The Dishwasher (a baseball blog)

I think were arguing in circles now so I’ll be done but I just think the experience Beavers would definitely get from being called up early is more valuable than the pick they might maybe get as a result of holding him back

Man I would love to see Pablo Lopez pitch for the Orioles for the next two seasons. Assuming the shoulder is OK.

Chance at getting a PPI pick?

I understand doing it with Basallo who is likely to place high in ROY next year but doing it with Beavers feels overkill

Let’s skip the Greg Allen experience

Even assuming they know for sure he’ll crack the top 100s it’s annoying that they always choose asset management over people management

Is it better for Beavers to get called up early and see as much major league pitching as possible so that we can evaluate him or is it better to have a small…

I don’t think it’s insane to think Dylan Beavers would be an instant upgrade over all the outfielders currently on the roster and I’d like him to get some low stakes major league reps and at the same time think it is unlikely that he’ll crack multiple top 100 lists and place top 2 in ROY next year

This is not hating it is sound financial advice

If you’re thinking about putting some money on the Brewers winning the World Series just remember that teams built on a foundation of service time manipulation and trading players away before you have to pay them will never win the big game

He’s pitched the 8th in a lot of blowouts over the years

This doesn’t even factor in today’s debacle

He is impure of heart and therefore destined to fail

Keegan Akin opponents OPS+ by inning

4th inning: 71
5th inning: 93
6th inning: 82
7th inning: 88
8th inning: 56
9th inning: 107
Extra innings: 305

And some of those totals are deflated because over the years he’s been a mop up guy

The guy has legitimately good pitching metrics when you look at his overall stats but he is a different pitcher all together in the last innings of the game

Heart pumps koolaid

Closer Keegan Akin is so funny because the O’s have tried several times over the last few years to make him a late innings guys and he’s consistently pissed down his leg anytime he’s been trusted with a big moment and now by default he’s got to handle the ninth in every single close game

Peering into Tony Mansolino’s mind*

Outfielder = fast

First baseman = slow

I’m nooticing

I hope the Orioles are at least asking the question and making their Boras players say No.

Orioles fan mural on Lexington

another cool one on Lexington by same artist. Feels like this logo would fit this team well this year.

I just want to see this team under a completely revamped coaching staff.

29-33 year old players who had many attempts and never did well anywhere may not be a market inefficiency but im not mr. moneyball

Brandon Young

Lol

Good manager: tells the player about the plan to have him move off his natural position face to face in his office and talks it over then talks to the media

Dumb manager: tells the local media first so that the player finds out he’s losing his position via social media or in a post game media scrum

And that’s ok the goal isn’t to always have 5 top prospects

The guys in the system now could end up being as good as the guys from a few years ago but there was a window around 2023-2024 where any of the Orioles top 5 prospects could have headlined a package for a really good starting pitcher with multiple years of control

Not the case currently

I think I meant to reply to the other comment but point stands

Yeah I think if they have a good offseason they could be back to being one of the best teams in the league so I’m not saying it’s over but I don’t think they’ll ever have the surplus of top prospects like they did in 2023 and 2024 it was a rare opportunity and they missed it

If the O’s don’t win with this core the decision to not trade Coby Mayo and Heston Kjerstad for pitching when they were both extremely valuable prospects will be the reason why

This times a billion. Literally hand crafted perfection of what the Orioles needed the past offseason

The Orioles are in contention to win the division if Garrett Crochet is the opening day starter