Frobby

There’s a 100% chance some people would boo him. Others would take the high road. But it’s a reason why he may not be inducted that quickly.

Personally I wouldn’t call either one a soft tosser. Abbott averages 93, Lodolo 94. Each has given us trouble in their one past start against us.

When the player retired is a factor. It’s not purely an issue of merit.

Bump…the O’s currently have an .824 OPS against LHP, 2nd best in MLB. I guess all that handwringing in the first 7-10 days of the season was premature BS. Gee, who would have guessed? The O’s face tough lefties the next two days. Maybe they’ll struggle in these games. But hitting lefties isn’t and hasn’t been a problem for the O’s the last two years.

Fair question. Before coming to the Orioles, vs. RHP O’Hearn had a .706 OPS (.228/.302/.414), whereas as an Oriole he has an .842 OPS vs. RHP (.303/.342/.500). So, that’s an OPS improvement of 136 points. Versus LHP, O’Hearn was a .492 OPS hitter in KC (.163/.244/.248). As an Oriole, he has a .192/.206/.538 OPS vs. LHP for a .744 OPS. That’s in 34 PA, so tiny sample size there. My inclination is to think that given more PA vs. LHP, O’Hearn might improve from the .492 OPS guy he was vs. LHP to something like a .650 guy. To me, that’s not good enough to bother with. I’d just leave him in the role where he’s excelling.

The opposite, I believe.

I didn’t know there was a Silver Slugger Award for pitchers. I correctly answered with a certain Silver Slugger 1B who once pitched a couple of innings to an ERA of 0.00. That answer was more popular than the one @SteveA gave, amazingly enough.

Of course, I was one of the few posters who had big reservations about trading Eduardo Rodriguez (who was having a mildly down year in AA) for Andrew Miller (who was having a great year for Boston). So of course I’m not going to like trading Povich (who is tearing up AAA) for Scott (who has upside but is having a down year for Miami). Generally, I’m not a fan of trading 6 years of a potentially good starting pitcher for one partial year of a reliever. I’m not saying I’d never do it, but it would take a lot of convincing, especially since our org isn’t chock full of good starting pitcher prospects.

I’ve noticed that Hyde has a quicker hook with Irvin than he does with some other pitchers, even when Irvin is pitching well. He must think Irvin is a guy who’s prone to quickly losing it if he command begins to waver.

I’d enjoy it if someone would bump this every time Cedric goes hot or cold over a 162-game season and declare victory! We’re 20% of the way through the season. He’ll probably go hot and cold at least 10 more times.

Nor was Earl in 1985-86, I guess.

That’s wonderful, but this isn’t 2023.

Where would you put him? I’d like to see what happens the next 4-6 weeks, but I could see a case for top four if he continues to dominate in AAA. Tony has him 6th in the power rankings with Kjerstad and Beavers in the 4/5 spots. I’m not ready to put Povich above those two, but it’s not a ridiculous position.

It always amazes me when someone derides a poster for not posting very often.

Didn’t know that Bradish and Means would open the year on the DL. I assumed that Irvin and Wells would be battling to be the first guy inserted into the rotation in case of injury.