Melvin Mora had a 155 OPS+ in 2004

I was really just trying to understand your point better. Didn't mean to upset you. My bad.

My question was moreso: you said the O's made "nice picks," but you didn't like them given how big the bonus pool is. So is your point that the team should have changed strategy b/c they're wimps in other respects? My opinion is that it should be the other way around: be more aggressive elsewhere.

Aren't you conflating the team's approach to the draft and the team's approach to everything else? Elias's conservatism is undoubtedly frustrating. It's not all that frustrating to me in the context of the draft, though.

We have 7 semi-healthy starters and not a single one of them could get a whiff if their life depended on it. Has to be the worst group of starters in MLB in terms of ability to miss bats. I don't know why Elias thought that was desirable.

Urias owes O'Hearn a beer or two.

2025 Camden Yards home runs over left-field wall that wouldn't have been homers from 2022-24:

4/2: Trevor Story (Red Sox)
4/3: Triston Casas (Red Sox)
4/13: Alejandro Kirk (Blue Jays), Ryan Mountcastle (#Orioles), Tyler O'Neill (Orioles)
4/17: Gunnar Henderson (Orioles)

Back-to-back homers to Schneemann and Hedges is really uninspiring.

It was all an elaborate setup to get Duran to GIDP

There's no overstating how valuable Ced has been to the Orioles since 2021. Elite defense and an average to above average bat is not a common CF combo in MLB. Lucky to have him.

Changeup looks nasty. If he can keep the BB% down he might be able to stay up for a bit.