May 18: The Orioles ultimately decided against adding Presley to the roster, and he is now a free agent after being granted his release, MLBTR has learned.
May 15: Veteran outfielder Alex Presley, currently in Triple-A with the Orioles, intends to exercise the May 15 out clause on his minor league contract, MLBTR has learned (Twitter link). The clause will give the O’s 48 hours to select his contract and add him to the Major League roster. If he’s not added in that window, he’ll be unconditionally released and able to seek a new opportunity elsewhere.
It’s not clear yet how the O’s will proceed, though it’s not hard to see how they could fit a left-handed option into the outfield mix. Trey Mancini, Adam Jones, Mark Trumbo, Joey Rickard and Craig Gentry are all on the big league roster at present, but each hits right-handed. Currently, the only lefty options in the outfield for the O’s would be Jace Peterson, Pedro Alvarez and Chris Davis, though each is primarily an infielder and has only sparse experience playing in the outfield.
Presley, 32, is off to a .288/.362/.385 start to the season in Norfolk with a 21.5 percent strikeout rate and a 9.4 percent walk rate. While he’s struggled to produce consistently in the Majors across parts of eight seasons, he did turn in a .314/.354/.416 slash in 264 plate appearances with the Tigers last year. In all, he’s a career .263/.306/.388 hitter in the Majors in addition to owning a .296/.362/.426 slash in parts of eight seasons at the Triple-A level.
I think they should jettison Gentry.
No—Gentry works defensively (relative to what they currently have) and he brings legs/speed.
Isn’t Colby Rasmus a lefty outfield option, or was he cut loose or is on the DL?
DL. I expect zero contribution from Rasmus this year though. Gentry is a buck favorite. Speed and D off the bench but he can’t hit. We have too many 1B/DH types on the roster but that’s not changing. Alvarez is going to have a hard time finding abs
Yeah he eats too many donuts. I think he lost his abs long time ago
Rasmus is on the DL with the same hip injury that he had last year, and last year he quit on his team. He should have never been signed in the first place, he was awful while he was on the O’s, and the only reason that he hasn’t been released is because it’s a violation of the CBA to release an injured player.. He will never see the O’s active roster again. Gentry is a Showalter fave, but the team needs a lefty OF bat and Presley would do just fine, The choice then is to keep either Gentry or Rickard (DFA Gentry or option Rickard), or keep them both and jettison Alvarez who appears to be another Buck favorite. The smart move for the team is to DFA Gentry, hope he clears waivers, and try to resign him to a minor league deal.
Maybe the O’s should be Clients Of Paul Heyman?
Let him walk…..minimal loss. Where’s he going anyways?
Graceland
Presley to the M’s?
I really don’t know who they would send down or DFA. It would probably be Rickard, but he has only been up for a few days and on his last game he hit two homers in a 17-1 win. Gentry is the defensive replacement and one of our only guys that can steal bases. Obviously Mancini, Jones, and Trumbo aren’t being DFA’d, so it leaves really no one.
DFA Trumbo. He’s less than useless. Give the ABs to one of the kids.
DFA Trumbo says the guy who has not watched an orioles game this season.
I watched him barely bat his weight last season with an OPS under .700 and half the HR as the previous season. Sure his avg and OPS look good in a dozen or so games this season. Still pass. If you think he’s going to keep that up through the end of season you’re nuts.
Who’s saying that? Why would you dfa Trumbo for Alex f’n Pressly? Not to mention they’re on the hook for 12.5 this year & 13.5 next year for Trumbo……think people
I don’t think Presley has the negotiating power here!
Think it might be time for this AAAA to play in Japan or Korea.
Don’t let the door hit ya. If we bring up any OF it should be Hays/Stewart/Mullins. No room for a journeyman on a team desperate to rebuild.
None of them are ready though. Give Rickard Abs and let those 3 figure it out in AAA.
Got my eye on Mike Yaztremski. Looking forward to seeing what he can do in AAA Norfolk, now that his injuries are behind him.
I always liked this guy when he was with the Pirates.Although he has never got an extended look,he has had enough chances to show that he is a fringe MLB player.However,I think that he would be fine with a second division team that understands what he can offer and has a fit for him.It seems to me that many of these teams do not have a full complement of good outfielders even if they are young and being given a chance.Presley’s hitting record shows I think that he is at least slightly better than AAAA even if his WAR does not.
I agree completely as another Pirate fan. With MLB benches being shorter as teams roster more relievers Presley seems to be the kind of guy who falls through the cracks into the minors. He’s roster-worthy somewhere, but can’t seem to find the right situation lately. But he’s a solid effort player, not great at anything but good enough at most things and is always giving full effort.
what does this man have to do! he could win the AL MVP and nobody would still want him
Looks like Swihart behind the plate in that picture lol.