will hayden penn ever see rainbows?

by jq higgins on Mar 13, 2008 11:44 AM EDT

or the second round of cuts thread starring:

hayden penn, bob mccrory, freddy deza and zach dillon.

not really surprised aboudez, dillon and mccrory, but though penn would get more of a shot at the 5/swing man role. he's pitched fairly well thus far and yesterday shouldn't have changed that assessment, really.

i reckon we'll be seeing bob mccrory again before the season's over. also, any comments on today's proceedings?

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We may very well see Penn, too

But it's probably best if he starts the season in Norfolk.

I still can't shake the memory of watching Penn his offspeed stuff on a string one start. He had absolutely sick stuff, once upon a time. As we've seen with D-Cab, though, "stuff" does not equal "success."

by KenDixonFanClub on Mar 13, 2008 1:35 PM EDT reply actions

hey, hey...

garrett olson perfect through 2ip.

So, I said, uh, lama: how about a little something for the effort?

by jq higgins on Mar 13, 2008 1:39 PM EDT reply actions

options

I think it came down to who had options. Penn has options, I think Sarfate, Bierd, and F. Cabrera have to stay up. Not sure if Albers has any options left.

Rocky Cherry, son of Merry Cherry.

by birdman on Mar 13, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions

fcab

Here is a blurb from rotoworld: Orioles signed RHP Fernando Cabrera to a minor league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Norfolk.
Cabrera could have joined the Tampa Bay pen immediately. Instead, he took the Orioles' offer of a Triple-A contract and a September callup. He's under control through 2011, so this is a very nice move for Baltimore.

As I recall he is injured, so I think he can be in the minors on a rehab assignment of an indeterminate length.

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Mar 14, 2008 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions

Supposedly to prep AAA rotation

According to a recent Sun article, they are sending arms to minor league camp in order to give them innings and get them ready to be called up ASAP. Burres and Albers are getting sent down right behind Penn. They can only get an inning or two per outing pitching with the big club. With Patton going down and Loewen feeling shoulder soreness and no 5th starter yet, I believe MacPhail when he says he wants to build the AAA rotation to be ready for early callups.

I'd post the link, but I'm assuming everyone here, like me, is all over the O's articles in the Sun as soon as they come out. Especially if you're killing time at work. It does intrigue and impress me that O's articles are always in the top 5 most read on the site. That's a sign to me that people still care and the team still has a fan base that will show up if we ever start winning again.

by Cockeysville Crony on Mar 13, 2008 11:27 PM EDT reply actions

people caring

I think that is very true. While the OH is what it is, the fact that they get thousands upon thousands of visitors underscores the passion that exists. We consistently can draw over three million people, and the area has grown a lot since then, IIRC. Too bad the owner has run this organization into the ground...

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Mar 14, 2008 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions

re:

I didn't read that article until this morning. I must have missed it when I hurried to all the must read Schmuck articles.

Anyhow, haven't we been told for a while now that the O's have a lot of pitching depth and it's a strength of the organization? Oh, they are all minor league pitchers who may never amount to anything? Damn.

Given that the pitching isn't really a strength in terms of being MLB ready, who cares who the O's throw out there as a 5th starter? Cripes, they have D-Cab as the highest paid pitcher in the rotation sitting at #2. Take the guy who will be able to mentally handle it and protect the guys who can't. Seems to me Olson was overwhelmed last year. Penn got battered and I'm not sure how he'd react. Plus, he still probably needs to pitch innings to recover from last year. Let Liz pitch AAA innings and figure out his mechanics before he's under the knife. Burres has done the swingman role before, so at least he has the experience. I don't know about Albers.

Maybe some day all this supposed pitching strength will show up. Hopefully the O's will let the arms develop and I'm all for letting a journeyman (like Burres) take a pounding in the meanwhile.

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