Holliday called up!

[Orioles0615]

3 minutes ago, dbmillertime said:

Still eligible for the rookie of the year draft pick compensation?

Think its the day before the deadline

[Sports Guy]

I really don’t get this. Why not just start the year with him?

Maybe there is an injury?  Maybe that’s why Westburg didn’t play today?

[O's84]

Just now, Jagwar said:

Never ever ever ever will I understand the overall value of the Kemp signing. 

The value is Elias' schadenfreude in trolling the OH. 

[forphase1]

Glad to have been proven wrong.  But honestly this makes me question the decision to not have him on the roster for opening day.  Did he REALLY get that much better at 2nd base or against LHP in the past 2 weeks to justify this now?  Again, VERY glad he is coming up, but it's also a bit head scratching when looking at it overall.  

[HandsomeQuack]

Grab that ROY, king.

[ThisIsBirdland]

Guessing they really did get a little cute with all those LHPs to open the season. And now they are (thankfully) realizing it could be the difference between making versus not making the playoffs if they waited until June. 

[emmett16]

5 minutes ago, G54377 said:

So we gained zero extra years and likely no effect on the ROY race, and could have easily gained an extra win if he is playing form the start and not Kemp/Urias?

And he got 2 weeks to work on his D and hit lefties.  Pretty much a massive nothing burger folks decided to spend hours complaining about on the internet. 

[Can_of_corn]

Great, glad to see it.

I also don't understand the timing.

I don't see what makes him more ready today than he was a week ago.

[HowAboutThat]

Who says pitchforks and torches don’t work! Mike has been hanging out here!

[dystopia]

6 minutes ago, dbmillertime said:

Still eligible for the rookie of the year draft pick compensation?

Yeah I think the date was April 13th for that.

[emmett16]

Just now, dystopia said:

Yeah I think the date was April 13th for that.

4/10 

[survivedc]

Nice. I did call him coming up for the brewers series about a week ago. Glad I was wrong!

[spleen1015]

4 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

I really don’t get this. Why not just start the year with him?

Maybe there is an injury?  Maybe that’s why Westburg didn’t play today?

I was thinking Westburg was injured during the game when they were pinch hitting Mateo instead of him.

I hope he's not injured.

[dystopia]

Just now, emmett16 said:

4/10 

Thanks. Looks like they just wanted to avoid him facing a bunch of left-handers, then use the excuse that he needs more ABs against left handed pitching. Can't make this stuff up.

[Ripken]

Clearly, he learned a ton in those... lemme check stats... 10 ABs against AAA lefties.