tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post8522781843438822973..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: Orioles Could Use Neil WalkerJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-18004922319507818292018-03-08T10:22:24.235-05:002018-03-08T10:22:24.235-05:00Joe, apparently, neither did Dyson. Maybe Garcia,...Joe, apparently, neither did Dyson. Maybe Garcia, too. Something about either the Orioles culture or the FO approach must be off-putting. Seems like to team culture is OK so I can only guess that the FO excludes popular provisions or insists upon the always onerous medical. Regardless of whether they're not making a strong enough attempt, good enough offers, or include enough incentives/popular provisions, opt-outs, etc.... they are not being able to put together a winning team even though they would seem to have sufficient resources to do so. Personally, I think the O's are just not good businessmen. They have a process and stick to it regardless of the environment. If the environment fits their process then it works but if the environment changes then everything falls apart. A good businessman must be adaptable to the situational environment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-43714790388757645182018-03-07T08:39:05.357-05:002018-03-07T08:39:05.357-05:00Perhaps Jon Jay didn't want to play with the O...Perhaps Jon Jay didn't want to play with the Orioles. Maybe, if he was going to have to take a 1-year, low-value contract with a non-contender, he wanted a place with a clearer path to playing time. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18347209822215185644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-10413133997764091912018-03-06T17:56:23.878-05:002018-03-06T17:56:23.878-05:00Jon, you are absolutely correct in your thinking. ...Jon, you are absolutely correct in your thinking. The O's should sign Walker and use him exactly thusly. Who's to say that Walker wouldn't be better than Beckham at 3B? Funny thing is that Buck seems to value fielding prowess for the UTIL not capability to be a starting replacement. My guess is that, if Engelb or Sardinas doesn't make it, Buck will bring Hardy back. But, you know, this same argument - more or less - applied equally to so many other FAs on the market this winter from J. Garcia (O's need a lefty) to Dyson/Jay/Dickerson/C. Gomez (any of which could help now as a LH OF - except Gomez - and stand as a poor man's replacement for Adam next year) to Nunez (who would have filled exactly the same spot as Walker). There have been SO many cheap options this year and so little activity by the O's that it's mind numbing. With RP in such high demand, the O's should be extending Brach and Givens. But all of this assume the logic is to make the team better for longer. I'm not sure that this is the actual goal. I think the goal is to make the cheapest team possible passable in the standings. Steve Adams exclaimed in his chat today that he could not understand why the O's didn't sign Jay for 1/3. I guess it must be because Colby is da' bomb. And they didn't sign Garcia because Nestor is da' bomb. I guess we don't need Walker because Sardinas is da' bomb. Or was that Valencia? And Mountcastle is the next great 3B. Or was that SS? Or was that LF?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-81149577896493411962018-03-06T12:29:21.369-05:002018-03-06T12:29:21.369-05:00Depends on what they want for the 13th position pl...Depends on what they want for the 13th position player. It would come down to a Vielba, Valencia, Rickard, Hays battle.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-89373653365105687442018-03-06T12:26:07.824-05:002018-03-06T12:26:07.824-05:00starting position players (8), backup catcher, bac...starting position players (8), backup catcher, backup IF, backup OF, SP (5), bullpen (8), DH (2). That's 26 players. So we'd be a man down in the bullpen. That's always the argument whether you want 12 pitchers or 13 with a short bench. Usually we carry 13 b/c our SP can't pitch deep into games. O's Brosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16513985458961789695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-88139973487175178102018-03-06T11:26:12.240-05:002018-03-06T11:26:12.240-05:00In terms of roster space...boy I wish these commen...In terms of roster space...boy I wish these comments offered an edit feature.Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853470978165087046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-5117901573406049792018-03-06T11:25:24.997-05:002018-03-06T11:25:24.997-05:00What, if anything, would the Orioles have to sacri...What, if anything, would the Orioles have to sacrifice in order to have a designated hitter platoon?Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853470978165087046noreply@blogger.com