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Should the O's be interested in Joe Koshansky?  

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  1. 1. Should the O's be interested in Joe Koshansky?


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Yes, along with every National League team plus Seattle, Detroit, Kansas City AND the Mighty Billy Beane's team the Oakland A's.

When something like this has you scratching your head, it usually means there's more to the story that we (posters) aren't aware of....

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JTrea81 Hangout Grand Counsel

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Yes, along with every National League team plus Seattle, Detroit, Kansas City AND the Mighty Billy Beane's team the Oakland A's.

Last time I checked none of those teams are exactly hurting at 1B like the Orioles are...

Seattle has Carp and Clement, Detroit has Larish and Strieby, KC has Shealy, Butler, Kila, and so on. and the A's have Chris Carter and Sean Doolittle in the minors behind Giambi.

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Then why did the Rangers get him, I thought they had Justin "the last son of Krypton" Smoak?

They wanted an upgrade at AAA. Smoak is starting in AA but will be in AAA soon enough, and Koshansky could always slide to DH. And the Rangers apparently understand the need for depth at the IF positions as they are now stacked at every IF position especially 1B.

With the lack of power 1B bats in our system, there is no excuse to pass on Koshansky.

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I don't understand this at all. We're willing to give Pie a chance but not Koshansky. :confused:

There are only so many roster spots to give guys chances on. We've already got the market cornered on 1B/DH/Corner OF positions in AAA and on the MLB team. Reimold, Montanez and Salazar are in AAA. Obviously, MacPhail and Co. felt that Pie presents a much greater reward than Koshansky. If Koshansky is such a great prospect then why could Colorado not find room on their 40 man roster for him? Why hasn't he shown something by now, he is 27? We only have so much space on our 40 man, so who would you have eliminated from our roster to make room?

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There are only so many roster spots to give guys chances on. We've already got the market cornered on 1B/DH/Corner OF positions in AAA and on the MLB team. Reimold, Montanez and Salazar are in AAA. Obviously, MacPhail and Co. felt that Pie presents a much greater reward than Koshansky. If Koshansky is such a great prospect then why could Colorado not find room on their 40 man roster for him? Why hasn't he shown something by now, he is 27? We only have so much space on our 40 man, so who would you have eliminated from our roster to make room?

As I said in the other thread, Pauley and Waters could both go and we wouldn't miss them one bit. You can get arms like them any day. A bat like Koshanksy doesn't come available for the price of a waiver claim very often. The fact that the Rangers who are loaded at 1B grabbed him should tell you something...

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As I said in the other thread, Pauley and Waters could both go and we wouldn't miss them one bit. You can get arms like them any day. A bat like Koshanksy doesn't come available for the price of a waiver claim very often. The fact that the Rangers who are loaded at 1B grabbed him should tell you something...

Hahaha yeah, let's jettison a few more pitchers. God knows we won't need them this year.

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