Gunnar with Oblique injury on opening day and Basallo has stress fracture in elbow and will DH!

[OriolesMagic83]

I had to check the calendar to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's post.  This is abyssmal news.  It would be nice to grab Ryu if there is "money" left for JA/the team to spend. 

[dtk9119]

What an absolutely crappy ass morning this has turned out to be.

Rubenstein and Elias are on the clock for reinforcements.

Yes, we have depth, but it's not championship level depth.

And I thought the same thing, WTF were these guys doing in the offseason? Who is managing their workouts?

[Sports Guy]

16 minutes ago, SteveA said:

I've always felt hitters don't need the full duration of spring training nearly as much as pitchers do.    If a hitter is in good condition and gets 2 weeks of exhibition games in he's probably fine.

Yea I don’t disagree. The only thing I would say is that he isn’t likely going to be doing any kind of hitting for a while.  So no cage work, no tee stuff, etc…that could set him back timing wise and stuff like that.

It may not hurt him at all but my expectation would be that he starts off a little slow to begin the year. 

[OriolesMagic83]

6 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

 

Heard from my friend who works for the  Orioles that they brought back Brady Anderson. Him and Kate Bush have the players running up that hill .

This isn't football.  The O's don't need to have the players doing 2 a days in the offseason.  I'm impressed but also feel this was stupid for the organization to maybe encourage the players to overwork in the offseason.  I'm upset with the results, but I have to say that I'm impressed that a lot of the players were like "There is no offseason!". 

[interloper]

1 minute ago, dtk9119 said:

What an absolutely crappy ass morning this has turned out to be.

Rubenstein and Elias are on the clock for reinforcements.

Yes, we have depth, but it's not championship level depth.

And I thought the same thing, WTF were these guys doing in the offseason? Who is managing their workouts?

I mean it's 3 injuries and only 2 are on your 40-man. Means' injury happened in September; he's not reinjured, just delayed.

So, 3 injuries is really not bad. It just sucks more because it's 2 of our best players and 1 of our best prospects. 

[Tony-OH]

1 minute ago, Sports Guy said:

Yea I don’t disagree. The only thing I would say is that he isn’t likely going to be doing any kind of hitting for a while.  So no cage work, no tee stuff, etc…that could set him back timing wise and stuff like that.

It may not hurt him at all but my expectation would be that he starts off a little slow to begin the year. 

The Gunnar news is disappointing but not terrible for now. At least it's not a hamate bone injury that saps power. But Obliques can be tricky too.

[Sports Guy]

6 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

The Gunnar news is disappointing but not terrible for now. At least it's not a hamate bone injury that saps power. But Obliques can be tricky too.

Yep. Gotta worry about it lingering or re-injuring. We also don’t know how bad it is. It’s possible that it was more of a minor oblique injury and they are being extra cautious with the 2-3 weeks stuff. 

[Sports Guy]

https://www.masnsports.com/orioles-rss/bradish-to-begin-season-on-injured-list-means-also-expected-to-be-unavailable-on-opening-day
 

More quotes and a little more info here.

[sportsfan8703]

Basallo at DH full time in 2024?  Could the blessing in disguise be that he gets to concentrate on just hitting and doesn't get worn down from catching?  Meaning he absolutely rakes.  

[milbest77]

Well, the Baseball Gods were good to us in 2023, soooo….

[Ripken]

9 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

https://www.masnsports.com/orioles-rss/bradish-to-begin-season-on-injured-list-means-also-expected-to-be-unavailable-on-opening-day
 

More quotes and a little more info here.

That has me stepping back from the ledge a bit.  There was certainly a lot of news to take all at once this morning.  The only one that has me concerned is Bradish, but that's a huge one.  There are some options out there.  Maybe the Orioles negotiating position has weakened with this news but the remaining FAs have to be getting somewhat nervous, too, with all these players reporting.

Edited February 15 by Ripken

[OriolesMagic83]

Well this gives guys like Wells and DL Hall better shots at the starting rotation.  Would have rather had our "top 5" rotation in baseball.

[Tony-OH]

10 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

https://www.masnsports.com/orioles-rss/bradish-to-begin-season-on-injured-list-means-also-expected-to-be-unavailable-on-opening-day
 

More quotes and a little more info here.

A lot of "hope" in that analysis of the pitching injuries.

[sportsfan8703]

Means still having set backs almost two years removed from surgery is really concerning.  Should we really plan to count on him?  

[Ripken]

6 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Well this gives guys like Wells and DL Hall better shots at the starting rotation.  Would have rather had our "top 5" rotation in baseball.

Ummm...