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Will The Orioles Ever Get A Pitcher As Good As David Price?

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Will The Orioles Ever Get A Pitcher As Good As David Price?  

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  1. 1. Will The Orioles Ever Get A Pitcher As Good As David Price?

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Tony-OH Hangout Grand Counsel

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1st year numbers in the league...
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	AwardsDavid Price2009	23	TBR	AL	10	7	.588	4.42	23	23	0	0	0	0	128.1	119	72	63	17	54	0	102	4	0	2	557	98	1.348	8.3	1.2	3.8	7.2	1.89Brian Matusz2010	23	BAL	AL	9	12	.429	4.40	31	31	0	0	0	0	169.2	171	87	83	18	61	3	134	7	0	1	737	97	1.367	9.1	1.0	3.2	7.1	2.20

... looks like the stud muffin was not so great, if Matusz is not so great.

Funny how this comparison was ignored. ;)

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DrungoHazewood Hangout Grand Counsel

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Vida Blue?

Thanks for your permission to keep making fun of you. Not that I (or anyone else) really needed it.

Please don't construe this as in any way supporting anything the old guy says, but Vida Blue was better than some HOF pitchers. And if he'd been a little less fond of the nose candy he probably would be in the HOF today.

I had a Vida Blue baseball glove when I was a kid. Still have it, actually. Had to save up my allowance to get it after some punk kid stole my Bruce Sutter model.

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Seriously... Price shut down our "B" lineup last night. Matusz shut down their A+++ lineup Monday night. Who pitched better?

Nick Markakis: You are wonderful.

David Price: Thank you; I've worked hard to become so.

Nick Markakis: I admit it, you are better than I am.

David Price: Then why are you smiling?

Nick Markakis: Because I know something you don't know.

David Price: And what is that?

Nick Markakis: I... am not left-handed.

[Moves himself to the right-hand batter's box and gains an advantage]

David Price: You are amazing.

Nick Markakis: I ought to be, after 5 years.

David Price: Oh, there's something I ought to tell you.

Nick Markakis: Tell me.

David Price: I'm not left-handed either.

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Please don't construe this as in any way supporting anything the old guy says, but Vida Blue was better than some HOF pitchers. And if he'd been a little less fond of the nose candy he probably would be in the HOF today.

I had a Vida Blue baseball glove when I was a kid. Still have it, actually. Had to save up my allowance to get it after some punk kid stole my Bruce Sutter model.

No, I know Vida Blue was a good pitcher. I just looked up his strikeout totals...one year with 300+ strikeouts and then his next season high was 189.

Of course this is assuming that the O5F is using strikeouts as his barometer to measure dominance. If that's the case, Randy Johnson is my pick, followed by Nolan Ryan.

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Make fun all you want, but in all seriousness have you ever heard Jim Palmer (no less) rave about any major league pitcher the way he was talking up Price last night? I know I sure haven't. Same with Dempsey. I mean the one quote Palmer even started out with "No disrespect to Brian Matusz but Price has the kind of arm you spend that kind of money on" (I forget how many millions he stated).

Anyway, this kid made the best Orioles hitters like Markakis and Jones look really bad flailing away and strikeing out on pitches that weren't even close to being strikes. His stuff is so dominant it reminds me of Vida Blue in his prime (I know many of you won't recall watching him but some of you do like Frobby).

At any rate, it is beyond clear that the Orioles have nobody on their major league roster, minor league pipeline, or even a potential number three draft pick that comes close to the talent and dominance of someone like Price or Strasburg. They are both on completely different planes when it comes to talent.

Dempsey said the same thing in his post game comments (paraphrasing) that what separates the Rays from the Orioles is exceptional players and talent like Longoria and Price who the Orioles simply have nobody of that quality on their roster nor in their organization.

Price = Blue -Maybe

Blue > Koufax - I seriously doubt it!!

And I've seen all pitch and its not even close!!! Price is good but just because he dominates Oriole hitters doesn't make him the greatest. He couldn't even hold Koufax's jock strap!!!

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Price = Blue -Maybe

Blue > Koufax - I seriously doubt it!!

And I've seen all pitch and its not even close!!! Price is good but just because he dominates Oriole hitters doesn't make him the greatest. He couldn't even hold Koufax's jock strap!!!

How would Price do if he could try to hold Koufax' jock strap on a mound 45" tall, throwing to a knees-to-shoulders strike zone, in 85 park factor Dodger Stadium, in a non-DH league that averaged about 3.0 runs/team/game?

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Please don't construe this as in any way supporting anything the old guy says, but Vida Blue was better than some HOF pitchers. And if he'd been a little less fond of the nose candy he probably would be in the HOF today.

I had a Vida Blue baseball glove when I was a kid. Still have it, actually. Had to save up my allowance to get it after some punk kid stole my Bruce Sutter model.

I once watched Blue and Palmer duelling in a game like the two aces they were in old Memorial stadium. Blue was every bit the match for Palmer in his prime.

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No, I know Vida Blue was a good pitcher. I just looked up his strikeout totals...one year with 300+ strikeouts and then his next season high was 189.

Of course this is assuming that the O5F is using strikeouts as his barometer to measure dominance. If that's the case, Randy Johnson is my pick, followed by Nolan Ryan.

No, I am using the fact I actually saw him pitch and match Palmer (both in their prime) in a hell of a game at old memorial stadium, plus many other games I saw him pitch as well.

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