Article: Orioles Claim Alexi Casilla

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Originally Posted by SpiritofVodkaDave

Why are people upset with this? I thought the general consensus is he wasn't worth the money that we would have owed him in arbitration.

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There are some that will be upset no matter what the Twins do. I think we all say Alexi's potential. Unfortunately, he never reached it.

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Originally Posted by diehardtwinsfan

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Originally Posted by SpiritofVodkaDave

Why are people upset with this? I thought the general consensus is he wasn't worth the money that we would have owed him in arbitration.

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There are some that will be upset no matter what the Twins do. I think we all say Alexi's potential. Unfortunately, he never reached it.

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Never reached it? I think there's a pretty good chance he DID reach his potential.

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Originally Posted by thrylos98

He always busted his tail off and never complained about playing time or anything.

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Probably why we gave him as many chances as we did. Good luck to him.