AL East Thread

[mr.hockey4242]

Do the ORIOLES owe Dumpster Dan Duquette an apology???
For 3 years now, Orioles Nation has raged on Duquette....and derided him as Dumpster Dan for picking castoff nobodies.

Renato Nunez .306/.383/.597 $564k signed until 2024
Hanser Alberto .345/.370/.540 $1.65 signed until 2023
Pedro Severino .304/.371/.571 $564k signed until 2024
Rio Ruiz .259/.331/.611 $585k signed until 2025

All 4 guys were picked off the scrap heap after being outright waiver cuts by other teams.

It is still early, and they will likely regress.....but WOW.

Yeah obviously small sample sizes and based off what they have proven to this point a lot of regression should be expected. But, they all are in that 26/27 prime age range. And Nunez/Alberto especially have showed things over the course of a full season last year that they are not a complete fluke.

Alberto seems like a legit .300 hitter. He puts bat to ball. In this short season he appears to be hitting doubles at a really high rate. If his bat to ball skills can keep tranlating to doubles, his overall slash line will stay closer to what it is now.

Nunez had the 30 homer power last year but do to his middling average and not a lot else his slugging% wasnt much special. But he has shown he can hit the long ball. So if over the course of a full season he can be more of a .275ish hitter rather than .250. That will add a lot of value.

 

[Pure Steel]

Chapman looks like Carl Weathers in Predator.....

 

[bksballer89]

I'm a big Jordan Montgomery fan

 

[Pure Steel]

I'm a big Jordan Montgomery fan

Yup, glad he’s back and healthy again

 

[nynasty]

Luke Voit picking up the slack.

What a trade that was.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

It’s good to see the Yankees on a roll like this in a short season. That is what we need in a short season. You need to pile up the wins and do it fast

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Luke Voit picking up the slack.

What a trade that was.

80% of the roster is guys other teams didn’t want

 

[nynasty]

It’s good to see the Yankees on a roll like this in a short season. That is what we need in a short season. You need to pile up the wins and do it fast

Need to get a little revenge on a certain central Florida team

 

[soxfan1468927]

I feel like I should leave for 2 years again.

 

[obxyankeefan]

I feel like I should leave for 2 years again.

 

[soxfan1468927]

I see right through your rugged exterior

 

[Andrew G.]

Aroldis Chapman is jacked yet still throwing gas!!

 

[bksballer89]

80% of the roster is guys other teams didn’t want

You're alive?

 

[bksballer89]

Yup, glad he’s back and healthy again

open your dms

 

[Pure Steel]

open your dms

?

 

[navamind]

Ahahahahahhahaha

This team stinks

 

[Pure Steel]

Ahahahahahhahaha

This team stinks

It's not everything.....you drink great beer.....you got that going for you, which is nice......

 

[nynasty]

So the Rays are gonna be the thorn this year, it appears.

Cool cool.

 

[molsaniceman]

So the Rays are gonna be the thorn this year, it appears.

Cool cool.

yanks are screwed only 3 games left vs red sox

 

[cerealboi]

Ahahahahahhahaha

This team stinks

You're trying to tell me that a team with Martin Perez as the #2 isn't good?!

 

[molsaniceman]

You're trying to tell me that a team with Martin Perez as the #2 isn't good?!

what u talking about hes the ace

 

[Pure Steel]

So the Rays are gonna be the thorn this year, it appears.

Cool cool.

Had chances, the Voit K was the game.....looked low, but have to swing there.....