The 2024 Trade Deadline

[Allan Bryant]

46 minutes ago, Brooks The Great said:

If Urias and/or Mateo are released or traded, then Norby becomes important depth at both 2B and as a right-handed bat on a team with mostly lefty hitters.

Norby is certainly a candidate to be traded himself, but I value him significantly more than any of Urias, Mateo, AND Hays, and Elias should as well. Other major league teams would certainly offer more in a trade for Norby than they would for Hays (and certainly also Mateo and Urias). So we should value him similarly.

If there are no takers for Norby on the trade market, he has good value to the Orioles' major league roster later this season. Once Mayo is promoted, Norby's ability to play both corner OF spots and 2B with a quality righty bat actually makes him more valuable to this team than any of Mateo, Urias, McKenna, or Hays coming off the bench previously. 

An eventual bench of Norby, Mullins as the 4th OF, and Billy Cook would be very strong and versatile. That's the bench of a team with the best offense in baseball, and one that can win a World Series even without a great pitching staff.

Your assessment on Norby is very good . It all hinges on what Elias does at upcoming deadline . 

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

I guess you don’t use the words good and point too much either separately or together.  I searched the phrase “good point” but it returns anything with both words in it.  For instance, I have 5 pages of using both words in a post but only 5 “good points” on the first page.

Surprisingly, in a good way, SportsGuy uses that phrase quite a bit.

Frobby uses “good” and “point” a lot separately but his first page of results only showed one “good point”.

Guess who has never used the phrase “good point”?   That’s really weird.   I mean in 111,600 posts, what are the odds on that?    

Wow, someone doesn't use a particular phrase.

Huh.

Cool story bro.

 

[RZNJ]

11 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Wow, someone doesn't use a particular phrase.

Huh.

Cool story bro.

 

False alarm.  You are human.  You do use that phrase.  There is a “Can of Corn” and you “Can_of_corn.     Guess who I searched under the first time?   Yep.    

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, RZNJ said:

False alarm.  You are human.  You do use that phrase.  There is a “Can of Corn” and you “Can_of_corn.     Guess who I searched under the first time?   Yep.    

Keen.

I obviously had no idea.

Should we be expecting a list of top users of the phrase?

[RZNJ]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

Keen.

I obviously had no idea.

Should we be expecting a list of top users of the phrase?

I’m working on it.   Can of Corn is at the bottom.   A relative?

[interloper]

Oh, you two. 

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

I’m working on it.   Can of Corn is at the bottom.   A relative?

We are in different fields.

[foxfield]

4 minutes ago, interloper said:

Oh, you two. 

Good point.

[Allan Bryant]

4 hours ago, Greg Pappas said:

There are times I forget that Ryan Mountcastle is only 27-years-old and we have 2.5 years of control remaining.  It seems like he should be close to 29-30. 

 

Greg , I thought I was the only one . I heard name Mountcastle for so long that it seems like he should be FA by now.

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

We are in different fields.

Honest to God.  Tried to suppress the chuckle but it still came out.  Lol

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, RZNJ said:

Honest to God.  Tried to suppress the chuckle but it still came out.  Lol

Thanks, I was pretty happy with that one.

[Too Tall]

RZNJ & Can - I like ya both just can't figure out who is the straight man.  You two do keep it from getting dull. And, do a good job of making me forget what the OP was all about!

[RZNJ]

1 minute ago, Too Tall said:

RZNJ & Can - I like ya both just can't figure out who is the straight man.  You two do keep it from getting dull. And, do a good job of making me forget what the OP was all about!

We’re working it both ways to see what works best before we go on the road.

[Too Tall]

2 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

We’re working it both ways to see what works best before we go on the road.

Let me know if you get to the North Country, tickets!

[sportsfan8703]

Zach Eflin TB is a starter that would have game 2 or 3 potential. He’s owed $18 million next year in his last year. That’s pretty pricey for the Rays. 

I’d put him up there with rentals Kikuchi and Severino as best fits.