holliday...it would be so nice (a 2024 orioles)

great thread title

no doubt, this song will be in my head all season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCB-SQJLr9E

Sorry--wrong thread x 1000!

Wouldn't blame you if you want to petition to get that removed.

They can improve on 2023 by going deeper in the playoffs. As with last season, pitching is the big concern.

xp stop posting the bad billionaire in the good billionaire thread

They can improve on 2023 by going deeper in the playoffs. As with last season, pitching is the big concern.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, February 1, 2024 9:04 AM (fourteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Exactly. This team played over its head last year and isn't an AL East winner in its current form. But this team plus a #1 starter and one more effective starter is a really different team equipped to make a run.

there's just sooooo much talent on the current 40 man roster and just on the cusp. it's almost silly. hard to imagine they're not in the mix even without a big signing or trade. curious what they do w/ hall and wells (bullpen or rotation?) and how they divvy up high leverage appearances b/w cano, kimbrel and tate...or if tate is able to regin his 2022 form.

Wouldn't last year's Pythagorean luck be offset by a great young team getting another year of experience? When does Bautista return?

!!!!!!!!!

Full trade, sources tell me and @kileymcd :

Baltimore receives: RHP Corbin Burnes

Milwaukee receives: IF Joey Ortiz, LHP D.L. Hall and the 34th pick in the 2024 draft

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 2, 2024

uh, giddyup.

...just one day out of life.

When does Bautista return?

Current projections say 2025.

Corbin Burnes, jesus christ. i'll bet money they move to lock him up long term, if these new owners are for real.

Wow. Knew things were changing but didn't know it'd happen this fast.

Kyle Bradish had a 2.83 ERA in 2023

Corbin Burnes had a 2.94 ERA in ’22, 2.43 in ’21 and 2.11 in ’20

the last time the Orioles had 2 qualified SP finish with sub-3.00 ERAs in the same season?

1976: Wayne Garland + Jim Palmer

— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) February 2, 2024

That's an astonishingly good trade.

At first glance seems like a pretty great move for both teams. Ortiz is a legit prospect who is going to struggle to find a place in Baltimore's infield. The Brewers get him and DL Hall, who still has real upside, and the Orioles add the one thing they need most, frontline starting pitching; sure he may leave in free agency but the window is the window and this is what you do when you have a chance to win.

welllllll, shit...

So what we've found out in the last five minutes in summary is...

Bradish - right UCL sprain, open the season on IL
Means - month behind, might miss OD
Henderson - oblique aggravation, likely for OD
Basallo- stress fracture, won't catch till April

original sources: @JakeDRill

— Alex Fast (@AlexFast8) February 15, 2024

Damn

holliday...it would be so nice

see you in September, sweet prince~

He did ok in ST I think. No way he’s in AAA for more than a month or two.
Otoh with such an insane amount of prospects anyone could step up and get promoted ahead of him.

O's are logjam city unless they follow the Reds' path of injuries/PEDs or start trading pieces away.

This is the year to win every game you can, it's gonna be a strong division, it's time to put the best guys on the field and Kolten Wong is not the best guys

my guess is up by memorial day. guys get hurt (and mateo and urias seem sort of prone, anyways), schedule will allow for some roster fandango...

oh...wong's opting out, i think.

...and then they signed tony kemp. masterful troll.

anyways, happy opening day. i can't believe the o's have corbin burnes.

liking what I'm seeing guys

I think these O's might be for real

Corbin Burnes, 10th and 11th Ks.

Thru 6.

Making a Statement. pic.twitter.com/ryPzYib1KQ

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) March 28, 2024

rodriguez nearly punch for punch w/ burnes today. god, this offense, though...

. . . yeah, this offense

I am already seeing that Craig Kimbrel is not gonna be good for my heart

Unfathomable pick up by the O's. Incredibly funny he gets the win for this game.

They were obviously hoping to plug a Bautista-sized hole.

Tbf, the tying run came as a result of two stolen bases.

Let's actually go O's

Wasn't sure about the bunt move, but cooler heads prevail!

sooooo nice...

