Holliday called up!

[Orioles Jim]

5 minutes ago, Nite said:

Do they dare to finally issue 7 again?

Or strip Brandon Hyde of his #18.

[Moose Milligan]

5 minutes ago, Nite said:

Do they dare to finally issue 7 again?

No.  

 

[Moose Milligan]

His dad wore 15 with the Cardinals, I can see him taking that.  Can't do 5, obviously, shouldn't do 7.

[jincargo]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

No.  

 

Why not?   It's not retired-retired.  Im guessing Cal would allow it if asked.

[foxfield]

This Elias guy is just crazy I don’t know what he’s doin but if he keeps winning and being crazy…well who the hell am I to judge?

Welcome to Baltimore Jackson Holliday!

Edited April 10 by foxfield

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, jincargo said:

Why not?   It's not retired-retired.  Im guessing Cal would allow it if asked.

Cal probably would because Cal is a class act.  

But JH comes from a baseball family, he probably has some awareness of what the Ripken family means to the Orioles.  And if he does, he probably doesn't ask Cal for his dad's number out of respect.  

Find another number, kid.  

[DirtyBird]

The timing is only crazy if you ignored everything Elias said after the decision and jumped to your own conclusion that is was about gaining an extra year of control:

[Billy F-Face3]

I can see Holiday starting in the #9 spot of the batting order and working his way up to #1 leadoff spot. Once he is established as leadoff hitter, I think Adley stays #2. Then it's either Gunnar, Santander, or Mountcastle #3. I'd probably put Santander #3 and Gunnar #4 (beings he can leadoff an inning and manufacture runs if the top 3 fail) and Mountcastle or O'Hearn #5.

[Moose Milligan]

 No GM would admit that it's about service control.  Ever.  

He still hasn't faced a lot of Triple-A quality pitching, two or three weeks later.

[Frobby]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

 No GM would admit that it's about service control.  Ever.  

He still hasn't faced a lot of Triple-A quality pitching, two or three weeks later.

Sure, but if it was primarily about service time, they wouldn’t be calling him up now.   

[Sports Guy]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Sure, but if it was primarily about service time, they wouldn’t be calling him up now.   

Correct but at this point, not waiting a few extra days really doesn’t make any sense.

One extra year of Holliday is worth more than a pick.

I do think this should avoid any super 2 stuff though, so that could be part of the motivation.

 

[Moose Milligan]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Sure, but if it was primarily about service time, they wouldn’t be calling him up now.   

Probably true.  But hoisting up a long rambling quote from Elias as proof that it wasn't about service time when no GM would ever mention service time isn't winning that argument.

Getting back towards the conspiracy theories from last night, I'm wondering if Westburg is hurt or something.

 

[DirtyBird]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

Probably true.  But hoisting up a long rambling quote from Elias as proof that it wasn't about service time when no GM would ever mention service time isn't winning that argument.

Getting back towards the conspiracy theories from last night, I'm wondering if Westburg is hurt or something.

 

"I think a plan of having him play AAA and playing 2B five, sic days in a row to start the season is going to do a lot, both for his confidence and ours that he's ready to go into the AL East, in Yankee Stadium, in a night game."

Also, he faced LHP in 6 AAA games.

Also, our MLB team showed that they couldn't hit LHP for crap anyway, so Holliday couldn't possibly be worse.

If you actually read the quote, the substance adds up to a call up right about now.

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, DirtyBird said:

"I think a plan of having him play AAA and playing 2B five, sic days in a row to start the season is going to do a lot, both for his confidence and ours that he's ready to go into the AL East, in Yankee Stadium, in a night game."

Also, he faced LHP in 6 AAA games.

Also, our MLB team showed that they couldn't hit LHP for crap anyway, so Holliday couldn't possibly be worse.

If you actually read the quote, the substance adds up to a call up right about now.

I read it.  We can agree to disagree.

 

[DirtyBird]

1 minute ago, Moose Milligan said:

I read it.  We can agree to disagree.

 

Glad you are comfortable being wrong in the face of firm evidence