As long you’ve been a fan of the O’s, as impressive as Mayo’s offensive stats are, you have to know that those Minor League numbers do not carry a direct one-to-one correlation to the Bigs. Despite the gaudy numbers, there is no guarantee that he wouldn’t struggle initially with the O’s (like so many other recent prospects have).
Is there any downside in allowing him to continue to work on his defense at AAA? Since that appears to be the area of his game that is not “big league ready”?
So am I reading those suggestions correctly? They think Mountcastle is either worth a Tier One Division One starter... or a Tier 2 Division 2 starter?
I vote for the first 😉
Posted this in another thread but a reminder of how Holliday views his leg kick:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/jackson-holliday-talks-hitting/
Now maybe he’s wrong about the leg kick as he faces tougher pitching but I don’t see him dropping it anytime soon.
I also don’t recall anyone being worried about it before.