KingGibbs Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Well O's fans I think we finally may be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Andy McPhail's plan seems to be falling into place. We have rookies coming up and making IMMEDIATE impacts. Who the hell does this Reimold kid think he is and what's up with Bergesen, Berken and Hernandez winning their major league debut? Adam Jones has made such quick progression and has All-Star written all over him. Now we are bringing up the prize in Matt Weiters. I hope this kid lives up to the hype and hope he has nerves of steel with the expectations put on his shoulders. I however eventually see him being moved to first base and not our everyday catcher. The future is looking bright O's fans........finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I can't wait! I'm going to game on Saturday to see Wieters in action. Hopefully it'll bring more people out to the Yard. I was there on Monday and you would've thought with it being an afternoon game on Memorial day it would be packed, but there really weren't as many people as I thought there would be. Either way, it finally looks like the O's are getting things turned around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinInsite Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 You'll be pissed when he leaves for the Yankees in about 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buenosdiaz Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 best...catcher...ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingGibbs Posted May 29, 2009 Author Share Posted May 29, 2009 You'll be pissed when he leaves for the Yankees in about 3 years. Going to be kind of hard when we have the rights to him for I believe six years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd421 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 YAAAAAY Come on Weiters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunClintonRun26 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 The youngsters we have now are making wonderful contributions and look to be legit. And if Weiters is what we all hope he is, the O's finally have a GOOD young core for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 O's kids all doing well. Some guy keeps hitting home runs and I keep forgetting his name. It's Reinhold or something. So good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I'm not going to lie, I wished Wieters wasn't going to be called up for another week, so I could see him play one more time down here with the Tides. However, I'm glad he's up with the O's because they need a a catcher that can hit bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKSkinsFan Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 If Reimold pans out, their outfield is SET. Markakis, Jones, and Reimold could end up being the premier outfield in the East. I'm hoping we get some up and comers like Scott Moore at 3B and eventually Brandon Snyder at 1B to pan out. That with Tillman, Matusz, and Arrieta will really turn this team around. Hopefully we see Tillman making his debut sometime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 If Reimold pans out, their outfield is SET. Markakis, Jones, and Reimold could end up being the premier outfield in the East. I'm hoping we get some up and comers like Scott Moore at 3B and eventually Brandon Snyder at 1B to pan out. That with Tillman, Matusz, and Arrieta will really turn this team around. Hopefully we see Tillman making his debut sometime soon. I agree, if Reimold works out we should have the best OF in the majors possibly. We should have some good young pitching as well. My concern will be with the middle infield. Roberts is 30 or 31 now so we'll need to have a solid 2B coming up in a few years and the same with SS. But overall this team should be able to compete starting next year and beyond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 What is the line up going to look like today? Willis is a lefty so I am guessing: Roberts Jones Markakis Mora Huff Reimold Scott Wieters Izturis Scott might be replaced with Wigginton and flip Wigginton and Reimold in the order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney26 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I will admit I havent followed the Orioles or MLB for that matter in probaly 8-10 years and I will admit I dont know much about how trades and contracts work in MLB. But wont having Peter Angelos as an owner pretty much screw the Orioles out of having any chance of competing?? Wont all these players end up being not resigned when their contract is up since Angelos doenst like spending money. Again excuse my ignorance if this post is stupid. I used to watch when we had Brady leading, Raphie, Mussina, Davey Johnson. Those were the days. I would love to get back on the bandwagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I will admit I havent followed the Orioles or MLB for that matter in probaly 8-10 years and I will admit I dont know much about how trades and contracts work in MLB. But wont having Peter Angelos as an owner pretty much screw the Orioles out of having any chance of competing?? Wont all these players end up being not resigned when their contract is up since Angelos doenst like spending money. Again excuse my ignorance is this post is stupid. I would love to get back on the Orioles bandwagon. Spending money has never been an issue. Poor baseball decisions have been the biggest issue. Angelos never let the baseball people make moves without him getting involved. MacPhail seems to have a larger leash. We actually extended Markakis and Roberts this last offseason. We have also put a lot of money into the draft in the last couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I will admit I havent followed the Orioles or MLB for that matter in probaly 8-10 years and I will admit I dont know much about how trades and contracts work in MLB. But wont having Peter Angelos as an owner pretty much screw the Orioles out of having any chance of competing?? Wont all these players end up being not resigned when their contract is up since Angelos doenst like spending money. Again excuse my ignorance if this post is stupid. I used to watch when we had Brady leading, Raphie, Mussina, Davey Johnson. Those were the days. I would love to get back on the bandwagon. I think Angelos has become less involved since they brought in Andy McPhail to be the GM. Angelos has pretty much let McPhail run the show and do what he thinks is in the best interest. I'm sure Angelos still has some input, but its not as bad as it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hersh Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 On top of the success the younger O's players are having, at least 27 million in contracts comes off the books next year with Mora (8M), Huff (8M), Baez(7M), and Walker (4.5M). Maybe they resign Mora for another year or two but not at 8M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney26 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Hope your guys' optimism comes to fruition. Im tired of the same old song and dance from the Orioles. Im not a huge baseball fan I admit. Its hard for me to get into it unless the Orioles have a good team. I would root for the Nats too but there is nothing to root for there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Hope things start turning around and soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Skins_&_'Stons Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=4214226 "He is the switch-hitting Jesus". That pretty much sums it up for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd421 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Iv not been excited about young talent on this team for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARLORD1863 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I hope this guy's future pans out the way O's fans had hoped. We'll have Strasburg on the mound for us Nats fans in the not too distant future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WARLORD1863 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Hope things start turning around and soon! Of course, but don't expect a catcher to do it all. A great catcher is an important part of a winning team, especially if he can weild a bat like no other, but unless the team is firing on all cylinders you'll have a very good player on a team that still can't come close to the top of the AL east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMURedskins Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 I hope this guy's future pans out the way O's fans had hoped. We'll have Strasburg on the mound for us Nats fans in the not too distant future With all of the hype, can you imagine the first time Wieters and Strasberg face each other in interleague play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Stop hyping this guy already. R U trying to jinx ****? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chump Bailey Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 The Orioles could be a damn good team in the near future if they hit on most of their pitching prospects. They have 4-6 players in the top 50 prospects of all the combined teams I believe. David Hernandez did a great job last night too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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