ChiefsPlanet - Other Sports 2012 Baltimore Orioles repository thread

ChiefsPlanet (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/index.php)

- Nzoner's Game Room (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/forumdisplay.php?f=1)

- -

2012 Baltimore Orioles repository thread (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=260130)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8693059)

The Mariners in recent weeks touched base with the Cubs on shortstop Starlin Castro, asked the Royals about designated hitter Billy Butler, talked to other clubs about other hitters.
None of the talks progressed, according to major league sources. Virtually every team contacted the Cubs about Castro after a published report said he was available (he wasn't). Butler, too, remains relatively untouchable (he's under club-friendly salaries through 2015, and the Royals consider him a core piece.)

The point is not that a trade is about to happen; the Mariners just were doing their due diligence, conducting their normal pre-July business. No, the point is that the Mariners are in position to make a trade happen if they choose.

Call it "Michael Pineda: The Sequel."

I?ve written before about the logic of the M?s trading ace right-hander Felix Hernandez, prompting a flurry of Hands off! missives from the Pacific Northwest as if King Felix is guaranteed to stay in Seattle beyond the expiration of his contract in 2014.
Well, trading Felix for the right package still would make sense, given the Mariners' offensive deficiencies. But if the M's prefer, they can deal from a different position of strength, offering one or more of their big young arms for a hitter of comparable age and promise.

Think the next Castro - someone like Rangers Double-A shortstop Jurickson Profar or Orioles Double-A shortstop Manny Machado.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/f...eficial-061912

Ken must of bumped his head no way i do Machado for Felix

If that is all it takes....I drive Manny to Seattle myself.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8693038)

Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch

Zach Britton so far at Norfolk: 6 innings, 3 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts, 1 WP, 1 error. 90 pitches, 56 strikes. #orioles

Man that's good to see cant wait till he is back.

I wouldnt bring him back before the All-Star break. Bring up Tillman and/or Moyer and let him take his time.

Brittany Ghiroli ‏@Britt_Ghiroli

Reimold's surgery will be performed by neurosurgeon Dr. Ziya Gokaslan of Johns Hopkins on Monday morning. ‪#orioles

This sucks out for the year.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8695792)

Brittany Ghiroli ‏@Britt_Ghiroli

Reimold's surgery will be performed by neurosurgeon Dr. Ziya Gokaslan of Johns Hopkins on Monday morning. ‪#orioles

This sucks out for the year.

That sucks

a) Jason Hammel looks more and more like the real deal.

b) This was the quintessential Reynolds game. Hit one into the seats to get the lead, and throw one into the seats to give it back.

c) Damn shame about Reimold. He was finally locking down that LF spot and now, well... who knows?

d) I don't know if I want to peek into the Royals gamethread or not. They've probably been throwing things in there.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chefsos (Post 8696488)

Hammel better make the all star team.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8696492)

Hammel better make the all star team.

I was about to say it would be hard to leave him off the team, then I looked at some stats. There are a TON of AL starters putting up big numbers.

Duquette “absolutely” has ownership’s backing to add pieces at the deadline

The Orioles are in it to win it this year, as executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said Saturday that he has the ownership’s full backing to add pieces externally if need be. Baltimore entered the day 1 1/2 games out of first place in the American League East and will approach the Trade Deadline as buyers, looking for ways to continue what has been a surprising start to the season.

“We’re in contention, and we need to look at all the options we have to help our team,” Duquette said. “But we have some pretty good options in our Minor League system to bolster the team that we have here.”

Speaking before the game, along with manager Buck Showalter, to season ticket holders as part of the club’s annual “State of the Orioles” address, Duquette told the group assembled principal owner Peter Angelos “wants to win this year”. He reiterated that sentiment in meeting with the media, saying that he “absolutely” had the support of the Orioles ownership to do whatever he feels is in the team’s best interest.

“We are in contention, so we are going to do whatever we can to make the playoffs,” said Duquette, who inherited an organization with 14 consecutive losing seasons when taking the reins this winter.

Under previous president of baseball operations Andy MacPhail’s four Trade Deadlines, the club was in a decidedly different state, trading away relievers George Sherrill, Will Ohman and Koji Uehara and first baseman Derrek Lee in hopes of bringing back something for the future.

Duquette – who has stressed building the organization through the amateur and international efforts — made it clear he wouldn’t sacrifice the Orioles’ top prospects, but he wouldn’t hesitate to make a move that betters this year’s club without crippling the current farm system.

“I like to build an organization, so that we have depth throughout the organization,” Duquette said.

40-31 awful game bats need to wake up.

Ok let's take the rubber game.

Big win 41-31

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...y_22551647&v=3

Why do people still run on matt?

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan (Post 8698815)

Big win 41-31

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?co...y_22551647&v=3

Why do people still run on matt?

Heh. I hope they keep doing it. More free outs.

This team has been...not good (especially with the bat) since clubbing the Pirates into submission two weeks ago, and they were somehow still 4-5 in that span. I think I'm more impressed by that than all the winning that was going on earlier. We all remember previous O's teams that would lose, like, 12 of 15 when things weren't just right.

Oh, and BTW, if people consider ERA to be a viable stat, we still have the best bullpen in the game. That's mind-bottling.