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Q&A with Marc Normandin, SB Nation


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#1 BSLChrisStoner

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 09:06 PM

BSL: http://baltimorespor...ife.com/?p=3842

#2 SportsGuy

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 10:37 AM

Tough to to disagree with much, if anything, that he said.

Essentially, this team isn't talented enough to do anything and they need to look at players that could be...Makes sense.

Not sure I trust that the Orioles really believe this or not though.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:11 AM

Yeah, not much overly positive, but there shouldn't be.

Signing Cespedes would be very exciting. No idea if he'll end up being worth $60M or not, but that would be the one move available this offseason that has the double combination of both being a very exciting move and potentially a very smart move. Signing Fielder to a $225M+ contract would have been exciting, but not smart. Signing guys like Antonelli and these Asian pitchers could be smart, but are not exciting. Cespedes would be both, although still certainly a risk. Soler would also qualify.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:25 AM

BTW, I hope Peterson comes in and teaches this organization how to properly handle pitchers...This idea of needing to speed up their times to the plate is idiotic.

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 11:31 AM

If you want to see another writer respond to these questions, here is the link to the Q&A with Stan McNeal, from Sporting News: http://baltimorespor...ife.com/?p=3839

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Posted 01 February 2012 - 01:04 PM

Seems spot on to me. It's not like there's much about the Orioles that's enigmatic enough for a national writer to be significantly less aware than a local person devoting most of his or her time to the O's.
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Posted 03 February 2012 - 11:36 AM

Baltimore Sports and Life: “In Tsuyoshi Wada and Chen Wei-yen, the O’s have added two lefties to their rotation (or at least as rotation possibilities). Wada (who turns 31 in February) is described as a cerebral, soft-tosser. Last year the Japanese native was 16-5, with a 1.51 era. In his 184.2 ip, he allowed 7 homers, 40 bb’s, with 168 k’s. The 26 year old Chen is known as a power arm, whose velocity dipped in ’11, as he dealt with a leg injury. In ’11, the Taiwanese native was 8-10, with a 2.68 era. In his 164.2 ip, he allowed 138 hits, 9 homers, 31 bb’s, with 94 k’s.

Career Numbers
Wada: 107-61, 3.14 era, 1,444.2 ip, 1,263 hits, 142 hr’s, 395 bb’s, 1,329 k’s
Chen: 36-30, 2.48 era, 631.1 ip, 518 hits, 47 hr’s, 153 bb’s, 500 k’s

Do you find it realistic to believe this duo could combine for 350 innings, at a 4.50 era for Baltimore?”

Normandin: “An ERA of 4.50 isn’t that high of a bar to set – the league-average ERA in 2011 was 3.94. I can see them being below-average arms at the back of the rotation, but more stable than some of the others the Orioles have tried out for the same role in their recent history. Either way, though, the O’s didn’t invest a whole lot of money into the duo and aren’t exactly stocked with alternatives, so as long as these two are usable arms, the O’s have done well in this situation.”


Do you agree, disagree that the O's get 350 ip, at a 4.50 era from these two?

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 11:41 AM

Baltimore Sports and Life: “In Tsuyoshi Wada and Chen Wei-yen, the O’s have added two lefties to their rotation (or at least as rotation possibilities). Wada (who turns 31 in February) is described as a cerebral, soft-tosser. Last year the Japanese native was 16-5, with a 1.51 era. In his 184.2 ip, he allowed 7 homers, 40 bb’s, with 168 k’s. The 26 year old Chen is known as a power arm, whose velocity dipped in ’11, as he dealt with a leg injury. In ’11, the Taiwanese native was 8-10, with a 2.68 era. In his 164.2 ip, he allowed 138 hits, 9 homers, 31 bb’s, with 94 k’s.

Career Numbers
Wada: 107-61, 3.14 era, 1,444.2 ip, 1,263 hits, 142 hr’s, 395 bb’s, 1,329 k’s
Chen: 36-30, 2.48 era, 631.1 ip, 518 hits, 47 hr’s, 153 bb’s, 500 k’s

Do you find it realistic to believe this duo could combine for 350 innings, at a 4.50 era for Baltimore?”

Normandin: “An ERA of 4.50 isn’t that high of a bar to set – the league-average ERA in 2011 was 3.94. I can see them being below-average arms at the back of the rotation, but more stable than some of the others the Orioles have tried out for the same role in their recent history. Either way, though, the O’s didn’t invest a whole lot of money into the duo and aren’t exactly stocked with alternatives, so as long as these two are usable arms, the O’s have done well in this situation.”


Do you agree, disagree that the O's get 350 ip, at a 4.50 era from these two?


I expect Chen will give us 180-220 innings with an ERA at just around 4.00, but am not sure that Wada will get to start... at least not enough games to meet the combined 350 innings you laid out. Perhaps he will... time will tell.

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Posted 06 February 2012 - 06:32 PM

I have to say, I recognize that Chen apparently has the better stuff, but I'm looking forward to seeing Wada pitch just as much.

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Posted 10 February 2012 - 02:13 PM

Do you agree, disagree that the O's get 350 ip, at a 4.50 era from these two?

An Executive with another team who saw this question emailed me and said he sees no way this happens. Here is hoping he is wrong.




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