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[BSLMikeLowe]

Yep, except it's a bigger gamble (have to win ROY the next season) rather than a sure thing (minus the odds of losing the time if the player is top-2 ROY) simply based on time for less reward.  A pick is great but a 7th year of control of a quality player is more valuable.

Yeah, which is why it should be nothing more than a footnote when considering when to bring prospects up. Besides, between CB picks and a likely pick for losing Burnes, and maybe Santander (and maybe Eflin in ‘26) the Orioles should have plenty of extra draft picks that they don’t need to play ROY Roulette.

[makoman]

Yep, except it's a bigger gamble (have to win ROY the next season) rather than a sure thing (minus the odds of losing the time if the player is top-2 ROY) simply based on time for less reward. A pick is great but a 7th year of control of a quality player is more valuable.

Yeah you gain a lot less. I wouldn’t really care about the rookie thing because the benefit is so nebulous, unless you’re talking just like a week or something then you might as well. Like you said I’d have preferred to bring him up a long time ago. But the team has shown they care about it, so it must be part of what they’re considering now.