scarey1999

Mayo plays 3B, but he’s gotten limited time at 1B. He will never play 2B. Norby doesn’t play either SS or CF. He’s been almost exclusively 2B and LF in the minors.

Not to mention there’s already a Delmarva 2024 thread where thier struggles are already being talked about…

The O’s were going to “lose” the money used to sign him as he was the last remaining unsigned player in his draft year, but yeah…pretty disappointing so far. He didn’t look like he had any special tools when I saw him play in spring training this year.

Well, #5 in his 2nd AB… Both solo shots.

Mayo with HR number 4 tonight in his 1st AB. Just a “regular” homer, not some 110+ mph rocket shot this time.

Kjerstad with a HR in his 1st AB tonight. His 7th.

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Last one is a bummer. Hope it’s not the foot/ankle problems again that plagued him all last year. Talked to him at Twin Lakes about 3 weeks ago and he said he was good to go.

JH wearing number 7 is an obvious ode to Ripken Sr as well as to his dad. But there was another famous player who also hailed from Oklahoma just like the Holliday family that also donned #7. Mickey Mantle.

Like in the quote above from Dykstra, I keep seeing the industry experts saying Mayo is a below avg runner. Watching him live in person and on TV many times, I’m not seeing it. Fangraphs have him at 50 grade speed though MLB.com has him at 40. While he’s obviously no EBJ, for someone who’s 6’ 5” 230lbs, he runs well and pretty fluidly with athletic movement. He’s not some clumsy clunker that clogs up the base paths and trips over his feet while playing 3B defensively. He can go 1st to 3rd on hits you’d expect a base runner to and score from 2nd as well on base knocks. I’m betting Dykstra probably had him pinned to 1B for some time now so is probably just sticking to his projection in hopes he’s ultimately proved right.

Now that the draft and follow rule is back, that’s a big part of it.

Same could be said of Orioles pitchers too. Means, Bautista, Bradish (whatever his outcome is…I’m not holding my breath) plus we had several minor leaguers that have gone under the knife this spring. I think the science is far from being settled.

The Charlotte play by play guy said in the 8th inning that, as he’s mentioned before (which infers they’ve been in this position several times ), he’s in support of a 10 run mercy rule after 7th inning. Thats a horrible idea btw. This is not little league.

I said this in another thread but they could probably take a series from 4 or 5 current big league clubs.

Ah, thanks. Was thinking it was in Chicago for some reason.