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I'm still not impressed with the Orioles FO. They inherited Mullins, Santander and Hays, and took Rutschman 1st overall. Credit for drafting and developing Henderson. Starting pitching is bad. Get back to me when they prove they're able to supplement the cheap young talent with impact major league support, and do it in a way that allows them to contend in more than a short window. It's easy to collect talent when you're terrible for half a decade. The hard part starts now.
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Was that Atkins or the interim guy?
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Dude looks like he sells dimebags behind the high school gym. Full dumbass vibes.
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Basically every bullpen has elite potential. Cincinnati and Colorado are top-5 in bullpen fWAR this year. Seattle too, after trading Swanson and losing Munoz for most of the year. TB has the second-worst pen in the league. This s*** is impossible to predict.
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Their rotation of old f***s has been disastrous: Quintana - broke before the season even started Carrasco - kind of broken, and terrible when he's pitched Verlander - hurt, then replacement level when he's pitched Scherzer and Senga have both just been about average, and you expect more than that from them They're paying those 5 starters 128M this year, and they've been worth a combined 1.7 fWAR
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Nobody claimed Zach Plesac
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Sounds like a job for Cito Gaston
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It's absolutely pouring in Colorado and they're still playing.
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Best part of this is Mark Stone winning a cup. Dude is an animal. Probably finishes behind Marchessault for the Smythe though.
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The point is that he's a career backup. Any viable NHL goalie can get hot behind a good team at the right time. There's no reason to pay actual money for goaltending.
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Adin Hill is about to be a cup-winning goalie. This should be the death knell for people thinking goalies matter.
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Damn, Haniger broke it up with 2 out in the 8th
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I benched him in DDL lol
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Kyle Hendricks taking a no-hitter into the 8th
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It's probably a lot of things. White is 7 years younger, controllable through 2027, and has been a reasonably effective swingman in MLB so far. And non-baseball stuff probably also played a role. Bass isn't good enough to get much rope if management perceives that he's making more work for them for non baseball reasons.
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I think Atkins is gone this offseason if the team misses the playoffs. He's been mediocre at best at spending money, and the team's development system seems to lag behind a lot of other teams.
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Guys, Bass was projected for an ERA over 4 RoS. If the team doesn't have the infrastructure in place to find a new replacement-level reliever, the org has much, much bigger problems than today's loss.
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* Bautisa
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Gurriel isn't really an asset. Look at how Hunter Renfroe has bounced around the last 3-4 years for basically nothing in return. Or how the Jays signed Kiemaier to replace him for a reasonably cheap 1-year deal. If the team feels the need to bring in a similarly valuable corner OF, they'll have ample opportunity to do it for close to free at the deadline.
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Along those lines, the team doesn't get any credit here for the shrewd Hernandez trade. Teo is another mediocre corner OF who isn't even playing up to his 14M salary. Swanson has been excellent, and is still under control through 2025. I'm still heated about everyone who wanted to extent a non-elite corner OF long term last offseason.
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I don't think people really understand how different this could look in a year. Gurriel is having a nice year, but he's a 29-year league average corner OF entering free agency. You can buy one of those for like 10M on a 1-year deal if you want. The Jays just bought a better OF for 1 year 9M last offseason. The actual substance of the deal is Varsho vs. Moreno.
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Our old friend Ryan Noda has a 158 wRC+ and 2 WAR so far this season.
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He's looking pretty cooked
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Yeah, when you're a replacement-level player there are any number of factors that can contribute to you getting the boot. If management perceives that you're creating even a small headache for them, there's nothing compelling them to keep you around. Its why vets always tell rookies to put their head down and mouth closed - don't give management even the slightest reason to not want you around.
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In a manner of speaking, yes
