Baltimore Orioles Have Called Up Prospect Manny Machado To Help With Playoff Push
Dan Duquette and the Baltimore Orioles have decided to call up superstar prospect Manny Machado from Double-A Bowie. Machado will make his first start in the big leagues tonight against the Kansas City Royals at third base.
I know what you’re thinking… that was fast, right?
Sure it was, but the Orioles are in the midst of their first serious playoff push in 15 years and they’re going to do everything they can to improve their team down the stretch. “If we can do something that makes us two inches better to have a chance to win the last 49 games, we’re going to do it,” Buck Showalter told reporters after the Orioles swept the Mariners on Wednesday.
Knotted in a three way race for an AL Wild Card spot and trailing the Yankees by 4.5 games in the East, this move proves that the Orioles are all-in. They aren’t just playing for their first winning season since 1996, they’re playing to make the postseason.
The 20-year-old Machado leaves Bowie with a 9-game hitting streak in which he went 16-for-33 with three doubles, two triples, three home runs and 7 RBI. He’s batted .275 since the All-Star break and has played just two games at third base.
Let the Manny Machado era officially begin.
Why Not 2012?
Too young , too soon , smacks of desparation because they failed to pick up a quality third sacker , and why is thei , simple , because they are cheap,,,,,,,,,,shame on them………….
you are an idiot
I second that…
Z-Man…Please, please tell me you are now on the O’s PR Department’s Payroll!!! I find it hard to believe you would write “they’re going to do everything they can to improve their team down the stretch” and “this move proves that the Orioles are all-in. They aren’t just playing for their first winning season since 1996, they’re playing to make the postseason.”…Z-Man, I usually enjoy reading your articles, and those of others on the BSR Staff…But this over the top fawning over Machado and the O’s Front Office is hard to swallow…The O’s have done nothing, N-O-T-H-I-N-G, to demonstrate they are trying to win this year…A Rule V Draft Pick clogged their roster for more than 100 games…They did NOT trade for Zack Greinke, Wandy Rodriguez, Hanley Ramirez, Shane Victorino, Hunter Pence, Chase Headley or anyone else. Bringing up a Kid who has struggled to hit in Double A and having him a play a position he is unfamiliar with is nonsensical if they are trying to “win now”. In fact, its a move only the O’s PR Department could celebrate.
My favorite Troll, Bruz…look how you ignore what was a five game winning streak and yet again, focus on the negative.
By the way, several hours after this article, the Sun posted this…
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-manny-machado-column-0810-20120809,0,6400188.column
“It is an aggressive move by the Orioles’ front office and a signal to both the fans and the players that — regardless of what happened at the deadline for making trades without waivers — this thing just got real.” Just goes to show that even experienced veterans make mistakes, too…IF anyone, even after tonight, thinks Manny is a better option than Chase Headley, i’d love to talk off-line about a little wager………
There are so many inaccuracies in your comment. I really don’t even know where to begin. Let’s start here… which Orioles players do you think they could have packaged together to get a Greinke, Wandy, Hanley, Victorino, Pence or Headley? No one has been able to answer that.
As the article states, Manny left a 9-game hitting streak behind when he was called up from Double-A. He was killing the ball. A promotion to Triple-A was soon expected. The Orioles didn’t make a move at the deadline and that’s because Major League Baseball added a second wild card which meant far more teams were contenders which meant that the asking prices were at an all time high. Ask any baseball expert.
As I type this Manny just hit his second home run of the night. I guess the Orioles rushed him to the big leagues and they aren’t trying to make the playoffs by calling him up.
Pirates got Rodriguez for Ruddy Owens, a 28th Round Draft Pick in 2006 and their #16 Prospect after 2011 (per Baseball America), and Robbie Grossman, a 6th Round Pick in 2008 and their #8 Prospect after 2011.
Dodgers got Shane Victorino for Josh Lindblom, 61st Pick in 2008 and LA’s #8 Prospect after 2011 and Ethan Martin, 1st Rd pick in 2008, but only Dodgers 17th best prospect after 2011.
I could go on…Just takes a little effort to research this stuff…Baseball experts all agree the above two players were actually traded… 🙂
As for Manny’s minor league stats…Upon further review, his .776 OPS in over 900 plate appearances is impressive…I had incorrectly assumed since all the focus was on his last 9 or 10 games that he struggled before that…So I’ll cede that point to you.