This box score from the Norfolk Tides, the Triple-A affiliate of the Orioles, is insane 😲

The team features three @MLBPipeline Top 35 prospects, including No. 1 prospect Jackson Holliday. pic.twitter.com/WVu0KfFtpD

— MLB (@MLB) April 4, 2024

But seriously, what are we gonna do? "Too many players you want to see on the field" is a good problem to have, but -- eventually somebody's got to get traded or released, right? But who? And when?

or hurt

Accidents will happen…

I was just looking at that AAA lineup and it’s basically the 1927 Yankees. I figure by mid summer they are going to have to deal someone from that backlog for pitching.

Norfolk Tides game free to watch on mlb.tv right now

Norfolk up 10-2 in the first inning

The thing about this team is there are a lot of games Burnes and Rodriguez aren't pitching

I will relax a little bit once Bradish and Means are back

PS the Tides won that game 11-10 in extras after being up 10-0!

I miss Bautista

UGHHHHHHH

you do!

The Jays broadcasters pointed out something about Rutschman tonight: his K/BB ration last season was 101/92 (really good), this year it's 42/13. That's weird...I'm pretty sure that ratio tends to remain relatively stable in most cases. Obvious there's fluctuation, as players concentrate on power or plate discipline or contact or whatever, but that's drastic. Even weirder--it suggests he's more concerned with power this year--his batting average is up 25 points.

Connor Norby has had a plate appearance in which he has not struck out

xp to clemenza -- the whole team has taken a much more aggressive approach at the plate, they're last in the AL in walks

I checked that--they're 9th with 512 (one below league average). So not last, but on the aggressive side, yes.

Oops--maybe I should check 2024, not 2023...

You're right: 4th in runs, 2nd-last in walks. Whatever works, I guess.

norby's first hit is a homer!

Conor Norby has had a major league plate appearance that was most definitely not a strikeout!

Love to see a little middle infielder hitting the ball that hard, gives Brian Roberts

Vibes?!

roberts was more of a speedy spray hitter in the minors, though. norby's power is legit.

roberts hid a billion doubles though and really smacked them off the wall, at least that's how I recall him

I'd forgotten about him--geez, 50+ doubles three times.

re: roberts

for sure. he was a doubles machine! he grew into that, though. i'm just saying norby has shown good power in college and the minors.

Love me some Craig Kimbrel drama

Ugh

We don't deserve Albert Suarez

Anyway I love watching this rendition of this team, delighted that Hays is hitting again (after an insanely godawful start he was normal-bad in May and has OPS 1.471 in 21 PA in June) but y'know it kind of seems like the Yankees are never gonna lose again

bradish. ucl. nuts.

...but last night was one of the craziest games i've watched in a while. definite playoff feel.

god, perez, though. just not a guy i trust in high leverage situations.

you know who’s good is gunnar henderson

I’ve begun to suspect as much

sucks that half their pitchers are injured but today is pretty cool

just delightful.

lmao what is this game?

y'know it kind of seems like the Yankees are never gonna lose again

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, June 12, 2024 5:24 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

it was cool how the Yankees lost and then lost again

Can't figure out whether this thread title does or doesn't suit the way the 2024 season has played out so far

Henderson just his his 28th in the Orioles' 96th game...He'd have to pick up the pace a bit, but he has a decent shot at 50. I think A-Rod's the only SS to have done that.

it was cool when this team was good

lmao

big win

team of destiny

(destiny = shitty yankee defense)

So what package do you offer for Skubal? And who's untouchable?

so, they've added eflin, Rogers, Dominguez and pache, cleared hays, norby, stowers...I imagine Holliday's on his way back up? all three pitchers controllable beyond this year isn't awful.

that was a hell of a price tag for a SP who i would describe as average when not being unpredictable.

Yeah, I give current management a decent amount of benefit of the doubt but I don't see how to make this one look like a good deal for us -- that's two ready-to-go position players with years of control, you need to get more for that

I imagine Holliday's on his way back up?

aye cap'n

Just when I was getting ready for the Terrin Vavra era

Grand slam for Holliday! trust the process, friends.

Well, I say, that nice young fella’s got a bit of pop in his swing

...and westburg to DL w/ a broken hand. commence mayo watch?

We are proud to have played our small part in the Jackson Holliday story.

He was my first round pick in our league and I was committed to keeping him into next season no matter what - so this brings me much joy

holliday looks much more comfortable at the plate this time around.

Great AB just now, holding on to draw a walk with the Orioles up 4 in the 9th, professional hitting

Boy we've kind of just transmuted into a mediocre baseball team for the moment, huh

the moment goes on