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Oooooohhhh......OK, but I think you're looking at stashing him on your bench for a season minimum, possibly up to two. A September call-up is possible but he's pitched zero innings in the O's system thus far and the strategy is to not rush the prospects which we have done to peril in the past. Heck, Weiters was raking it all last season and they diligently kept him down and in fact he's raking again in ST, yet they're insistent he's in the minors until May. It wouldn't shock me if you don't get any stats out of Matusz until mid-2010 as it's likely he's at AA all 2009 and they'll likely take the same approach of giving him a couple months at AAA (and delay his service/arbitration clock) with a later 2010 call up. Just saying.

Gregg Zaun, C Keeping Matt Wieters' seat warm both on the O's and my fantasy team. And I'm done!

Sorry, I didn't know it was expected that we send the next person a PM. I sometimes get one, I sometimes don't. I just assume people check the thread once or twice a day to see if they're up. Hopefully I didn't cause you to lose out on Asdrubal Cabrera

I'll go with the local boy... Nick Adenhart, SP

Felix Pie, OF I guess the avatar was foreshadowing. I'll stash 20/20 potential from the home team on the bench with a late pick.

Hanrahan! Olsen! Florres! It's a run on WASHINGTON NATIONALS! AHH!

Fun, I'll be in. My first pick:

Chris Ray, RP Here's hoping for a strong bounce back from TJ surgery. And yes, here's hoping the O's parts are stronger than their sum...

Darn...yeah, I was saving a spot for him. I actually drafted him last year and he sat rotting on the N/A list all season. But, I won with Jay Bruce and Evan Longoria so I still feel I came out ahead.

It's been a couple rounds since I've drafted an Oriole. Unacceptable. Koji Uehara, SP

He's heating up!

I will go with: Chris Perez, RP ...and hope he wins the closer role.

Hiroki Kuroda, SP

I'm definitely a huge homer, but I feel like I can independently justify all my O's picks. Wieters, I admit I picked way earlier than normal, but there's no doubt he's the #1 prospect in baseball and I really didn't want to lose him. Roberts is top 5 2B, Markakis top 10 OF, Jones is an easy breakout candidate and Guthrie is one of the best pitchers who was available. So, no regrets.

bored in his PM to alert me I was up reminded me "there are more Orioles available." Indeed there are! Jeremy Guthrie, SP An ACE in fact! Ok, so it's the ace on the Baltimore Orioles, who currently do not have any set rotation for spots 2-5, but an ACE still!

Hank Blaalock, 1B, 3B Here's hoping for an injury free comeback year!

Miguel Tejada, SS Ok, I know he's had a no-good, very bad off-season, and he's suddenly 2 years older, but unless he spends time in federal prison (a possibility, granted), I need a shortstop, and he still gives you top 10 production from your SS. Plus he's a former Oriole, so you know.

Rockbirds welcomes a glut of young outfield talent with the addition of 30-30 potential Lastings Milledge, OF.

Looks like we're back to normal. Might be a good idea to have a backup board for this anyway though.

Does someone (Krankor?) want to just sign up a new board strictly for our fantasy baseball league and whatever else, sports discussion, I don't know, so we can continue this without several of our managers unable to participate in the thread?

What happened? Why is everyone suddenly banned? This is ridiculous.

Adam Jones, Nick Markakis and Jay Bruce is a FINE outfield assemblage for all the times, if I may say so myself.

Adam Jones, OF Woops, wrong one. Yeah, yeah, I'm an Orioles mark.

Weird, the correct spelling didn't come up when you searched. It was spelled wrong in post 1 and post 3, but post 2 had the correct spelling. Oh well, if thats the only name I misspelled, I'll be pleased. Well, not that it matters but James Shields didn't come up when I first searched because he's listed as James Shield. And plenty of Molinas!