O's purging their 40 man roster

by UMterp08 on Oct 18, 2007 10:44 PM EDT

The club outrighted Eider Torres, Val Majewski and Adam Stern from AAA today. This being a week after they did the same J.R. House, Gustavo Molina and Rob Bell. And Victor Zambrano and Jaret Wright before that.

I love the direction MacPhail is taking. These guys were all garbage and everyone knew it. They had no potential and chances of them ever helping the MLB roster was non existant. Hopefully they start getting rid of more players to make room for some guys with actual upside, as opposed to hanging on to these quadruple A players for years.

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wasn't Val

going to break all the rules and be a great player

by merdon1332000 on Oct 19, 2007 12:15 AM EDT reply actions

re:

He was a really good prospect before he wrecked his shoulder. Totally stagnated since then.

by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2007 12:57 AM EDT up reply actions

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These guys were all garbage and everyone knew it. They had no potential and chances of them ever helping the MLB roster was non existant.

Yeah, sorta. Stern would be a fine fifth outfielder, which is a part of an MLB roster.

They DO have to field minor league teams somehow, and most of those players aren't any good. But these are not losses, I agree.

by Scott Christ on Oct 19, 2007 12:58 AM EDT reply actions

macphail

I think these decisions were pretty easy. I'm much more interested in whether or not we extend Bedard and what we receive for Tejada. My fear is that we'll trade Tejada for Juan Bell and two late 20 something relievers, not extend Bedard (and decide to keep him) and not really do much of anything. There does exist a scenario that the team really doesn't improve itself for the long term or the short term.

Also, I always rooted for Val. It's too bad injuries wrecked his career.

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Oct 19, 2007 1:16 AM EDT reply actions

Maybe this means

that they'll start bringing prospects up to AAA instead of using AAA solely for reclamation projects.

by Stanicek on Oct 19, 2007 1:39 AM EDT reply actions

Who are they going to get...

I'm not against purging the junk; but who exactly are they going to replace these guys with; who aren't themselves complete junk?

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Oct 19, 2007 9:26 AM EDT reply actions

first of all...

it's not like they're releasing these guys. they're taking them off the 40 man roster. i think the message is, when things go wrong w/ the big club, these guys aren't the first line of defense, so they're basically a waste of roster space.

by jq higgins on Oct 19, 2007 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions

that's the million dollar question

All I know is I'm not expecting any magic. If lucky, the O's might be a decent club by early next decade.

by drj on Oct 19, 2007 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Val Majewski

Looked like...Nick Markakis until that shoulder injury. Hella shame that.

"True friends stab you in the front."-Oscar Wilde.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on Oct 19, 2007 8:00 PM EDT reply actions

You know who Nick Markakis will be like...

Trot Nixon, except hopefully healthy. It sort of popped into my head while watching the playoffs. That's my guess on how Nick's career will look like. 25 HRs give or take a few, good but not great OBP, modest power, and good RF defense.

by birdman on Oct 19, 2007 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Markakis's peak years might look like Trot's,

but I don't think that Nick is one of those "fall of at age 30" players. In other words, I think he's built to last.

"True friends stab you in the front."-Oscar Wilde.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on Oct 20, 2007 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions

Boswell, today's WaPo, on team bldg:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/19/AR2007101900049.html?nav=most_emaile d

"But as the Indians, Rockies and D-backs all proved this year, you can be in the bottom half of the sport in attendance, and in the bottom quarter in payroll, yet still reach the final four if you draft, scout, trade and develop players wisely enough."

Makes ya wanna believe.

Even metaphorically speaking, the Warehouse isn't a warehouse. It's an outhouse. What does that make Petey?

by Titov on Oct 20, 2007 2:00 AM EDT reply actions

It has never been rocket science

or atmospheric physics. (A bitch of a course for someone who is the least bit math challenged.)

Where the hell do people think Pujols came from? A Cardinal scout found him while watching JC games. I've been arguing for years, hell decades now, that the O's needed to be putting money into scouting and player development.

They should have Baseball Academys in the DR, Venezuala and perhaps Nicauruaga or Mexico. They should have a full time Asian scout, maybe two. They should be trying to identify the best evaluators of talent and the best teachers and developers of talent and pay them top dollar, not FA's for the major league roster.

But what the fuck do I know?

by timg56 on Oct 22, 2007 6:53 PM EDT reply actions