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Roch: Holliday, Mayo, Kjerstad, Stowers, Norby, and Al Suarez optioned


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7 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

I was hoping with the sale of the Orioles the days of them being cheap ........ would be over.  I dont want to see Mateo, Urias, Wong or McKenna.  All these guys are just AAAA types.  Bring up the kids and lets start rocking.   

But no be have to be losers again.  

The sale is still not final/official yet, but I agree with you. 

My hope is that the new ownership group will lead to change so that the org is run in a way that is first class, which includes investing into the players long term, so that we don't have to keep playing these silly games with guys while trying to go as cheap as possible.

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5 minutes ago, Os4days said:

So essentially we are going with Westburg at second, Urias at third with Wong as an occasional starter and Mateo backing up Gunnar at short.  This is really ridiculous. Yes it is similar to our lineup last year when we won 101 games but this is a new season. Do you think other teams are worried about that lineup? 

Wong might be the starter at second with Westburg being the utility glove.

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8 minutes ago, TheWall said:

Just to clarify - are they losers even if they win games? 

The fans.

Holiday has been hyped by the sport (not just our local market but much of the MLB marketing machine) all offseason. And then to be told a week before opening day, "sorry sport nice try maybe next time" is not the best way to treat the fans if you want to grow your customer base, especially given the history of this org in the last 30 or so years.

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1 minute ago, EdwinRip said:

Cowser is no lock to make the club either.  I think he’ll make it but wouldn’t completely surprise me if he doesn’t.

Roch just tweeted that neither Cowser or McKenna have been told if they made the club. So does today's news mean that there are 2 open spots for Coswer/McKenna/Wong/Nevin?

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3 minutes ago, Gurgi said:

If feel like Mike Elias promised us a puppy if we were good and did our homework.  Well we did all our homework and did chores around the house and everything.....but instead of getting us that beautiful German Shepard puppy he went and got a damn chihahua mutt mix instead.  And to top it off Elias punched the German Shepard puppy right in the face.  

lol

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1 minute ago, Warehouse said:

It might have been PR speak, but it was bad PR speak.  The club didn’t get any benefit from raising public expectations about Holiday making the team, but now they get bad PR and disappointed fans and players.  
 

There would be a very different reaction if Elias had said prior to spring training: “We have a strong organizational philosophy that prospects should get a few hundred PAs in AAA before promotion.  Now that’s not written in stone and I never say never.  However, a lot of stars would need to align.”

Exactly this IMO. I’m honestly not able to say if the pros outweigh the cons on this decision, but the fact that they played up his chances as much as they did, only to not bring him up when he performed as well as he did, is PR malpractice.

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2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Wong might be the starter at second with Westburg being the utility glove.

This would almost get me to support firing Elias. 
 

Almost. 
 

Fortunately this has zero chance of becoming reality. 

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11 minutes ago, interloper said:

Honestly? This is a hot take I guess, but I think this is more about matchups in the Angels series than anything. We'll know for sure if Wong doesn't make it. 

We should be able to win the series against the Angels regardless of whether Holiday is on the roster or not.

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And on the same afternoon the Rangers announce Wyatt Langford made the team.

Perhaps this October the two teams will compete again, and we'll see whose players win out.

The Orioles do better position the 2030 roster with cost-controlled resources in case scarce dollars are needed for that year's Lyles-Gibson-Kimbrel character.

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