August 9, 20197 yr Minor league deal: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/08/twins-to-sign-ryan-orourke.html
August 9, 20197 yr Umm, and an MiLB writer just posted this earlier in the day: https://www.milb.com/milb/news/ryan-orourke-makes-his-pitch-with-fight-like-a-girl/c-308481428
August 10, 20197 yr Dumpster diving is what happens when you poorly construct your bullpen in the off season;.... ....and wait until the last minute to try to obtain reinforcements at the deadline ....and fail to see alarm signs and/or work a physical into the terms of a trade .... and overall think that you were not going to have to pay a premium at the trade deadline in an when there are TWO wildcards to chase and and only one early trade deadline. None of the above should be surprising and the disaster was anticipated in advance by numerous people on TD
August 10, 20197 yr Dumpster diving is what happens when you poorly construct your bullpen in the off season;.... ....and wait until the last minute to try to obtain reinforcements at the deadline ....and fail to see alarm signs and/or work a physical into the terms of a trade .... and overall think that you were not going to have to pay a premium at the trade deadline in an when there are TWO wildcards to chase and and only one early trade deadline. None of the above should be surprising and the disaster was anticipated in advance by numerous people on TDIs there a way to characterize your frustration without equating a human to trash?
August 10, 20197 yr O'Rourke has always been tough on lefties. A good addition to Rochester and a possible September call up if Rocco would use him correctly.
August 10, 20197 yr Is there a way to characterize your frustration without equating a human to trash? One persons trash is another persons treasure! It's all perspective
August 10, 20197 yr O'Rourke has always been tough on lefties. A good addition to Rochester and a possible September call up if Rocco would use him correctly.If he had that much potential, seems strange that the Mets would not have kept him for their wild card race
August 10, 20197 yr If he had that much potential, seems strange that the Mets would not have kept him for their wild card race For his major league career lefties are hitting .132/.268/.235 against him. The problem is control, especially to right handed hitters. He would have a niche if a team had room to carry a guy who would face a tough lefty or two.
August 10, 20197 yr One persons trash is another persons treasure! It's all perspective No human should be equated to trash. That is not perspective.
August 10, 20197 yr Author Is there a way to characterize your frustration without equating a human to trash?"Dumpster diving" is a common enough expression that, by itself, I don't think it's really "equating a human to trash".
August 10, 20197 yr No human should be equated to trash. That is not perspective. "Dumpster diving" is a common enough expression that, by itself, I don't think it's really "equating a human to trash".Moderator's note: While jorgenswest's point in general is well taken, there ought to be separation of the human side of the game from the business decisions a front office makes, and from a site moderation standpoint I think spycake's position represents my view on the phrase most of the time when it comes up, that it's a front office looking for cheap contracts. In any case, please let's not continue this tangent in a thread about a player's signing.
August 12, 20197 yr All teams make minor league signings like this, I don’t see how it can be considered dumpster diving. O’Rourke is lethal against lefties but turns righties into Barry Bonds. With the new rule change coming, his usefulness is going out the window.
August 12, 20197 yr The only question is - does he have value. He has been in 56 games, has a 4.84 ERA, 49 strikeouts in 48 innings and 56 appearances. His whip is 1.283. He sounds just like all the guys we have been calling up. His value is that he is a lefty. Not exciting, but not bad, especially for our minor leagues.
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