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The made off with a nice haul after being snubbed by McGwire, and Judge is a Yankee so may pull in even more cash

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The made off with a nice haul after being snubbed by McGwire, and Judge is a Yankee so may pull in even more cash

 

Did you watch the special tonight?

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I find it, funny, you guys worrying about the O's.

 

Not really worried about the Os… just excited to be so close to clinching a playoff spot after so long.

 

(I know 2020 technically counts but that was a messy season)

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Not really worried about the Os… just excited to be so close to clinching a playoff spot after so long.

 

(I know 2020 technically counts but that was a messy season)

 

Well the Birds about to go up +3, it'll be teeth out in these last 7 games; for real.

 

Home field or bust. Go Houston.

Olerud363 FCL Blue Jays

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Yeah Urias and Mateo are stop gaps.

 

Henderson - Stud

Rutschman - Stud

Mullins - above average CF, two way player, controlled through 2025

Santander - average OF, good hitter, controlled through 2024

Mountcastle - close to average, good hitter, controlled through 2026

Hays - average OF, controlled through 2025

Stowers - some thump, could be useful

Cowser - 50 FV CF prospect MLB ready in 2023, all star ceiling

 

They are set up for a multi-year window of having a competitive offense.

I think they do need to sign a shortstop. Jordan Westburg sounds like a fringe SS and Mateo would just be a lot better as the 10th man playing all over rather than a locked in starter.

 

And we have said enough good things about their pitching development already this year.

 

Like, the Orioles look sooooooooo much better than the Red Sox going forward haha. They are scary.

 

In the Orioles top 10 prospects they have 6 left handed hitters with high bb and k rates and high on base percentages. Seems obvious to me a) they are purposely trying to develop a lineup with all lefties or switch hitters to take advantage of Camden Freak Show B) they want the hitters to work deep in the count, walk, get high on base percentages and don't care if the k once per game.

 

Gunnar Henderson 112G 79BB 116K .416OBP

Jackson Holliday 20G 25BB 12K .489OBP

Colton Cowser 137G 93BB 171K .407OBP

Dylan Beavers 23G 16BB 18K .438OBP

Kyle Stowers 95G 45BB 104K .357OBP

Heston Kjerstad 65G 29BB 64K .394OBP

 

With tonnes of payroll space they can buy/trade pitching like the Jays did (Gaussman, Ryu, Kikuchi, Berrios, Stripling all from outside the org) and maybe do a better job.

 

So anyone saying well their pitching might not work out... well it might not, but if they are like the Jays the majority of their starters will come from other organizations, and they have Grayson Rodriquez who can play the Manoah role.

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In the Orioles top 10 prospects they have 6 left handed hitters with high bb and k rates and high on base percentages. Seems obvious to me a) they are purposely trying to develop a lineup with all lefties or switch hitters to take advantage of Camden Freak Show B) they want the hitters to work deep in the count, walk, get high on base percentages and don't care if the k once per game.

 

Gunnar Henderson 112G 79BB 116K .416OBP

Jackson Holliday 20G 25BB 12K .489OBP

Colton Cowser 137G 93BB 171K .407OBP

Dylan Beavers 23G 16BB 18K .438OBP

Kyle Stowers 95G 45BB 104K .357OBP

Heston Kjerstad 65G 29BB 64K .394OBP

 

With tonnes of payroll space they can buy/trade pitching like the Jays did (Gaussman, Ryu, Kikuchi, Berrios, Stripling all from outside the org) and maybe do a better job.

 

So anyone saying well their pitching might not work out... well it might not, but if they are like the Jays the majority of their starters will come from other organizations, and they have Grayson Rodriquez who can play the Manoah role.

 

Bearish on organizations that literally make a weird ballpark to try to gimmick a competitive window.

Olerud363 FCL Blue Jays

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Bearish on organizations that literally make a weird ballpark to try to gimmick a competitive window.

 

100% agree. And I think the impression of how damaging it is, is worse than how damaging it is to a right handed hitter. And it will become apparent that even if they have sweet cash they will lose some opportunities to sign a certain type of player (cough Judge cough). Bo still had a 3 homer game there and a 2 homer game with 340 foot homers. It is still 2/3 the old Camden.

 

However things that are somewhat true in baseball become exaggerated. Watching a couple of Orioles games I already seen announcers going nuts when a guy pull a 385 foot double to left. It is so weird. In left center it is still 376, then goes back to 399 with a 25 foot wall.

 

It pisses off right handed pull hitters and announcers and doesn't help the pitchers as much as you'd think. I think the park factor went from 103 to 98. That makes sense. It is only 1/3 a demon park, and 2/3 the old Camden.

The Cats Ass Buffalo Bisons

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I was misinformed by the Yankees broadcast crew lol

 

They might have been going the sacrifice bunt stat. They don't have any successful sacrifice bunts.

Stangstag Toronto Blue Jays

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I was misinformed by the Yankees broadcast crew lol

 

No they were right. Atlanta didn’t bunt once this season, they bunted 4 times.

BigCecil Vancouver Canadians

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Enough for me already. Props to Judge on breaking 60. Great accomplishment. But Barry Bonds holds the single season MLB Home Run record.
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Enough for me already. Props to Judge on breaking 60. Great accomplishment. But Barry Bonds holds the single season MLB Home Run record.

 

It's so stacked with NL Bats thanks to Bonds, McGuire and Sosa back in the day

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Tyler Glasnow is back and his stuff looks great

 

Couldn't he have waited till next season? Lol

 

Who the f*** do we even want to play at this point, with how badly Seattle has been stumbling I have no idea.

 

Definitely want that home field, 3 in the trop would be dreadful

Laika Cooperstown

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Who the f*** do we even want to play at this point, with how badly Seattle has been stumbling I have no idea.

 

Definitely want that home field, 3 in the trop would be dreadful

 

Ideally home field advantage vs Seattle, of course.

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