Moose Milligan

Sucks to hear about that experience at Nats Stadium, @Frobby If you ever go back, I'd suggest driving somewhere closer to the stadium and park somewhere else and take an Uber/Lyft to the stadium itself. I used to live in Arlington, like 3-4 miles from Nats Park but I'd never think of driving there and there's no way in hell I'd take the Metro. I'd either leave my car in the garage at work and go straight from there via Uber or go back to my apartment, drop the car there and get a ride to the stadium. Ubers can be pricey but if you don't use them all the time and need the convenience in a situation like this, they're worth it.

That's fine, like I said McKenna is a doofus. Yes, worse instincts than Hays, too. I'm not sure how much better Hays is in the field than McKenna. I'll concede that Hays is a better candidate to throw a runner out. He's got a strong, accurate arm. People can pick their defensive stats that they like, I really don't like investigating with them since they all have inherent flaws, and Hays has way more data to look at in innings, 1195.1 last year compared to McKenna's 78.2 innings. But I don't think McKenna is that far behind him from a defensive (Rtot, Rdrs, rtot/yr rdrs/yr) perspective. I'll concede defense overall but Hays has been so awful with the bat that I'm not sure he makes up for it with the glove.

I know, that's why I did it to you just then. Frustrating, isn't it? You're the one that can't admit how terrible Hays has been so that must mean you think he's pretty good, at least. Feel free to correct me or admit that I'm right!

Well, you must think that Hays has been performing great since the second half of last year then. Glad we could clear that up.

@Sports Guyand I show stats. You're like "uh, yes he is." Super convincing there. I'll concede that McKenna doesn't have enough at bats to make a full comp, but I'd rather give him at bats instead of Hays. If you can't at least see how bad Hays has been since last year, there's really no reason to keep replying to you.

Totally serious, go check the Hays thread. SG laid out the stats, I did too. McKenna's been performing better than him by a solid margin since ASB last year. Granted, he doesn't have as many at-bats but still. Mateo's outperformed Hays with the bat since then, too. Fully aware that McKenna's a 40 watt bulb in a 60 watt socket, you won't get any argument from me there. If that's your main complaint, I don't disagree.

Go back to GW-RBI!

No, you're not alone. I also want to see Adley hit .300. Waiting for @DrungoHazewoodto come in and admonish me for enjoying stats that are archaic and random and don't mean anything. Here's a live look-in at me not caring:

I don't know.

I'm sure he does. Hi Kevin.

https://theathletic.com/5481059/2024/05/09/mlb-top-hitting-prospects-majors/ I probably should have bumped the Jackson Holliday thread with this, after all the article leads off with a picture of him. Obviously can't post the whole thing, but it's a decent read. I'm including the Elias quotes, anything Orioles related and any other good points. Also, there's no mention of leg kicks. Anywhere. No mention of leg kicks being a problem for transitioning to the majors. No leg kicks mentioned!

Fair.

2 for 2 with 2 dingers off his buddy!

Well no one should be questioning Mayo's ability to hit. I'd be surprised if he doesn't hit at the ML level. McKenna's not really a great hitter. But the point still stands.

I'm not discounting anything, really. I'm sure there's a reason for his recent struggles. Playing devil's advocate with the "old" argument, there's no reason he couldn't have just hit a wall. I think getting old for different players manifests itself in different ways and maybe he'll be effective for some stretches but ineffective for longer ones? It's hard to say. I'm leaning towards that he's not fully healthy but that's probably a byproduct of being old, too. 10 years ago, this wouldn't have been a big workload for him, now it is. He could withstand this usage at one point in his career, he can't now. That's because he's worn down a bit.