Frobby
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If your screen name was OsFsnSinceThe70s, you would have. However, the early 80’s staff had some pretty awesome starters.
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Nice night for Fabian, 4 for 4 with a double and a walk. Now hitting .297/.395/.486, although weirdly he’s only had one RBI on the young season in 10 games. At least he’s scoring runs, with 9 in 10 games. K rate holding steady at 32.4%.
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Interestingly, Mantle’s slump wasn’t really that awful. He had a .763 OPS when he was sent down in mid-July, and had been struggling a bit for 6-7 weeks, posting a .675 OPS over 40 games. Needless to say, Holliday has been struggling a lot more than that, though it’s only been 7 games.
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I generally agree we shouldn’t read too much into it. However, I’m very nervous.
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Here’s a quote from Grayson after his Tuesday start: "Fastball command wasn't really there," he said. "I thought that could have been a lot better. But being able to pitch with the off-speed was a big step forward, being able to land stuff for strikes. Also, put guys away with sliders in the dirt." He hasn’t ditched the slider. Maybe he’s just throwing it differently?
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That seems really weird to me. That’s been a pretty good pitch for him for years. I’ll have to watch his next start more closely.
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I see that the O’s are continuing to play Kjerstad at 1B about twice a week. He hasn’t made any errors there (or in the OF) since his egregious drop in the opening game. But, I wonder if he’s looking any better overall.
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Well, I agree with that. But it doesn’t really matter who any of the fans are counting on.
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That rings a bell.
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Well, last year he had both a cutter and a slider. In the first two months, he was having trouble commanding the slider and was using the cutter way too much. When he returned, he’d almost completely ditched the cutter and had regained command of the slider. So he’s definitely got a slider.
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Was there something wrong with his 2021 season? Why are we talking about 5 years ago?
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To the contrary, Mays is a famous example of when a manager stuck with a young player despite his early struggles. Not sure what the story was with Mantle, but he didn’t have any big struggles.
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I am guessing the extension only works when the player is rehabbing directly following recovery from surgery. That was the case with Hernandez. But in Means’ case, he pitched in four major league games, pretty effectively, after his 2023 rehab stint. So I doubt this would count as a post-surgery rehab. I guess we’ll find out.
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I hope the O’s don’t give them a reason to stop talking about it. I agree it gets tiresome when you recall the painful playoff sweep, which was far more meaningful than any regular season sweep would have been. But we may as well keep the regular season streak going as long as humanly possible.
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I’d be happy to be wrong. But I wouldn’t bet that way.