I stand by my questioning of what the Orioles are doing to make you write “they’re going to do everything they can to improve their team down the stretch” and “this move proves that the Orioles are all-in. They aren’t just playing for their first winning season since 1996, they’re playing to make the postseason.” Lew Ford…Omar Quarantilla…Steve Johnson…Jim Thome…Nate McClouth…Z-Man, if that’s going all in, well, I’m not buying.
Final Point…How could this organization be so far behind the curve that Manny has played two games at 3rd Base this year? Isn’t this the same club that signed JJ Hardy to play shortstop through 2014?
Thank you for writing back…I would like to ask where all of my inaccuracies were in my post? I counted one, that being Manny’s offensive output in the minors…
I can do research for trades that happened. I asked what you would have packaged to get Greinke, Wandy, Hanley, Victorino, Pence or Headley to Baltimore. Still, no answer on that.
How long until you start buying? 17,000 at the game again tonight… most people agree with you. I’m just wondering when people will stop thinking it will all fall apart. People said it in May, June, July and now August.
Had the Orioles waited too long to call up Manny people would have said they were being cheap with his contract and service time. They called him up early and now the same people are saying he was rushed.
As for possible trades, its just math, right? If Houston liked Pirates 8th and 16th best prospects, surely the would’ve loved our 6th and 12the best, right?
I’m being 100% serious when I ask what there is to buy in to…
Their 12 game extra inning winning streak is the 8th longest in MLB History (http://junkstats.com/mlb/2012-orioles-longest-extra-inning-win-streaks/)…Its fun, but nothing more than a statistical fluke…
They have no MLB quality 1B, 2B, 3B (Manny notwithstanding), LF, or DH.
They have no Starting Pitching…Chen remains an unknown commodity…Way better than expected so far…But as MLB sees more and more of him, how can he not regress? Steve Johnson, Miguel Gonzalez, the “rejuvenated” Chris Tilman, Tommy Hunter (who Nolan Ryan gave away for a song).
The collapse you alluded to is, in fact, coming…And it will be epic…Bookmark it…Archive it…Throw darts at it…Whatever…But ii is coming…
Ryan, Bruz’s genius, gave up Chris Davis, 18 homers, 50 something RBis, Pedro Strop- one of the game’s top set up men, and Tommy Hunter for Mike Gonzalez and Koji Uehera. Mike is now with DC and Koji is a situational lefty who’s thrown 21 innings.
Yea, I hope the genius Nolan trades with the Os again real soon.
So now you believe that the Orioles could give up one of their #1 picks? Yea, me too, but the Dodgers werent taking Matt Hobgood.
Typical defrayal from a hater. Os keep winning, but trolls now point to lack of trades. It is hilarious!
Hate abounds. Don’t be a hater!
The beauty of a deep farm system. It’ll make anyone look smart.
I’ll keep an eye out for that collapse everyone is talking about. I just can’t believe a fan wouldn’t enjoy this season and would find a way to complain about a team that’s been competitive through August 10. But I guess that’s just me.
And you can keep worshipping advanced statistics and sabremetrics and what they say about the Orioles in one run games and extra innings, but these same folks have been calling an end to those streaks for months. There are exceptions to every rule.
Keep waiting for the collapse though. I’ll be WATCHING this team every night.
Not sure that Bruz knows the Birds went wire-to-wire in 1997. That must be why he keeps telling me they haven’t won in 15 seasons, when in fact it’s only 14 as this season isn’t over yet.
Correction….1st sentence above was supposed to say “Not” vice “Now” on the O’s PR Department Payroll. While still on the subject of Manny, how many of you realize 4 of the 10 guys drafted immediately after Machado in 2010 already have Big League experience? Once has amassed 17 Wins (Chris Sale)…Another is a .312 hitter with 5 HR and 15 RBIs (Yasmani Grandal of the Padres in just 24 Games)…Anyone wanna bet Ol’ Bruz Manny doesn’t have 5 and 15 in his first 24 games? I’m just sayin’…
When Sale or Grandal have a “nice start” it’s highlighted…when Machado starts hot he’s compared to Britton, Lopez, and Matusz.
Nice start by the kid, 2 for 4 with a triple and a run scored.
Did someone say he was struggling with Double A pitching? He had 11 homers and 59 RBIs?!?
“Nice start”? That’s what were gonna use now? What do “nice starts” mean for the Orioles…Didn’t Rodrigo Lopez, Zack Britton, Brian Matusz, and others have “nice starts” to their careers…How’d that work out?
Man, you really are a hater. Even 2488 has stood down. I feel bad for ya, brother.
