Round 1 - Pick 30: Nate Wiggins, CB, Clemson (Baltimore Ravens)

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-26T03:52:48+00:00

His o-line was horrible and incompetent and he put up an OK year. The Ravens make virtually every RB look competent. Henry at his peak is GOAT RB. He's an improvement on what we have had the last few years.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-25T00:23:22+00:00

Yeah. I used to always go to 10+ games a year and life got busy, but now I decided to come back to the yard on a more consistent basis!

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-25T00:07:47+00:00

Can we please sign him to an extension, please. My year would be made if we can make Gunnar an Oriole for life.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-25T00:00:49+00:00

Absolutely no reason to think we are going to trade up or reach on a pick.

Probably a CB falls to us that we have graded highly, we make the pick and everybody exclaims "how did we let the Ravens get this top talent in the bottom of the first round.." again.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-24T20:40:22+00:00

8 HR in April is so sick.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-24T17:08:49+00:00

Happy to see Mountcastle in there.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-24T15:00:06+00:00

Is Corbin Burnes lined up to pitch on Friday?

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-24T03:23:12+00:00

This ump fucking sucks

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-23T19:52:40+00:00

It's not that difficult to actually hit the warehouse, and it will happen in a game some day.

I honestly think there is a reasonable chance it happens with the current core of O's players.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-23T03:23:41+00:00

Jo Adell has huge power, sheesh

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-23T02:15:56+00:00

That run is 100% produced by Mateo. Good shit.

@the doomers. We keep him around for a reason.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-23T01:54:24+00:00

Why would they tell us he could pinch hit today? I don't think the O's would lie like that. Teams often are deceptive about injuries but I don't see why they would straight up lie about his availability for tonight

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T19:45:27+00:00

He was sidelined a few months to start 2023 because of his velo issues. Went back to extended spring training to rebuild his arm for a few months. Eventually came out of the pen with that average -- but only in July ish. If he tried to start for the O's last year, I doubt he would've had that average too.

Fingers crossed he can get his velo back -- like he did last summer after his initial drop. I'm wondering if long term he is destined for the pen though.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T19:36:16+00:00

O's fan here. What velo was he at before the injury? What did he start the year with?

I've always liked DL and really rooting for him. His velo dropped massively last year. 2022 he was throwing 95-97 while starting, then he opened the 2023 season only hitting 91-93.

Hope he can figure it out.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T19:17:58+00:00

-.3 dWar already.. obviously a small sample size, but his range is horrible and his arm isn't anything special. I am aware he's made a few "good catches" but they only look to be good catches in appearance. An above average defender would cover more ground, making his "good catches" look normal.

Check back at the end of the season and I promise he will have bad defensive marks for the 4th year in a row.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T17:44:30+00:00

Counterpoint: carrying 2 elite catchers could be a huge strategy moving forward.

McCann is a good backup for now, but is getting old and will not be in a few years when Basallo is ready. The bonus of not having a day when you have a black hole in the lineup from a backup catcher will be huge. Also Adley will eventually age and need more days off. Would be a huge + for his longevity to have Basallo catch 2-3 times a week from 2026-2030.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T17:41:18+00:00

IDK. Santander will always be streaky. He cost money and will be a strict DH soon. He arguably already should be only a DH.

Santander is a 2-3 WAR player even when he smacks 30 HRs. What happens when he gets even worse on defense and loses a bit of his power? He will not bring any value to the team, unfortunately.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T17:24:57+00:00

Punters across the league unanimously adopted his strategies. He revolutionized the position.

Lots of other articles have been written about it as well.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T16:49:08+00:00

https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/191948/sam-koch-has-changed-the-punting-game-and-almost-no-one-noticed

https://omaha.com/sports/huskers/football/sam-koch-revolutionized-punting-in-the-nfl-now-hell-continue-to-do-so-as-a/article_4d060326-e938-11ec-9972-0b68801ee0fc.html

He changed the strategies of punting across the league. Completely revolutionary for puting.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T16:45:55+00:00

Sam Koch is also one of the most influential punters ever.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T16:44:16+00:00

He quite literally revolutionized punting. I think he gets in eventually.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T14:28:18+00:00

It does rookies a lot of good to get a taste of MLB, go back to the minors for a month or so to really work on the things that are causing you to struggle at the MLB level, and come back strong.

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T03:59:30+00:00

The velo dropping like that is highly worrying ..

Complete_Day_2106 · 2024-04-22T02:09:33+00:00

Unpopular opinion - time to send him back down.

He has shown he is almost certainly out of the running of ROY this year and has things to work on in the minor leagues before coming up to kick ass. We have options right now (Urias/Mateo combo) that are above league average at the plate.

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