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I'm not so concerned about the strikeouts as a team. Relative to the league the O's are not striking out that much -- in the bottom half overall.
But I am concerned about the lack of walks. I don't think the O's current level of scoring is sustainable unless they start walking more.
Gunnar Henderson leads the team in walks with 12. As a comparison the Dodgers have 6 players with more than 12 walks, beginning with Mookie who has 29, Freeman with 24, Ohtani with 20 and on down to Will Smith who has 13. The Dodgers lead the league in walks, so maybe they're not the best comparison, but even average hitting teams like the Mets and Nationals have about 20 more walks than the Orioles on the season. The O's need to get more free passes to have more scoring opportunities, especially as the hitting comes back to earth.
Not me. What a pain in the rear that guy was. I know that SG posts strong opinions, but there IS an ignore feature on here if you don't want to see his posts.
Good riddance.