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Yea it did. You don’t let some 11th round 19 y/o with 20 innings under his belt stop you from making that deal.    I like the upside of Showalter but you can draft guys like him all the time an

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None of this makes sense to me but to each their own.  It was a great trade that you make 100 times out of 100 when you are in the situation the Os were in. The only question about the trade is w

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I guess @webbrick2010talked to Hyde. 

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2 hours ago, Jammer7 said:

After reading the transcripts of Flaherty’s statements, I have absolutely no idea what he said. At first, it seemed like a physical thing. Then, it seemed more like he was working through mechanical changes, maybe. IDK.

Watching him pitch in SD, it looked like his shoulder had some discomfort the way he rolled his shoulder joint several times between pitches. He has had shoulder problems before. However, that may just be his normal mannerisms.

Lotta bouncing was my main take-away. 

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3 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Rom did get pummeled about the head and shoulders in his debut.

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/professional/mlb/cardinals/where-drew-roms-bumpy-mlb-debut-took-a-detour-inviting-cardinals-to-wonder-what-if/article_f1bad9f8-405f-11ee-81f5-d34f4ae3c9a6.html
 

Should have been out of the first inning ..it happens.. he was smoking at Memphis

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5 hours ago, scarey1999 said:

I’m not sure if it’s been said here or in other threads yet, but Showalter was placed on the minor league IL recently after only pitching one inning in his Cards debut. No word on what the injury is other than the dreaded undisclosed. 

Now the crying over trading Showalter can take a rest.  You would think Showalter was a top 100 prospect seeing the amount of complaining about the trade.

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11 hours ago, waroriole said:

I think we’ll regret it. 

The Orioles have, far and away, the best intel on Showalter. They've scouted him and watched him train/play. If they thought he had the kind of upside you're guessing he has, I highly doubt they would have included him in the trade.

Obviously a kid that young can put things together in ways that can't be foreseen. And it's worth bringing those types of guys into the system because of that. But the fact that he was likely the third addition to a multi-prospect deal for a rental who isn't particularly good should tell you what the Orioles--who know him way better than you, I, or the Cardinals--think about his value.

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