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I wish MLBTV would allow you to have both in market. I watch it on MASN, but the second I could just watch it through MLBTV, it's the second I was ditch cable.

Lol dude, you've been angry lately! It's game thread. Just roll with everything!

My guess? Kjerstad will be the everyday 1B by mid-2024.

To us? If so thank you for the support. You've been around here since what, mid 2000s?

Hahaha. I was just about to comment that commercial used to annoy me to no end, but now I laugh because now I know how much she bothers Roy Frickin' Firestone! Thanks Roy!

The good news is it's TV, so you really don't need the announcers to tell you what is going on. But I get it.

Nice to see Gunnar getting into a few. Even though that was a long out, he hit it well.

I typical don't either, but when he have a guy who played in the Negro Leagues, I'm ok with making an exception.

Sure, but they aren't as successful as they are with Mountcastle. There's a reason for that and it's not just dumb luck or whatever.

You can read into my throw away statement all that you want. I don't want to play your game. I believe Mountcastle is not unlucky. I think teams position their players to how they plan to pitch him.

Was going to say the same thing! How about Holmes out in the outfield with the catch??

No, Gallo is a dead pull hitter. I'm not talking left to right spray hitting but rather that Mountcastle tends to hit in the same areas often.

The Orioles broadcasts are getting to be one giant advertisement for "come to the park". From Kevin Brown's ridiculous over the top love for the new bird bath, to every interview by Melenie showing fan experience, to the constant jabbering about the ball park experience, it's just so obvious.

I'm not sure what you get out of that spray chart really because there are clear groupings. But, at the end of the day, teams position him very well so that tells me something. Two years in a row of being "unlucky" or does he hit the ball at guys because they know how to position against him?

Sometimes, yeah. Obviously hitting the ball hard is a good thing, but if you smoke balls in a very narrow spray (see Mountcastle) you get high EVs with a lack of real consistent production.

I would be ok with that!

.730 XBA on that hit so very nice catch by Hays there!

I think high avg EVs are a little over valued. Adley is not afraid to go the other way and take a double or single the other way and doesn't need to swing from his heals every time.

What's the crowd look like?

