

[interloper]

I've really enjoyed listening to him talk during interviews. He always seems very comfortable and affable and willing to chat pitching beyond just the boilerplate athlete-speak, which is always refreshing. I remember when he shouted out Wells for stepping up out of the bullpen that one game. Just a good team dude. 

It was an unexciting signing at the time, but I think he's proven to be well worth the contract. 

[rm5678]

45 minutes ago, interloper said:

I've really enjoyed listening to him talk during interviews. He always seems very comfortable and affable and willing to chat pitching beyond just the boilerplate athlete-speak, which is always refreshing. I remember when he shouted out Wells for stepping up out of the bullpen that one game. Just a good team dude. 

It was an unexciting signing at the time, but I think he's proven to be well worth the contract. 

Yes, I'm very pleased with the Gibson acquisition. He's 10x better than Jordan Lyles ever was.

[Frobby]

Just now, rm5678 said:

Yes, I'm very pleased with the Gibson acquisition. He's 10x better than Jordan Lyles ever was.

I don’t know if he’s ten times better, but he’s appreciably better.  Lyles had an 88 ERA+ and averaged 5.59 IP/start for us; Gibson has a 92 ERA+ and has averaged 5.78 IP/start.  A solid upgrade.  

[dzorange]

Lyles was a workhorse who could eat up innings and that was definitely a need for the Orioles last year. Gibson fills the same need but offers more quality overall. I wouldn't be surprised if Gibson has a strong second half. He doesn't have the highest ceiling, but he's right at the 2.5-3.0 fWAR that he falls into more often than not.

It would be interesting what his trade value would have been if the O's were sellers at the deadline.