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  1. Terminator
    This is the guy that everyone was whining about giving a guaranteed deal to but I can see why the team did it, especially since he has an option. In addition to that fastball velo he also has 97th percentile extension so it should play up. And he projects pretty well.
  2. Terminator
    Kirk crushed that ball. It's 400 feet to CF and it was a no doubter past the wall.
  3. Terminator
    Good pickup for the Padres. Was hoping we could trade them a Buffalo Boy for one of their relievers. They definitely have a "stars and scrubs" roster and middling players like Iglesias probably help them more than any other contender. He's a decent upgrade over someone like Tyler Wade.
  4. Terminator
    It's interesting that Roden is ranked #5 while Wagner is ranked #9. Roden Hit: 55 Power: 50 Run: 45 Arm: 50 Field: 50 Overall: 50 Wagner Hit: 55 Power: 45 Run: 40 Arm: 45 Field: 45 Overall: 45 Seems like Wagner's positional value and what he's shown in AAA and the big leagues would give him the edge but I guess he is a year older. And I suppose a 45 arm/field at 2B isn't that much more valuable than 50 arm/field in LF. And Roden does have more power than Wagner.
  5. Terminator
    This is hilarious. He's my new favorite Rockie.
  6. Terminator
    As guys get ramped up for the season, spring training seems like such a perilous time for injuries in this sport. The game relies on explosive movements being made from stationary positions and any small nick can take you off the field. Yankees are getting bit with injuries which you love to see. LeMahieu, Stanton and now Gil. Kutter Crawford is unlikely to start the season for the Sox. Orioles got a couple of nicks so far this offseason in Trevor Rogers and McDermott. The Jays have avoided the injury bug so far and if anything Varsho's health looks pretty encouraging. Let's pray this continues.
  7. Terminator
    Keegan Matheson is shockingly good for being the official beat writer. Going to read his book when it comes out.
  8. Terminator
    Hmm ok yeah maybe it is closer than I thought. Vlad/Bo/Jansen were #1 (and a generational #1 at that), #9 and #49 on Fangraphs. Seems like the Braves with Acuna/Riley and someone or Orioles at some point recently would be right there as well?
  9. Terminator
    "Best position-playing prospect trio in a generation"? Come on Passan. That's a little much don't you think?
  10. Terminator
    Does anyone here have the tweet? I think someone on twitter sent him a thread and asked him his thoughts and he said we were a bunch of kill joys or something. I think he thought we were being overly pessimistic about something because of analytics. In addition to that, we have a loosely moderated style that he probably doesn't want to associate with but he should lighten up, it's a message board on the internet.
  11. Terminator
    He is a decent writer. His laid back style drives me nuts when he doesn't take a stance on anything, but it also makes for an easy, quick and somewhat interesting read? Agree on the analytics. I think he could speak to them more but a lot of his readers are casuals so I don't think he can push it too much. And yeah, he is better than a lot of the other coverage. The At the Letters guys are growing on me. So are the Gate 14 guys actually who are just letting loose more than before and aren't afraid of offending anyone anymore. Stoeten probably right up there with the rest.
  12. Terminator
    During the great Orioles Hangout wars earlier this century we also got into a battle with real life celebrity Roy Firestone You don't hear too much from him anymore after he ran away with his tail between his legs after Spanky dropped the hammer on him for his disgraceful interview with OJ Simpson in the 1990s
  13. Terminator
    Yeah he hates us lol. I can't remember what he called us. "Insufferable wet blankets" or something like that. Aside from that, which I thought was funny more than anything else, he's not really my cup of tea. I find him to be nothing more than a passive observer. He doesn't really take a stance on anything, he just offers up milquetoast observations. Even the writers who work for the actual team offer up much sharper critiques than he does. Doesn't get into analytics much at all, though he's not completely ignorant of them. Gets way too political with things and lets it bleed into his baseball analysis. He is a bit of a social justice warrior which is rich coming from him. His Drunk Jays Fans days would make Andrew Tate blush.
  14. Terminator
    Yes that's the one! Thanks
  15. Terminator
    I wish I could find this old fangraphs article on splits in a smallish sample size like this. The gist of it was that unregressed splits like this don't tell us much and the article further gave us a way to regress them. I guess Steamer projections do splits now and they have Springer projected for a 116 wRC+ against lefties and 108 vs righties for whatever that is worth.
  16. Terminator
    Maybe against lefties they can put Springer in the leadoff spot and move Wagner down or bench him for a right handed bat.
  17. Terminator
    He's had visa issues apparently but they are all cleared up now
  18. Terminator
    That's how I would set it up as well
  19. Terminator
    It should be mandated. February is such a dead zone for sports that MLB is doing itself a disservice by not promoting spring baseball more.
  20. Terminator
    The cheapskate Orioles' spring training facilities are a damn joke
  21. Terminator
    Looking at Orelvis' batted ball numbers some more and for an extreme flyball hitter he definitely goes oppo more than others as well. You would think that's not great but after seeing his 400 foot oppo tater the other day maybe he can make that work?
  22. Terminator
    Barger is playing 3B again. If he could play passable defense there it would really raise his profile.
  23. Terminator
    His walk and K rate isn't great but I don't think it's too dire. I believe his main problem is his IFFB% is sky high. It was 20.7% last year in AAA and that would tie Paredes for highest in MLB. It really suppresses his BA. I don't know if that's something players can work on or not. You want him hitting a lot of flyballs, if he decreases his infield flies is he also decreasing his flyballs in general? That would just lead to less home runs. I guess the hope could be that he's young and as he ages you hope he just improves at squaring the ball up better?
  24. Terminator
    Wow! Hiney-man has better projections than I realized. In his limited time he does have some good defensive ratings. Would hate to watch him hit over an extended period of time though.
  25. Terminator
    Wouldn't we all be pretty happy?
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