The O's have 28 pitchers on their 40 man roster which obviously exposes their lack of positional depth. So what does McPhail want to do? Go out and get another...
I know that you're trying to get me going to unload on the O's GM. In fairness to this group and not wanting to throw cold water on anyone's hopes beyond what...
Now, I don't know the ins and outs of the Cubs minor league system. And since you completely dismissed my last fact filled e-mail, I'll go over this real...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 1, 2008 1:48 pm
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Tom, That's 6 position players in how many years from within their ENTIRE minor league system. It could be argued that even a blind squirrel finds a nut every...
Ok. Well the blind squirrels running the O's organization hasn't had much the past 10 years. But you can't have it both ways. You can't blame MacPhail for...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 1, 2008 3:54 pm
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... I wouldn't term either one of them succesful. The thing is that over the years the Cubs, as well as the O's, have been in draft positions to select...
If Joe goes streaking in front of my house, I'm sending the Socialist out there to streak with him. That'll teach him in a hurry to avoid Fang territory,...
Now that's something worth discussing...This isn't something that is specific to Cubs and O's, but lots of teams. What causes the draft failures? Baseball...
The Orioles have worked hard on building a dynasty of failure. Last winning season 1997. Once Angelos fired Davey Johnson they haven't sniffed .500 so let's...
I truly believe that the shortcoming in successful scouting lies in the fact that there are a couple of things that should be measured, but aren't measured...
Yeah take someone like David Eckstein who gets every mile out of his ability or this Langoria kid who looked like hes been in the majors all along on his first...
Maybe the odds for Tampa are just higher because they always finished last and got high draft picks.They were definately lucky with the production they've...
Tampa has done a great job building a franchise. They were sideracked for years signing subpar scrubs who were past their prime to free agent deals. Remember...
Baseball has been around for over 100 years, and there's really no secrets anymore on what it takes to provide a winning franchise and which prospects that...
Tampa has also had a top pick (even better than the Orioles) for like 10 years. Actually, this is kind of interesting, I just found it: ...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 4:16 pm
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Add to it the fact that so many players in the baseball draft are fresh out of high school, and many of them aren't naturally gifted with maturity. Add to THAT...
Well it's not just about maturity. Like some kids have peaked at 17 years old. Others don't peak until 23, for example. So you draft a high schooler you're...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 4:50 pm
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Well, my point was - you take an 18 year old pitcher who has been coasting through high school only using about 80% of his talent, because that's all he's ever...
Since 2002, Sixty percent of the players drafted have come from College programs. That figured has changed since the 70's when high schoolers were the...
The Oriole Way for years had always been about pitching and developing minor league players. The year they started to get away from that was when their...
I knew it had been trending to college, but I didn't realize that the percentage was that high for college ball players. Still, 40% is pretty high.... And I'm...
The economics of the issue have changed things as well.High school players possessed additional leverage, as they had the option of attending junior college...
answer to your question is upside/potential! ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 6:42 pm
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No matter what spin MacPhail puts on this nightmare, the fact is that only the Orioles could have blown this. Rios got 7/70; Hanley got 6/70. So if the...
Signed through 2011... ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 11:10 pm
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He's locked in and not going anywhere.... Who initiated the extension talks? Why now with 3 years remaining? Lots can happen to him physically within 3 years...
The difference was their young pitchers. The guys who had ERA's in the 5's a year or two ago, like Edwin Jackson, Andy Sonnanstine, etc got it turned around....
Tom Stewart
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Dec 2, 2008 11:52 pm
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I'll give to the end of this offseason. If nothing is done, then I'm slowly going to be a Tampa Bay fan. You guys old me on them. ... From: Matt Jergensen...
I'm with Matt, plain and simple. If the O's blow the Markakis thing, I'm through and won't be back. It's a freebie - we know he will sign and we know the...
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