A Realistic View at 2021: Part III

[moonslav59]

@ChrisCotillo

To recap:

* Schwarber being activated, Marwin Gonzalez DFA tonight

* Verdugo rejoining club tonight, Houck optioned (until Tuesday)

* Vázquez, Sale will be activated tomorrow

* Arroyo, Santana, Brasier coming next week most likely

 

Lots of dead weight about to go bye-bye.

[dgalehouse]

Very little rehab for Schwarber. Desperate times , etc.

[moonslav59]

Very little rehab for Schwarber. Desperate times , etc.

 

Like the saying has been said over and over, this year, "How can he be any worse than _____?"

[Bellhorn04]

Robles may go first.

 

Davis may be close, too.

 

Those would be very quick axes.

[oldtimer]

Like the saying has been said over and over, this year, "How can he be any worse than _____?"

 

You are right. Add in the name. Marwin was DFA'd this time but it could have been Franchy or Robles or Andriese or Santana. I doubt they DFA Dalbec, instead they might send him back to AAA to try to straighten out his plate approach.

 

Still no Munoz. I am wondering if it about the CBT. He certainly has hit well enough and is flexible enough to be on this team for a try. But he isn't currently on the 40 man which might be his curse.

[oldtimer]

Very little rehab for Schwarber. Desperate times , etc.

 

Desperate times require desperate measures. Notice he is DHing. They probably do not want to risk a recurrence of the leg injury by stretching at 1st.

[Bellhorn04]

You are right. Add in the name. Marwin was DFA'd this time but it could have been Franchy or Robles or Andriese or Santana. I doubt they DFA Dalbec, instead they might send him back to AAA to try to straighten out his plate approach.

 

Still no Munoz. I am wondering if it about the CBT. He certainly has hit well enough and is flexible enough to be on this team for a try. But he isn't currently on the 40 man which might be his curse.

 

Munoz will likely get his chance soon. Just as many others have this year.

[Bellhorn04]

Desperate times require desperate measures. Notice he is DHing. They probably do not want to risk a recurrence of the leg injury by stretching at 1st.

 

He won't stay at DH for long, presumably. JH needs to be the DH most of the time.

[mvp 78]

Those would be very quick axes.

 

I don't see that happening.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

I don't see that happening.

 

Bloom's not cutting guys he just acquired at the deadline. That would be admitting he totally blew it -- not only to the fans, but to the players. Hansel and Davis (i don't even know his first name, but it's not Henry) will both be gone in due time, but as part of a roster turnover in the guise of "going in a different direction".

[moonslav59]

You are right. Add in the name. Marwin was DFA'd this time but it could have been Franchy or Robles or Andriese or Santana. I doubt they DFA Dalbec, instead they might send him back to AAA to try to straighten out his plate approach.

 

Still no Munoz. I am wondering if it about the CBT. He certainly has hit well enough and is flexible enough to be on this team for a try. But he isn't currently on the 40 man which might be his curse.

 

I seriously doubt Cordero's name even comes up in discussing any DFA's.

 

He has options left and is hanging onto some promise going forward.

[Bellhorn04]

Bloom's not cutting guys he just acquired at the deadline. That would be admitting he totally blew it -- not only to the fans, but to the players. Hansel and Davis (i don't even know his first name, but it's not Henry) will both be gone in due time, but as part of a roster turnover in the guise of "going in a different direction".

 

Delightfully cynical.

[Bellhorn04]

You don't actually hear the "going in a different direction" applied to players very often. Usually it's reserved for executives and managers.

[moonslav59]

Bloom's not cutting guys he just acquired at the deadline. That would be admitting he totally blew it -- not only to the fans, but to the players. Hansel and Davis (i don't even know his first name, but it's not Henry) will both be gone in due time, but as part of a roster turnover in the guise of "going in a different direction".

 

The Hansel and Gretel additions were not serious moves, and what we gave up for them is the proof.

 

IMO, Santana goes first (Sale), but when Brasier needs to be activate to the 40man roster, this is my list in order of most likely DFA'd listed first. (Note: I've been wrong before.)

 

1. Robles

2. Andriese (due to his option cost in 2022 being too high)

3. Davis

4. Richards

5. Perez

 

Bubble players, this off season, could just be DFA'd now rather than later:

(Some might have trade value and won't be DFA'd.)

Potts

Rosario

Arauz

Bazardo (60 day IL)

Ro. Hernandez

 

Players I think will be on the 40 man in 2022 (or traded): Cordero & Rios.

 

 

 

 

[mvp 78]

Getting rid of Robles and Davis is basically waiving Chavis and Scherff.

 

I think you are stuck with them.

[moonslav59]

1. Activate Sale, DFA Santana, Promote Sale, Demote Davis (Robles has no options)

2. Activate Brasier, DFA Robles, Promote Brasier

3. Activate Vaz, Demote Wong

4. Activate Arroyo, Demote Arauz

5. Activate DHern, Demote Richards or Cordero

 

[moonslav59]

Getting rid of Robles and Davis is basically waiving Chavis and Scherff.

 

I think you are stuck with them.

 

We would have waived Chavis, this winter for the Rule 5's.

 

DFA'ing Andriese or Richards admits mistakes, too.

 

I think we all agree Santana goes, but who goes for Brasier?

 

Name a name.

[mvp 78]

1. Activate Sale, DFA Santana, Promote Sale, Demote Davis (Robles has no options)

2. Activate Brasier, DFA Robles, Promote Brasier

3. Activate Vaz, Demote Wong

4. Activate Arroyo, Demote Arauz

5. Activate DHern, Demote Richards or Cordero

 

 

I would use any options that Davis has.

[moonslav59]

I would use any options that Davis has.

 

That was my step 1.

[Bellhorn04]

Did the Birds trade anyone at the deadline?

[mvp 78]

Did the Birds trade anyone at the deadline?

 

No takers on Chris Davis

[Bellhorn04]

Having Marwin in the lineup last night was a little like the condemned man's last cigarette, wasn't it?

[moonslav59]

Having Marwin in the lineup last night was a little like the condemned man's last cigarette, wasn't it?

 

I thought about that.

 

It couldn't have been a last chance- like if he had gone 4 for 5, he'd still be on the 40.

[harmony]

Did the Birds trade anyone at the deadline?

Shawn Armstrong and Freddy Galvis:

 

https://birdswatcher.com/2021/07/30/baltimore-orioles-mlb-trade-deadline/

[Bellhorn04]

Shawn Armstrong and Freddy Galvis:

 

https://birdswatcher.com/2021/07/30/baltimore-orioles-mlb-trade-deadline/

 

Thanks harm.

[Bellhorn04]

Pivetta now has a full 80 points of breathing room under 700hitter's 5.00 ERA bar.

[moonslav59]

Pivetta now has a full 80 points of breathing room under 700hitter's 5.00 ERA bar.

 

Don't expect two admissions in a single decade.

[Larry Cook]

I think yairo ties dom’s record at 34 straight games with a hit!

[moonslav59]

How about that?

 

Bobby Dee back over .700!

 

Kike up to .790.

 

Plawecki .775.

 

Have we found our new long man? (Richards)

 

Nice game, tonight.

 

12 Ks

1 BB

7 H

1 ER

 

Welcome back Pivetta (4.20 ERA, now.)

[moonslav59]

Is this enough to give up on a young player after just 416 PAs in MLB?

 

.236 20 65 (21 2B+3B)

 

Pro-rated to 624 PAs:

 

.236 30 98 (over 100 RBI in 650 PAs)

.298 OBP

.459 SLG

.757 OPS