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By Yardball85 · Posted
Exactly. Jones should be starting at second base 5-6 times a week for the rest of the season unless he completely and utterly falls off. If he's average/decent at second, great. If not, you know that going into next season. -
By Matt Bennett · Posted
I was there. It’s hard for me to tell how he looked without the zoomed in camera from centerfield that we see on TV. There was a lot of hard hit contact. He was pretty lucky to get out of 3 innings with only 1 earned run, although the error that led to an unearned run was his own, on a pickoff attempt. I never take the rehab outings’ results too seriously unless there’s like obviously a command/velocity problem due to a lagging injury. -
By Sports Guy · Posted
Right..his bat isn’t good enough for the OF and we have a lot of options there long term. He has zero future as a LFer. He is either a second baseman or a UTI guy, if he’s anything. -
Yep, let's see what he can do. His best position may be left field but by all accounts, he doesn't have the bat to carry him there so it looks like 2B or bust. Let's find out. -
Yeah, he signed a 6 year deal there for $7 mil - rather than try again in the 2019 draft - must not have thought he'd be a first round pick again. Man, that stinks for Rocker. Hopefully he comes back 100% healthy. -
By Sports Guy · Posted
It doesn’t matter if Jones isn’t a second baseman right now. You make him show you that he isn’t one at this level. If that is proven, so be it..right now, on a team that doesn’t care about winning and one that has horrendous options like Valaika getting a lot of playing time over there, you see what you have because, why not? -
I think I know what SG would say. Its because Eshelman is no good. But that is not the reason that Elias made the move. My guess is he is ready to activate Richie Martin from the 60 day IL and needs the 40 man roster spot. Martin will probably be assigned to AAA for at least a month. Then Elias will decide it he is ready for a promotion to the majors. Speaking about the infield, Baltimorebaseball.com has an article speculating that the O's are about ready to promote Jahmai Jones to the majors to play 2B. https://www.baltimorebaseball.com/2021/08/02/minor-monday-jahmai-jones-nearing-promotion-orioles/ To me this the Ryan Mountcastle position fiasco all over again. The O's trying to be a square pen in a round hole. The O's tried Ryan at SS/3B/LF before finally realizing that he is first baseman. All the reports I've read and what I have seen of Jones makes me feel he is not a 2B. His best position is probably left field. And while Hays will gets the majority of playing time at left field that does not change my belief that's Jones best position. His bat is what gets him to the majors but it will not keep him at 2B IMO. You can say what is the harm in playing Jones at 2B for the rest of the year and beside it probably being ugly you are probably right. But let's not lose sight that there is probably a move to the outfield in Jones future again IMO. With Stowers arriving in the majors next year sometime and Neustrom probably ready by next spring the O's will soon have plenty of corner outfielders. Hays and Santander get the playing time in the corners for the last third of this season trying to show they can hit major league pitching and hold on to their spots but if you count Jones and oft injured Diaz in that outfield competition there are more outfielders than spots and a trade or two are likely next year. That traffic jam would seem to be a reason to trade Mancini from the DH/1B role but Mancini has something that none of those guys have. A bat that produces 30 homers and 90+ RBI a season. I am not saying how all this turns out but the traffic jam is predictable.
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