Jump to content

Cease vs everyone else


Sports Guy

Recommended Posts

1 hour ago, HuskerFan said:

 

That isn't what I said so don't put words in my mouth.  

What I did say, for the third time:  Sounds like everyone on here can remove Povich from their trade options this winter. 

There is 0% chance he's not with the O's in ST '24.  Enjoy the next couple months, I'll be back mid February.

Given how much time you're spending clarifying yourself, perhaps you would benefit from putting a few more words into your own mouth.  This cryptic, mysterious insider shtick does nothing better than generate more questions.  And it gets tiresome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 minutes ago, HuskerFan said:

Thank you for the kind words.  Noted and understood going forward.  For what it's worth, although I introduced myself in one of my very first posts months ago, let me do it again.  

I'm an older gentleman, retired living between NE & FL.  We do have a home in AZ too, although our daughter and her family currently live in it.  Husker fan first and foremost and don't have a favorite MLB team.  I follow all former Huskers at the next level and to a much lesser extent follow other kids from the state.  I follow them, and the Nebraska program itself, very closely.  I will say the Orioles are fun to watch, but my only interest is due to a few former Huskers involved in the organization.  

I'm not overly familiar with participating on these types of public websites as I usually just read blogs for an hour or so in the morning and move on to the rest of my day.   I came across this website and really enjoy the in-season chat that was going on and decided to create a name and occasionally make a comment.  

Okay, enough from me ruining this discussion of trade opinions.  Back to regular programming.  Have a nice day everyone and Happy Holidays.

It's nice to hear new voices on here.  I remember your earlier posts on Povich (last winter I believe).  It's just a message board, so don't take anything personally.  Thanks for posting and sharing.  I find the rumor stuff interesting, because hey - its a message board lol.

I'm pulling for your man Brice Matthews.  I got a chance to see him play 4 games last year and was very impressed.  He's also a hell of a nice guy.  He went above any beyond when my son met and got his autograph last year.  Wishing him the best and all the luck in his career.  Nebraska had a heck of a good team last year and I was super impressed by the number of fans that travel to watch their baseball team play!  Lucky guys - don't see that much in college baseball.  

Ok back to Cease. 

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

17 minutes ago, HuskerFan said:

I never said untouchable though.  You did.  I gave you my definition of untouchable for this discussion.  

The Os won't trade Povich this winter for Cease or any other opportunity.  Yes, I said it and stand by it.  

No, you said untouchable without saying the word untouchable.  You can deny it but what you said is the exact definition of it.

And I’m sure there’s an excellent chance he won’t be traded.  There is an excellent chance that 99% of the players in the org won’t be traded.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

32 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Given how much time you're spending clarifying yourself, perhaps you would benefit from putting a few more words into your own mouth.  This cryptic, mysterious insider shtick does nothing better than generate more questions.  And it gets tiresome.

 

And for crying out loud.  There is nothing cryptic about what I said.  The online fantasy wanna-be GM's are struggling.  And multiple pages of people complaining.  

Sounds like everyone on here can remove Povich from their trade options this winter. Solid reports coming out of their camp, O's are very high on him & expect him to be a contributor in 2024.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

No, you said untouchable without saying the word untouchable.  You can deny it but what you said is the exact definition of it.

And I’m sure there’s an excellent chance he won’t be traded.  There is an excellent chance that 99% of the players in the org won’t be traded.

 

That's how you interpreted it.  That isn't what I said.  And when you brought it up, I gave you what my meaning of untouchable is.  I defined it., and yours is different.  You're struggling with it.   

99% of the players in the org aren't a hot topic of trade on this website.  

Edited by HuskerFan
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, HuskerFan said:

 

That's how you interpreted it.  That isn't what I said.  And when you brought it up, I gave you what my meaning of untouchable is.  I defined it.  You're struggling with it.   

99% of the players in the org aren't a hot topic of trade on this website.  

Yes but your definition of untouchable isn’t actually correct.

You are saying that if another teams asks for Povich in a trade this offseason, that the Os are definitely saying no.

That is what untouchable means. 
 

Povich isn’t a hot topic of trade on this site. He is a player mentioned because teams probably will want a pitcher back and McDermott is valued higher by most people on here, so Povich is the one people say to trade.  However, he isn’t mentioned nearly as much as many other players are.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

5 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yes but your definition of untouchable isn’t actually correct.

You are saying that if another teams asks for Povich in a trade this offseason, that the Os are definitely saying no.

That is what untouchable means. 
 

Povich isn’t a hot topic of trade on this site. He is a player mentioned because teams probably will want a pitcher back and McDermott is valued higher by most people on here, so Povich is the one people say to trade.  However, he isn’t mentioned nearly as much as many other players are.

That is your definition.  Your choice of label.  Not mine.  Povich will not be traded this winter.  He will be in the O's ST.  He will be in the organization opening day.  You call it whatever you like to call it.   

He is most definitely a hot topic.   Excuse me, in this thread (instead of website).  99% of the other players aren't.  

