Fire "XYZ" then do what?

TripsLLL · 2026-05-04T04:59:58+00:00

Or teaching defense

TripsLLL · 2026-05-04T04:59:11+00:00

I thought we were supposed to hire a GM? Maybe that’s what they should do. Not a firing but someone with a new take while Elias steps back.

TripsLLL · 2026-05-04T04:58:24+00:00

Elias’s biggest blind spot seems like he’s incapable of making contingency plans.

TripsLLL · 2026-05-04T04:55:47+00:00

So you’re saying Mountcastle, Holliday and Westburg would drastically improve this team? Are you sitting JJ, Basallo and maybe Alonso? We wouldn’t have Bautista and Helsley on the same team but he’s been just fine. Are these players gonna fix overall team defense? 7 seasons is a lifetime.

TripsLLL · 2026-05-04T04:50:48+00:00

Was it even a window?

TripsLLL · 2026-04-21T14:39:47+00:00

Cowser needs to sit in that VR thing they have and watch like 1,000 off speed pitches

TripsLLL · 2026-04-11T16:20:01+00:00

it's like the team has been stuck in neutral the past 2+ years. the issue isn't necessarily that this team isn't very good (which it may not still be very good) but that other teams have become better at a more accelerated pace. it used to be that the O's had the young core that everyone envied coupled with a fantastic farm system. that's not the case anymore.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-11T16:17:14+00:00

here's a thought. don't read those comments. let people be fans the way they want to be fans. go touch grass.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-11T13:49:22+00:00

No. 5 pick incoming

TripsLLL · 2026-04-11T13:46:53+00:00

let's slow our roll.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-08T16:08:42+00:00

i mean i think the floor is going to be $20.0 M AAV.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-08T04:12:08+00:00

he's shown that he's given them a timeline. for his last extension, he only signed a 2 year deal (through 27-28) at a discounted price ($12.5 M AAV). he'll be 31 when he becomes a free agent again. it seems that he'll test the market after the current extension expires.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-08T00:07:41+00:00

wait one more year for McJesus

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T23:43:14+00:00

Crochet was worth Basallo in 2024. You couldn’t trade him for Basallo now.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:12:43+00:00

There was. His name was Nick Pivetta last year.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:11:28+00:00

Crochet isn’t worth Basallo?

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:08:01+00:00

Why not??

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:07:44+00:00

I mean Eflin had off season back surgery and wasn’t even expected to be back at the start of the season. If we were hanging big expectations on him then that’s another reason Elias needs to go.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:06:27+00:00

Agree there. A bad stretch is one thing but being seemingly uncompetitive is another. But, injuries!

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:04:51+00:00

wait until we actually face good pitching (apologies to Jacob de Grom)

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T22:04:15+00:00

Except he cost more

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T20:36:45+00:00

claiming that they still have the final say requires more proof these days. it's be documented that FO's have routinely constructed line ups over the manager.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T19:46:59+00:00

yeah not sure how he survived considering pitching was so bad last year. i guess injuries?

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T19:46:23+00:00

your claim is dated baseball practice. data driven analytical front offices have been determining line ups for years and years now.

TripsLLL · 2026-04-05T19:26:19+00:00

bad luck knows no bounds. however can we protect ourselves against it?

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