Wagner and Horvath are the only real disappointments so far for me. How much does injury play a role in that?
The tiers with the bats look to be,
Potential Stars/All Stars
- Holliday, Mayo, and Basallo
Everyday starters for the O’s
- Kjerstad, Beavers, EBJ
Platoon Player/starter for another MLB team
- Norby
Too Early to tell/Flawed
- Horvath, Wagner, Fabian, Willems, Etzel
I’m not talking about Mateo vs Urias though.
Mateo’s April last year helped drive those lefty splits. He was awful after April vs lefties (and righties).
We do need a RH OF bat to compliment our LH OF bats. Either Pham or Hicks.
I still don’t know why people are against Hicks. He’s a SH. Can play all three OF spots. Takes pitches. Had an .860 OPS with us last season and hit a 3 run HR in the playoffs.
With the current makeup of the roster when would Stowers or Kjerstad play? Hicks would play versus LHP. There’s a clear path for ABs for him.
We could go after the White Sox lower WHIP guys in Leasure and Shuster. They are 1.09 & .94 respectively. Of course they lack the Ks most guys drool over 13 in 18ip & 9 in 16ip respectively. I’d imagine these guys wouldnt cost as much.
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