Actually Ravens2488 hasn’t stood down and agrees with most of Bruz’s comments about the ineptitude of the GM getting these bum players… I have always wanted Machado in the “Bigs” instead of the bums the Orioles kept getting like Betemit, Tolleson, Pearce, etc… I would just like to see Machado at SS vice 3rd. Put Hardy at 3rd and Machado at SS. You have your opinion, I have mine, that’s what makes it so great…
When the Orioles don’t get good players you basically think up things on why they weren’t needed or say what can we trade for them… Like Bruz states, Orioles have #6 and #12 ranked guys they could trade just like other teams. Now when the Orioles get old bums like Thome or career .208 hitters like Quintanilla you look for the most smallest thing to make the signing or trade look great. Like Quintanilla is hitting .320 for the O’s because he is like 4 for 11 in his first 11 AB’s…
I’m glad the team is doing good but it’s not because of the GM or owner. That’s where my issues lay. It’s the same ole, same ole with garbage players and being cheap. As Bruz says, They caught lightning in a bottle this year and thats good for them. Buck should be Manager of the Year with the garbage the GM and owner gave him…
I just got tired of going back and forth because instead of a fan you seem to have become an Oriole Apologist… Just not worth it to me…
JIm Palmer, Mike Mussina ans Curt schilling had nice starts too. How did they work out?
Look on the bright side…once in a blue moon!
What? JIm Palmer was 5 – 4 his rookie year, with a 3.72 ERA in the dead ball era…56 Walks in 92 IP…You call that a “great start”? Curt Schilling made 5 starts and had 44 appearances in three years in Baltimore…69 and 1/3 IP…35 Earned runs, so ERA of over 5.00…32 BB to 42 Ks…POS!!! You actually got one right in Mussina…2.87 ERA in 12 starts his rookie year…
The trouble is, Spy, “Bright side” and “Orioles” don’t go in the same sentence…
What is a nice start 20-0? You can’t have all peaches and cream, every once in a while you get a stinker in there.
Get on board now, cause we ain’t saving any seats for bandwagonners!
BTW, Yasmani is AT LEAST 4 years older than Manny. The Cuban born Yasmani CLAIMS he was born in 1992…
It still smacks of desperation,,,,,,,,,,,,,,let the Machado curse begin……………
Bruz and spy prove they’re baseball knowledge. Kid definitely looks over matched. LMAO!
Funny Bruz, Peter Schmuck plagiarized Zach’s article about 12 hours later, so he’s not the only one who thinks the Orioles are all in. See article here: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-schmuck-orioles-manny-machado-column-0810-20120809,0,6400188.column
Please see my post from 8.55, repeated here (especially the last line)..“It is an aggressive move by the Orioles’ front office and a signal to both the fans and the players that — regardless of what happened at the deadline for making trades without waivers — this thing just got real.” Just goes to show that even experienced veterans make mistakes, too…
I give up. You win. You obviously speak for the majority as more fans show up to Ravens’ practices than a Friday night game. I’ve throroughly enjoyed this season, but perhaps that’s the kid in me.
The kid in me is no more, at least not as the Orioles are concerned…
My Orioles hassled me for standing in an empty picnic area trying to shag some batting practice balls two hours before games time in Sarasota in March, 2012.
My Orioles lied to me in Sarasota, telling me they could ONLY do Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary messages on their scoreboard, but then they put up “Welcome St, Paul Pioneers Baseball Team”.
My Orioles give away “one size fits all” T-Shirts that don’t fit my fat ass.
My Orioles made me put back on to the field a batting practice grounder I caught in 2008 (error corrected after I demanded a Supervisor intervene).
My Orioles detained me in the Flag Court in 2007 because they didn’t recognize the $80, 2nd Row behind the Dugout ticket as a “Season Ticket:.
My Orioles didn’t broadcast all of their games in HD in the early years of MASN, being one of the last teams in the Majors to get all games on in HD.
My Orioles charge extra money to buy a ticket in-person, at the box office, on Game Day.
My Orioles change Broadcasters, General Managers, and Field Managers like I change Golf Drivers.
My Orioles replaced the last GM with a guy who had been fired from his last job and been out of MLB Baseball for nine years to run the club.
My Orioles waste a roster spot on young Ryan Flaherty (oh wait, he’s already Twenty-Six) while then signing a 41 year old who can’t play the field while “in the middle of a pennant race”.
My Orioles rode Rafael Palmiero out of town due to steroids, yet didn’t bat an eye as Brian Roberts used sterioids and then lied about his steroid use. You can hate, but it is what it is.
So yeah, “My Orioles” have built up some serious scar tissue. Scar tissue that 110 games can’t break down.
