Good morning, Camden Chatters.
Well, the inevitable has happened. Jonathan Villar is no longer an Oriole. Pour one out for the Birds’ most exciting player of 2019, a spark plug in the lineup who bashed 24 homers and stole 40 bases while serving as a veteran leader for a group of youngsters and inexperienced castoffs.
The only surprise is that Villar wasn’t non-tendered or jettisoned for no return, which was the expected outcome when news broke that the O’s had placed him on outright release waivers last Wednesday. Instead, the Birds got a warm body for him, trading Villar to the Marlins for minor league lefty Easton Lucas, the man with a first name for a last name and a last name for a first name.