He goes from #2 to “Radhames Who?” just like that.

10 runs in 1.1 innings.

Adios, Liz.

although i am quite surprised the blue jays didn’t make a bid

The guy has electric pitches. This pretty much puts the final nail in the coffin of that group of prospects from the middle of this decade (Cabrera, Olson, Liz, Loewen). With those results it would be difficult for our current prospects to be more disappointing.

I mean, I know he ended up a disappointment, but 2nd best behind Matt Wieters in 2008? Higher than Reimold or Bergesen? Or Jake Arrieta?

Here’s the link: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2008/265361.html

So this was before the Adam Jones trade, which makes sense because no way he’s a better prospect than Tillman.

I’m just sad the Os have lost another player with a great name. Randor Bierd is already gone and Rad Liz was the only shining light left.

Of course, he couldn’t figure out his mechanics or control and stuck outloud, but his name…that’s what I will remember.

Liz was once a top pitching prospect and a valuable commodity in the baseball world. And the Orioles not only managed to not develop his talent successfully (which may well not be their fault) but they also failed to properly exploit his value as a commodity.

Liz clearly had value; that the Padres claimed him off waivers, putting them on the hook for at least $400,000 in salary demonstrates that. More to the point, if things go poorly, this could be the future of Tillman, Arrieta, Erbe, etc. A smart organization turns these players into something of value – if not the player himself, then something else of value on the trade market. Garrett Olson, another busted O’s prospect, was an example of that – we turned him into Pie, another organization’s busted prospect who we thought we could fix (and to a degree, we have). Maybe we could have turned Liz into Matt Antonelli, a former top Padres prospect whose career is, like Liz’s, in a tailspin.