Aug 1 @ Cleveland

[OnlyOneOriole]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Teams were not real eager to trade the more premium guys.

Of the folks that were traded how many are clearly superior?  You want him to bring Flaherty back?

 

When you are a team on the cusp like the Os? 

You don't trade for has beens and hopes and maybes and reclamations. 

You  trade for elite that gets you to the promised land. 

Elias has failed twice now to do this. 

He is a great scout.  Very VERY average GM imo. 

[LGOrioles]

3 hits through 5 ain’t gonna cut it. They hit around the beaten down Jays pitching, let’s see if they can do something against a team not throwing mostly AAAA caliber guys. 

[LookitsPuck]

Just now, Malike said:

Rogers can get guys out. I'm not a drama queen who is freaking out about a guy against one of the best contact hitting teams, pitching for the first time to a new catcher, and hasn't even had time with our own pitching coaches. So I'm not going to panic, but I'm a grown up, and I, like the rest of you, have not seen him pitch. The difference is, I'm not basing everything that has happened tonight on how he's going to be going forward.

Right, we can go off nearly 2/3 of a year of stats and the previous 2 years instead.

[Jagwar]

2 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

we simply cant do better than Ramon Urias. Wait! Yes we can.

[eddie83]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Adam Frazier was an All-star in 2021.

So was Mike Zunino.

I was answering a question.

Let’s compare a young arm to Adam Frazier. 

[royalstillman]

1 minute ago, Can_of_corn said:

Adam Frazier was an All-star in 2021.

So was Mike Zunino.

And Ty Wigginton.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, LookitsPuck said:

Fedde? There were other options. Overpaying for a #5 at best just because of control isn’t great.

We all know I'm not a big Elias defender and I didn't love the trade.

I just don't see it as an unforced error.

[Jagwar]

1 minute ago, OnlyOneOriole said:

When you are a team on the cusp like the Os? 

You don't trade for has beens and hopes and maybes and reclamations. 

You  trade for elite that gets you to the promised land. 

Elias has failed twice now to do this. 

He is a great scout.  Very VERY average GM imo. 

What trade would you have made?

[mrbig1]

Tell Elias I want to trade my 2016 Sonic for a 2025 BMW.

[EddeeEddee]

3 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

we simply cant do better than Ramon Urias. Wait! Yes we can.

Urias has a .940 OPS over the past month.  Absolutely no reason to bench him.

[Malike]

Just now, Jagwar said:

What trade would you have made?

Holliday for Machado is my guess.

[Roy Firestone]

3 minutes ago, EddeeEddee said:

Yes, I wanted Flaherty back, and I wonder if we could have gotten him for not much more than what we gave up for Rogers.

but he's only a rental with some suspicious medical records.Yankees pulled out..

[Jagwar]

1 minute ago, royalstillman said:

And Ty Wigginton.

Lone Oriole representative. They had to choose somebody and the ballboy that year was having a down year

[eddie83]

6 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Death Valley part of our lineup.

Not that long ago you were complaining about a Santander slump. 

[baltfan]

I can’t remember Adley setting up outside of the zone this often ever.