2018 Regular Season Thread

[hattersgonnahate]

I agree with most of this.

Trade Manny now for the best you can get. Hopefully, 1 top level prospect.

Hope Jones, Brach, Britton, O'Day, Alverez, Trumbo, and Schoop come back and play well and trade all of them at the deadline.

Schoop should bring back some decent prospects since he is under contract next season.

I would hold onto Bundy, Givens, and probably Guasman for now.

They need prospects and need to get some via trades. Tank the year and get the first draft pick for next season. Start the rebuild now.

At this point, this team is probably bad enough to get the #1 pick without even trying. So, they might as well apply the "all or nothing" approach and try to maximize future value by unloading the entire 25-man roster.

(Yes, that means even trading Bundy if a fair offer is available. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean having to rush the "real" prospects to the MLB-- if they still need more time to develop, the Orioles organization could always fill out the major league roster with inexpensive scrubs in the meantime.)

 

[UVA_Guy81]

10-0 and we just got out of the top of the first?!?!?! To the Royals no less and Bundy pitching.

 

[hattersgonnahate]

10-0 and we just got out of the top of the first?!?!?! To the Royals no less and Bundy pitching.

Exactly my point... that's why it makes sense to trade everyone on the 25-man roster--including Bundy--before their value starts dropping further.

(Seriously, though: That's Bundy's 3rd consecutive bad game. Considering that it's only May, fatigue is unlikely to be an explanation; you have to wonder if he's hurt...)

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Exactly my point... that's why it makes sense to trade everyone on the 25-man roster--including Bundy--before their value starts dropping further.

(Seriously, though: That's Bundy's 3rd consecutive bad game. Considering that it's only May, fatigue is unlikely to be an explanation; you have to wonder if he's hurt...)

Yeah I do think there's something wrong that nobody's letting on. You don't go from being that dominant in the first few starts to that horrible that quickly without there being something that's happened.
This is why I wish we started the rebuild at the trade deadline last year (like the Yankees did the previous season). Our pitching staff was horrible, so there was no way they were going to make the wild card with all of those teams that were in the chase. We'd have half a season head start on the rebuild and gotten better prospects more than likely than we will now.

 

[Zephyrus001]

Fans should boycott Camden Yards. Why pay to watch abysmal play? This team is competing to break the 1988 season losing record of 54 wins.

 

[UVA_Guy81]

Fans should boycott Camden Yards. Why pay to watch abysmal play? This team is competing to break the 1988 season losing record of 54 wins.

At this point, they can succeed where Rachel Phelps couldn't if they continue playing like this. Manage not to draw 750k total all year and move the team and start over.

 

[tedman2012]

things to do 1 well it's time to send tilly the door let hess take his spot . 2 gentry gone hays up 3 rid of brach bring scott

 

[tedman2012]

MULLINS CF STEWARD TO LF MANCINI TO 1ST . TRADE ANYONE ABOVE 30 MA NNY AS WELL GET A SS AND THIRD BASEMAN . SANTANDER HAS 3 MORE DAYS THEN TO THE MINORS . LOOKS LIKE NOT MUCH REBUILDING TO DO .

 

[tedman2012]

MULLINS CF STEWARD TO LF MANCINI TO 1ST . TRADE ANYONE ABOVE 30 MA NNY AS WELL GET A SS AND THIRD BASEMAN . SANTANDER HAS 3 MORE DAYS THEN TO THE MINORS . LOOKS LIKE NOT MUCH REBUILDING TO DO .

 

[mikeytheman247]

At this point they need to trade just about everyone on the MLB roster. They need more decent young prospects.

 

[mikeytheman247]

• Placed on 10-Day DL: RP Darren O’Day (hyperextended elbow)
  • Brad Brach picked up the save in Wednesday’s win.
• Promoted: RP Tanner Scott

 

[tedman2012]

tilly needs to go hess is pitching his ass off at aaa . sat starter will most likely be wright hess would be on short rest . yaco is about up to 3 to 4 inn harvey went 5 but went the day after hess .

scott will most likely sent down after tonight . he was up lastnight and pitching tonight . has never went back to back in the minors . scott is nasty

 

[tedman2012]

IT'S HESS TIME AS a starter over wright and tilly(dl) . i think the o's will wait as long as they can for him to come off dl . if he isn't tilly of old he is a goner . buck start sisco as the main catcher . hess would be on regular day on monday .

 

[Zephyrus001]

With Schoop and Trumbo back in the line-up, the team looks rejuvenated and is showing some fight.

Is this a fluke or is it a possibility that they can work their way back to .500 ball by the All Star break?

 

[tedman2012]

With Schoop and Trumbo back in the line-up, the team looks rejuvenated and is showing some fight.

Is this a fluke or is it a possibility that they can work their way back to .500 ball by the All Star break?

third base has killed us so pearson has calmed it down . tilly gone is a plus . tides are pitching great hess , millville and akin at aa are all on a roll . some talk about rebuild it want be a major rebuild it will be bring the youngsters up . saunders will most likely replace santander who is gonna be a good player for us . he just needs to play everyday and learn at aaa .

 

[tedman2012]

hess starts the 3 o clock game

 

[Zephyrus001]

third base has killed us so pearson has calmed it down . tilly gone is a plus . tides are pitching great hess , millville and akin at aa are all on a roll . some talk about rebuild it want be a major rebuild it will be bring the youngsters up . saunders will most likely replace santander who is gonna be a good player for us . he just needs to play everyday and learn at aaa .

Yeah, Beckham wasn't doing too hot at 3rd and Valencia is average. Hopefully, the Birds will bring up some of this young talent. They just need to be added, gradually, and given a chance. Keeping Tillman and O'Day on DL might help the pitching.

Getting rid of all the vets wouldn't be a smart move -- unless, the team is 20+ games back and still way below .500 by All-Star break.

 

[tedman2012]

Yeah, Beckham wasn't doing too hot at 3rd and Valencia is average. Hopefully, the Birds will bring up some of this young talent. They just need to be added, gradually, and given a chance. Keeping Tillman and O'Day on DL might help the pitching.

Getting rid of all the vets wouldn't be a smart move -- unless, the team is 20+ games back and still way below .500 by All-Star break.

this team can play with anyone when we gety britton back . hess i love the kid strike stike strike . peterson has changed everything at third go peterson

 

[Zephyrus001]

this team can play with anyone when we gety britton back . hess i love the kid strike stike strike . peterson has changed everything at third go peterson

Hess looked great and Peterson made some solid plays. Nice win. The offense is back to where it should be.

If this team can go on a prolonged winning streak, and continue to win series, they can be back to .500 by mid-June.

 

[hattersgonnahate]

Hess looked great and Peterson made some solid plays. Nice win. The offense is back to where it should be.

If this team can go on a prolonged winning streak, and continue to win series, they can be back to .500 by mid-June.

As terrible as this may sound: "Be careful what you wish for." After all, the danger with reaching 0.500 by mid-season is that the front office would most likely be deluded into thinking that they could contend for a wild card spot again. The only way to force them to focus on the rebuild process is for the 2018 Orioles to stay dead last all season long.