Please remember to not discuss the Orioles selections in this thread, but in their own threads. Each one will have one made as usual. If one was not made, feel free to make one like the previous.
I will try and keep up but may need some help as always.
Thanks for keeping things organized.
This feels like Cole Irvin deal. The Orioles get a guy with a lot of control they hope they can do something with. I was an Irvin fan from an attitude point of view, but he just never quite made it. I am very nervous about paying this price for e guy who is 9-23 the last few years. Of course record doesn’t mean that much, but there aren’t a lot of guys with that type of record, other in their first couple of years or so, that turn into something.
Any team getting one of Jax/Mayo/Basallo let alone 2 would have had an A+.
Underwhelming and not exciting, but two quality rotation pieces is pretty big.
and Ellllllloooooyyyyyyyyyyyyy Jenkinsssssssssssss
at least we got chicken
Im skeptical too. Miami won the sellers dead line, they had Pitching to sell and got paid, while dealing from the bottom of the deck. TS is a FA after the year and Rogers and Hoeing are expendable. they still have their 6 best coming back next year. I believe Rogers is better than Irvin or Povich, dont know about significantly though. Hes as controllable as Irvin but more roster flexibility ( Has Option/s left.)
For what it's worth... pitcher aging is really weird, and in general for the past 10 or so years pitchers in their 30s have maintained their performance better than they have in the past. He's still got a really good chance to be an above average pitcher at age 35, as long as he stays healthy. (The biggest thing here is health, which is always a ticking time bomb with pitchers especially as they age. I suspect some of the apparent improvements in pitcher aging are due to suvivorship bias since injury rates are higher the older you get.)
Between guys like Mad Max and Greinke there's certainly recent precedent for dominant pitchers that were able to maintain performance through their early-mid 30s. Burnes definitely qualifies as dominant (and healthy.) Even if he does get hurt, talented players are able to bounce back. Kershaw and Sale have been functional (or better) pitchers once they were able to get healthy.
Burnes has a pretty nice track record of staying healthy, and it's clear to me that he understands how to maximize his stuff with minor adjustments in either pitch selection or mechanics in game, which helps him stay consistent. You're not going to lose that mental part or the preparedness part of the game as you age, so I lean toward him continuing to be effective.
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