Pickles

Bro, I asked a question. Hays is way better than McKenna. Don't have an aneurysm.

Yeah, it's my fault I asked a simple question and you immediately, ironically, accused me of "jumping to conclusions" and go nuclear on me.

How well Hays plays will determine his role. I expect him to play a lot better than before he got hurt. But there's no good argument to be made that McKenna is a better option.

Wow, a simple question was enough to get your panties in a wad, wasn't it? Let me posit instead that a simple question was enough to reveal how stupid what you said was, and instead of just copping to it, you decided to feign outrage, and then double down on the moronic take. Way to go. You're a superstar. Anybody who wants to see McKenna play over Hays is actively wanting the Orioles to be a worse team. So yeah, it's a stupid take.

You'd rather watch McKenna?

Branch Dickey is classic. Well struck.

To turn bp pieces into an everyday player.

Giving up a potential everyday player, who projects to have 30+ hr power, for volatile relievers sure isn't a value play.

That's what I would think as well. It is the LHH for the RHH though and McKenna is obviously the least valuable player, but that makes the most sense. Hays starts against all LHP, and depending on how he hits, a certain number of RHP, and McKenna is 5th OF/defensive replacement for Santander.

I agree with this. I don't think they'll suddenly "change" strategies, but I expect them to alter their strategies from series to series.

Who goes for him? McKenna's comported himself well. He might well get claimed.

This.

dAtA A small sample size of save percentage. That is one data point. Who is the better option then? Use the data.

Did he pitch his worst ball last season because it was in the 9th, or did he just happen to be pitching his worst ball at that point in the season? I'm going to need a bigger sample size. He sure just looked fine in the 9th right there, in a much more difficult save situation than is typical. He's leading the league in ground ball %. He strikes out plenty of guys in conjunction with that. I seem to recall a guy named Brittong was a great closer without top end "swing and miss."