Edited by HuskerFan
  • Haha 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Yes but your definition of untouchable isn’t actually correct.

C'mon, SG, please give it a rest.  Who cares if his definition doesn't match yours?  He's telling you that is what he meant.  Can't we just let it drop?  Thanks.

  • Upvote 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites

14 minutes ago, HuskerFan said:

 

And for crying out loud.  There is nothing cryptic about what I said.  The online fantasy wanna-be GM's are struggling.  And multiple pages of people complaining.  

Sounds like everyone on here can remove Povich from their trade options this winter. Solid reports coming out of their camp, O's are very high on him & expect him to be a contributor in 2024.

Let's see, your info comes from the "Povich camp" which could be "a number of different people"... Nope, nothing cryptic about that at all.  Look, credibility is immediately going to be an issue for anyone posting insider information and no amount of name-calling is going to have any impact.  If anything, just the opposite.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

22 minutes ago, HuskerFan said:

 

And for crying out loud.  There is nothing cryptic about what I said.  The online fantasy wanna-be GM's are struggling.  And multiple pages of people complaining.  

Sounds like everyone on here can remove Povich from their trade options this winter. Solid reports coming out of their camp, O's are very high on him & expect him to be a contributor in 2024.

This is less definitive than how I characterized it in my prior post, so I apologize for that.   I don’t doubt that the O’s are high on Povich and expect him to contribute in 2024.   It wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve said something like that to him.  I just don’t think they would have said to him, “don’t worry, you won’t be traded.”  But now that I re-read this, you never said that the Orioles told him that.   It seems to be more your own conclusion that the O’s won’t trade Povich because they are high on him and believe he can contribute in 2024.   And I agree it’s not likely that they’ll trade him, for those reasons.   

Link to comment
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Let's see, your info comes from the "Povich camp" which could be "a number of different people"... Nope, nothing cryptic about that at all.  Look, credibility is immediately going to be an issue for anyone posting insider information and no amount of name-calling is going to have any impact.  If anything, just the opposite.

The information isn't cryptic. Who it came from is none of your business or anyone else's.  I'm not looking for insider status, or anything else nor did anything like that cross my mind.  I felt it was info this website would enjoy, but quickly learned a lesson.  And that's okay.

See you in February, fps. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




  • Posts

    • Per Roch, Selby is the call up today, with Davidson presumably DFA.   Guessing today’s pitching looks like:  - Suarez (2-3 IP)  - Webb (1 IP)  - Soto (1 IP)  - Dominguez (1 IP)  - Coulombe (1 IP)  - Selby (2 IP) Bowman fills in gaps as needed.
    • Holliday and Henderson is going to be an elite top 2 in the lineup.
    • He’s also replaced the leg kick with a toe tap. At least with two strikes I noticed. 
    • Last year, of 8 WC teams: - 5 went with 12 pitchers - 2 went with 11 pitchers - 1 went with 13 pitchers I expect the Orioles to go with 12 pitchers. Given how Detroit mixes and matches pitching, we need to have enough platoon options.   I do think there is value in having more pitchers, even if it’s just an extra guy for mop up duty that saves pen in blowout game 2 so we aren’t running on fumes in game 3. However, I think 14 position players and 12 pitchers is the right balance for the wild card series.
    • I don't think this is true.  He's struck out 3 times a few times and gone 0-4 several times and 10 posts haven't been made. I hope he has a nice view from the bench during the playoff series and gets an at bat here or there if we're up big or getting blown out.  I'd like to see him put in a lot of work this offseason and start 2025 on fire.
    • I’m not sure why people continue to ignore the ages of Norby and Stowers and how that effected their value. The Marlins received a 21 and 23 year old for Puk. Of course the Marlins still ended up with our 2 “old guys” but that was a last minute trade. They may not have known they would deal Rogers at the time and Puk was dealt earlier and may have carried more value. That said, it’s very possible Elias valued the long term starter over the short term reliever..and I agree that’s a mistake.
    • Ok so not to beat a dead horse, but AJ Puk got me thinking. I know hindsight is 20/20 and I’ve got a Gator bias, but to my eyes, what the Dbacks gave up for AJ Puk is comparable to what we gave up for Soto or Rogers. If you’re Elias, why not target someone like this on the Marlins if you’re already scouting Rogers? It just highlights for me Elias’ failure to address the bullpen with ML acquistions (deadline or FA). It is becoming a real ding to putting us over the top thus far and is definitely the biggest concern we have going into this postseason. I came away satisfied enough at the deadline but can’t help but wonder if we perhaps could have combo’d getting Rogers and Puk with an additional fringe top 10 throw in? I’m still hoping that Rogers gains a few ticks back on his heater (a la Tillman in 2012) and that our bullpen will perform OK in these playoffs. But as much as I love Elias, I’m coming around to the fact that thus far, I think he’s made some head scratching decisions/non-decisions when it comes to the bullpen.  
  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...