Moose Milligan

We can agree to disagree. I'd rather watch Cowser, as awful as he's been because there's upside there and he represents the future. You know as well as I do that Hays isn't long for this team and he's at his peak or he's already hit it. If my leftfielder is going to put up a .114/.262/.171 slash line, I at least want to know that he's on the upswing of his career. Hays has been bad to borderline terrible for over half a season now and I don't believe he's going to get much better. Might have a hot streak but those hot streaks are seemingly less and less these days. More nicks and injuries and more prolonged slumps.

I don't think I recall saying that, but if that's the conclusion you're jumping to....I mean, that's part of what you do, take things people say, twist them around and then take them and run. Or play a semantics game. So I'm assuming that's what you'll do here. But, just to be difficult, yeah, I'd rather watch McKenna. Hays has been harder to watch going back to the 2nd half of last year. First of all, I'm not a McKenna fan but I think he gets a lot of unwarranted flak around here. Like, he's a perfectly fine 4th or 5th outfielder. Yeah, he's a bit of a doofus but it's not a big deal. It's as if people are still holding a grudge against the dropped flyball in Fenway last year and it's just absurd. He's not great, but he's not completely awful, either. No, I don't want to watch Hays. I'd rather see Cowser in LF, Mullins in CF and Santander/Kjerstad in RF. And if that means McKenna gets a little bit more playing time, so be it.

I think I can honestly say I've been watching Orioles games for the past week and a half and never not once thought "Man, I sure do wish Austin Hays was playing right now."

If they were going to give Tony days off, it should have been the previous three weeks and giving Kjerstad more time at the plate and in the field. This is typically when he heats up, so I expect they'll keep putting him in there. Not worried about Cedric too much, either.

@Can_of_cornand superior tone, eh? I've learned that if you kind of ignore him, the tone really doesn't matter

I love how you're using "developing situation" here.

Would the last 600 PAs stretch back to last year to his issues with vertigo?

Sure it is. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's not an explanation.

Don’t forget your omelettes!

I’m wondering if Roy didn’t have such close ties with Mayo’s family if he wouldn’t be lobbying so hard for a call-up. I agree with SG. I’d like to see more patience at the plate. Not sure where it went but sometimes they remind me of the swing happy groups from the Jones/Trumbo eras. Those teams were always boom or bust, capable of putting up double digits one night and double digit strikeouts the next.

LMAO with the thread title @wildcard I read it and was like holy ****, he's got a DUI or something and he's gonna have to miss some time for something he did off the field, this ain't good. And then I saw who authored it and started laughing before I opened it. Sure enough...

I’d love Melanie forever if she reminded the audience that a lot of Nats fans are butthurt former Orioles fans that couldn’t handle Angelos and fleed the second the Expos moved.

Yes

Kjerstad of course.

Whoa, a hit. Beat the shift that’s non existent.