As Z-Man said a little earlier, apparently Ol’ Bruz isn’t the only one in town with some scar tissue, as evidenced by the 29,000 empty seats tonight.
I’m really sorry that you haven’t been able to enjoy this season. I don’t know if it’s t-shirt sizes and Ryan Flaherty or if Nestor just convinced you, but I’m really sorry you haven’t been able to have as much fun these past 4 1/2 months as I have.
Have you ever had a good time at the old ball yard?
But you’re like the battered spouse who keeps subjecting himself to further misery. If you can list that many faults, move on, man. Why pursue Brooks Robinson Statue tickets or tickets for any game for that matter? Ravens pulled some ticket “fast-ones” on me and I sold out and haven’t been back in two years. Move on.
That’s just it, my friend…I have moved on…I don’t spend $2k-plus in Season Tickets anymore…I don’t pay retail prices when I do go to my 3 or 4 games a year (less Opening Day and the rare game where I can’t convince my friends to get seats from Street Vendors or other sources (Stub Hub!))…I only watch them on the telly during commercial breaks of classics like “It’s complicated”…I don’t have O.s on either of my two Rotisserie teams…Bottom line: Peter Angelos is in a dead heat with Robert Irsay for worst owner in modern Baltimore history.
Well, you kinda moved on.
You went to spring training, I won’t even go 10 minutes up the road to The Naval Academy tomorrow for a Rvens practice practically in my back yard.
You kinda moved on, but you are pursuing tickets for this game and that game…lots of exceptions to your “moving on”. I dropped my tickets and haven’t bought ONE in two years.
So saying you “moved on” and actually “moving on” on two different things.
But by all means, keep rationalizing.
Z-Man…Not sure why I can’t reply directly rto your post about Nestor? At any rate, what do you know about my relationship with the Nasty one? Whatever you know, or think you know about Ol’ Bruz and Nestor is irrelevant to this thread. I’m proudly in the 46 – 55 age group demographic. I’m plenty big enough to make my own decisions, thank you very much. That’s all for now, as we both await the next O’s move that indicates ““they’re going to do everything they can to improve their team down the stretch”……..
Probably because I’ve told him you subscribe to his text message service. You do, don’t you? I know you have forwarded many a text from his call letters to me which I’m sure I’ve forwarded to others, including Z Man. Again, if you don’t subscribe to what he’s selling, not sure 1. Why you’d subscribe or 2. Why you would forward if you don’t subscribe to the views he perpetuates. He’s a business man and a profiteer with no scruples (ask anyone in the business including Wolfe). The pot lcalling the kettle black, in the case of Lil Nestor.
Yes, Ol’ Bruz subscribes to the Free WNST Text Service…Yes, there is always an Advertisement for something at the end of each Text, just as I’m currently looking at Ads on the BSR page for Subaru and Gable Signs…Nestor Texts me when Ravens Players get hurt and when the O’s announce transactions and when sports people die (unfortunately)…He does not Text score updates…He does NOT Text “Hey, Baltimore, Lets All Agree NOT to Go to the Stadium Tonight”…
One question: Why is it wrong for Nasty to be a “a business man and a profiteer” yet yo seem to have no problem with Peter Angelos being a “a business man and a profiteer? Forbes said O’s made $12,000,000 Profit in 2011 with a team that won just 69 games and finished 28 games outta 1st place… I’m just sayin’…
Please gentlemen , enough is enough,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you do not like the product the O’s put on the field do not spend any of you hard earned dollars on it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,if you do like the product , patronize them,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,other than that , please enough is enough………………….
I do not care much for the O’s organization and will not spend a dime on them ; however , my neighbor watches every game , but you know what , we are still good buddies……………
We are all just looking for entertainment , everyone has their own level of fullfillment……………peace brother…………
So there you have it…Say the “Emperor is wearing no clothes” and be asked to cease and desist…Very well then…
Do they have TVs in Dundalk?
spy,
Once again, spy is the voice of reason. I understand what you’re saying spy, you’re not asking anybody NOT to have any opinion, but perhaps this exchange got a little out of hand and tiresome to other readers and for that I apologize.
I have this bad habit of trying to point out inconsistencies I see in other people’s views, but in the end what does that prove? Not much.
You’ve made it clear from day one that the Orioles were not your club and I respect that. Don’t necessarily agree, but that’s your prerogative.
I’ll try to do a better job of “just letting it go” but have a tough time when people present “facts” that are more fiction than fact.
Again, spy, I apologize.
No problem,,,,,,,,,,,