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The Orioles announced that they have claimed outfielder Forrest Wall off waivers and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. He had been designated for assignment by the Marlins earlier this week. To open a 40-man roster spot for him, right-hander Dillon Tate has been designated for assignment.

 

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I will never understand why people get so worked up over these fringe, edge of the 40-man transactions.  Tate has shown us NOTHING for two straight years now, who cares if we dumped him for some fast

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I think they may kind of Adam Frazier like him - the only red in the Batting section is the Squared-Up readout.    He can probably poke a line drive ever so softly. Pre-parenthood I followed NL p

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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/08/orioles-claim-forrest-wall-designate-dillon-tate-for-assignment.html The Orioles announced that they have claimed outfielder Forrest Wall off waivers and op

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So we DFA’d Cristian Pache a while ago and Miami picked him up.  They DFA Forrest Wall and we picked him up.  Why do we prefer Wall over Pache while they prefer Pache over Wall?  Is it just a matter of Wall having options while Pache does not?  I am not impressed with Wall’s track record and would rather have kept Tate.  

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This guy has to be a good defender because his offense looks underwhelming, to put it lightly. He has 89th percentile sprint speed. 

He has options the next two years, so they must view him as a potential lefty up/down 5th/6th OF for depth purposes. As a lefty bat I don’t ever see him as a good bench fit while all the lefty starting OF are healthy. 

Basically, Brett Phillips with options.

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1 minute ago, Frobby said:

So we DFA’d Cristian Pache a while ago and Miami picked him up.  They DFA Forrest Wall and we picked him up.  Why do we prefer Wall over Pache while they prefer Pache over Wall?  Is it just a matter of Wall having options while Pache does not?  I am not impressed with Wall’s track record and would rather have kept Tate.  

I think Pache is the better player. He’s an elite defender and has some indicators of offensive upside. He’s also a righty hitter, which means he’s a better fit as bench player as the short side of a platoon.

The Marlins clearly prefer Pache to Walls, maybe the Orioles would too but they couldn’t keep Pache with no options. They picked him up when trading for Domínguez because the Phillies were going to DFA him for Hays, as insurance in case they dealt Mullins and/or didn’t pick up Slater (or some similar, better hitting righty OF).

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5 minutes ago, O's84 said:

Baseball Reference: Left Fielder and Pinch Runner

I've never seen that on Baseball Reference before.

Well, you have Herb Washington generously listed as “pinch runner and designated hitter” even though he never actually had an at bat.  

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So that might close the book on the Zach Britton trade.

Dillon Tate gave the Orioles 2.0 WAR.
Cody Carroll gave the Orioles -0.8 WAR.
Josh Rogers gave the Orioles -0.6 WAR.

So we got 0.6 WAR out of the deal.

For the half season left of control with the Yankees after we traded him, he compiled 0.3 WAR.   So from that point of view we "won" the deal.

But then the Yankees signed him as a free agent (which anyone could have), and he gave the Yankees 2.5 more WAR during that contract.

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