O's Observations

Let's fully ignite the Samuel Basallo Bonfire:

To all people posting things like this... If touch box strike, if not touch box, not strike

@DanClarkSports What's hard about this? I really don't get what there is to discuss.

Discuss...

@EricCrossMLB Not the centerpiece of the future Paul Skenes trade!

Spencer Jones has struck out in 16 of his 31 plate appearances in seven Triple-A games this season. #RepBX

@FAmmiranteTFJ The top three hitters in baseball are Judge, Ohtani and Alvarez and it's dumb Yordan was going in the 3rd/4th round. At least in 12 teamers

Yordan Alvarez is slashing a cool .423/.590/.885 so far. Came into today's action with a 22.7% barrel rate. Guy looks like Barry Bonds out there.

@JonPgh I play in 4 12-teamers and 1 10-teamer and he's already owned in every single one of those leagues...honestly I have no idea what leagues people play in. Your average Fantrax 12-teamer is pretty sharp

Jordan Walker might need added in all 12 teamers

People really lost their sh*t when my BOLD PREDICTION was that Cowser would be optioned by the end of May

@WRogers19958 He throws a fourseam and a curveball as well

@AngelusNovus3 Bradish throws the slider-sinker every other pitch. The opposing batters are going to catch on.

Serious question, is Bradish tipping pitches? He looks way too gross right now for the Pirates to be hitting him as hard as they are

@BaltimoreFan79 @jfcatcher23 I think i actually disagree here. I think they might just be equalish as hitters. If that's the case, the fact that Mounty has only one position (1B), while Jackson has a handful is the difference

@AngelusNovus3 @jfcatcher23 Jackson isn’t good…has no real place here once Holliday is back. I don’t want mounty here either but he has more value than J Jack

Who do you cut for Holliday?

@BaltimoreFan79 @jfcatcher23 For me its Mounty, not a question

@jfcatcher23 @AngelusNovus3 J Jackson and it’s not even a question

@RobSilver @CBSScottWhite After 6 games 😂😂😂😂 obviously he's great but we can't be serious saying ANYTHING after 6 games

@CBSScottWhite McGonigle has a 186 wRC+ while playing short and third.

Kevin McGonigle Samuel Basallo Kazuma Okamoto Chase DeLauter Carter Jensen Munetaka Murakami Connelly Early Trey Yesavage Tatsuya Imai Others yet to debut No, it is not.

@DrakeStay1 If they find a deal to their liking, yes

@AngelusNovus3 Flipping him for pen help from a non contender is a no brainer move.

I dont know if this is controversial, but I think Mounty might be the move when Jackson Holliday is activated. Trade or otherwise, idk

@OCon119 Im thinking more a trade than dfa

@AngelusNovus3 Paying him $7M when they didn't have to, just to DFA him in early April would be wild. Tough to see.

@tylerbarberis_ Yup, no doubt, at least thus far...

@AngelusNovus3 Im crtical on Cowser as well, but there's no denying his approach has improved.

Been really impressed with Colton Cowser's at-bats, specifically this series against Texas. You can tell he's shortened up his strike zone and has a different approach at the plate. Results will come soon.

@Bird_watcher21 He was good last year too. Not talking elite here. I mean solid long man, better than Akin

@AngelusNovus3 Everyone apologize to him right now! He had one good outing so that means he’s really good now!

Wow the Enns haters owe him an apology. Came in and got it done. Almost like Spring Training stats are irrelevant...

@realravenshunt I don’t think that means much, the arm talent is certainly there

@AngelusNovus3 Virtually no proven commodities there.

People are already railing against the Os bullpen, but they've been perfectly average so far, like a high 3s ERA or something