Supposed to rain until 8ish. Pittsburgh Pirates Hitters Name Pos. BBE LA° EV Hard Hit% xwOBA xBA xSLG K% BB% Sprint Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B 121 11.2 92.8 47.1 .345 .285 .432 13.5 9.0 26.7 Vs. Bryan Reynolds LF 118 16.3 93.3 53.4 .396 .312 .566 18.4 6.3 28.0 Vs. Connor Joe RF 75 11.7 90.9 49.3 .355 .249 .460 27.6 11.8 26.9 Vs. Carlos Santana 1B 106 13.1 87.8 32.1 .309 .250 .351 17.3 12.0 25.7 Vs. Jack Suwinski CF 61 19.3 91.4 47.5 .380 .214 .528 32.2 15.3 28.6 Vs. Miguel Andujar * DH 23 0.0 85.8 26.1 .283 .221 .367 16.7 6.7 27.2 Vs. Ji Hwan Bae 2B 76 7.9 86.9 28.9 .253 .207 .295 23.6 6.4 29.5 Vs. Chris Owings * SS 5 13.2 101.6 100.0 .185 .171 .261 28.6 0.0 -- Vs. Jason Delay * C 43 10.1 82.4 20.9 .336 .273 .434 15.8 7.0 26.3 Vs. Show All Hitters Starting Lineup Great Poor * Did Not Qualify Statcast Batted Ball Profile Name Weak% Topped% Under% Flare/Burner% Solid% Barrel% Ke'Bryan Hayes 1.7 29.8 23.1 32.2 6.6 5.8 Bryan Reynolds 1.7 23.7 22.0 31.4 5.1 16.1 Connor Joe 2.7 29.3 20.0 30.7 4.0 12.0 Carlos Santana 1.9 32.1 29.2 26.4 4.7 5.7 Jack Suwinski 4.9 24.6 26.2 9.8 13.1 19.7 Miguel Andujar 0.0 52.2 21.7 17.4 0.0 8.7 Ji Hwan Bae 11.8 39.5 17.1 21.1 5.3 2.6 Chris Owings 0.0 40.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 0.0 Jason Delay 11.6 30.2 18.6 25.6 4.7 7.0 Show All Hitters Batted Ball Profile Name GB% FB% LD% PU% Pull% Straight% Oppo% Ke'Bryan Hayes 48.8 23.1 21.5 6.6 17.4 44.6 38.0 Bryan Reynolds 40.7 28.0 23.7 7.6 35.6 40.7 23.7 Connor Joe 38.7 22.7 30.7 8.0 36.0 41.3 22.7 Carlos Santana 40.6 21.7 26.4 11.3 48.1 35.8 16.0 Jack Suwinski 31.1 42.6 18.0 8.2 45.9 36.1 18.0 Miguel Andujar 56.5 17.4 17.4 8.7 43.5 39.1 17.4 Ji Hwan Bae 56.6 17.1 21.1 5.3 26.3 30.3 43.4 Chris Owings 60.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 40.0 40.0 20.0 Jason Delay 46.5 18.6 27.9 7.0 39.5 34.9 25.6 Show All Hitters Plate Discipline Name Zone% ZoneSw% Chase% Edge% 1stPitchSw% Swing% Whiff% Ke'Bryan Hayes 49.2 58.0 24.8 43.0 51.3 41.2 14.7 Bryan Reynolds 47.8 77.3 24.4 39.7 57.6 49.7 26.3 Connor Joe 52.2 56.1 14.4 45.5 64.6 36.2 23.8 Carlos Santana 48.6 69.8 23.9 42.5 57.3 46.2 24.5 Jack Suwinski 50.4 60.8 15.8 46.2 55.9 38.6 31.3 Miguel Andujar 52.4 63.0 32.7 40.8 66.7 48.5 22.0 Ji Hwan Bae 48.5 73.6 35.9 38.4 71.8 54.2 27.3 Chris Owings 60.7 76.5 18.2 32.1 57.1 53.6 20.0 Jason Delay 51.0 69.4 29.8 44.8 64.9 50.0 25.0 Show All Hitters Pitchers Name Pos. BBE LA° EV Hard Hit% xwOBA xBA xSLG K% BB% Roansy Contreras P 115 14.7 89.3 38.3 .337 .266 .394 18.7 11.4 Vs. Show All Pitchers Pitcher Arsenals ARSENAL TYPE: PITCH PERCENTAGE ▾ Average SpeedPitch PercentageAverage Spin Pitcher 4-Seam Sinker Cutter Slider Change Curve Split KN Roansy Contreras 38.5 46.2 3.1 12.2 Show All Pitchers Statcast Batted Ball Profile Name Weak% Topped% Under% Flare/Burner% Solid% Barrel% Roansy Contreras 3.5 27.0 29.6 27.8 5.2 7.0 Show All Pitchers Batted Ball Profile Name GB% FB% LD% PU% Pull% Straight% Oppo% Roansy Contreras 40.0 22.6 28.7 8.7 40.9 33.0 26.1 Show All Pitchers Plate Discipline Name Zone% ZoneSw% Chase% Edge% 1stPitchSw% Swing% Whiff% Roansy Contreras 48.0 66.4 26.3 42.2 61.4 45.6 26.5 Show All Pitchers Catcher Pop Times Name Arm Exchange Avg Pop (2B) Jason Delay 78.5 0.73 2 Show All Catchers Outs Above Average Name OAA Back Left Back Back Right In Right In In Left Jack Suwinski 2 010001 1 0 1 0 0 0 Connor Joe 0 000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bryan Reynolds -1 1-1100-1 -1 1 -1 1 0 0 Show All outfielders Baltimore Orioles Hitters Name Pos. BBE LA° EV Hard Hit% xwOBA xBA xSLG K% BB% Sprint Cedric Mullins CF 111 20.8 89.5 37.8 .323 .243 .373 18.0 13.0 28.0 Vs. Adley Rutschman C 117 15.7 88.5 33.3 .398 .297 .488 14.0 18.0 26.6 Vs. Anthony Santander RF 96 22.2 91.6 53.1 .317 .223 .416 27.0 9.2 26.3 Vs. Ryan Mountcastle 1B 126 16.3 93.4 48.4 .382 .296 .587 21.8 4.1 27.9 Vs. Adam Frazier 2B 95 10.7 85.1 25.3 .334 .273 .367 10.4 13.6 26.4 Vs. Austin Hays LF 86 10.3 92.3 45.3 .370 .285 .535 26.4 7.0 27.6 Vs. Gunnar Henderson 3B 63 12.5 91.3 42.9 .337 .206 .373 29.4 19.8 28.3 Vs. Jorge Mateo SS 88 11.8 88.7 40.9 .334 .264 .447 20.0 5.8 29.8 Vs. Ryan O'Hearn * DH 17 29.0 88.9 41.2 .265 .169 .257 20.0 12.0 26.6 Vs. Show All Hitters Starting Lineup Great Poor * Did Not Qualify Statcast Batted Ball Profile Name Weak% Topped% Under% Flare/Burner% Solid% Barrel% Cedric Mullins 3.6 24.3 36.0 27.0 2.7 6.3 Adley Rutschman 0.0 28.2 27.4 30.8 5.1 8.5 Anthony Santander 3.1 17.7 34.4 25.0 9.4 10.4 Ryan Mountcastle 0.0 27.0 23.8 25.4 6.3 16.7 Adam Frazier 3.2 33.7 27.4 29.5 2.1 3.2 Austin Hays 0.0 32.6 19.8 30.2 2.3 15.1 Gunnar Henderson 3.2 34.9 23.8 17.5 11.1 9.5 Jorge Mateo 6.8 35.2 21.6 18.2 12.5 5.7 Ryan O'Hearn 0.0 23.5 41.2 23.5 11.8 0.0 Show All Hitters Batted Ball Profile Name GB% FB% LD% PU% Pull% Straight% Oppo% Cedric Mullins 36.0 31.5 21.6 10.8 39.6 39.6 20.7 Adley Rutschman 34.2 31.6 31.6 2.6 38.5 23.9 37.6 Anthony Santander 31.3 27.1 22.9 18.8 53.1 31.3 15.6 Ryan Mountcastle 36.5 31.7 27.0 4.8 27.0 43.7 29.4 Adam Frazier 42.1 23.2 27.4 7.4 36.8 34.7 28.4 Austin Hays 47.7 30.2 19.8 2.3 40.7 33.7 25.6 Gunnar Henderson 44.4 27.0 23.8 4.8 23.8 49.2 27.0 Jorge Mateo 48.9 23.9 18.2 9.1 37.5 36.4 26.1 Ryan O'Hearn 35.3 41.2 11.8 11.8 29.4 35.3 35.3 Show All Hitters Plate Discipline Name Zone% ZoneSw% Chase% Edge% 1stPitchSw% Swing% Whiff% Cedric Mullins 50.4 72.5 19.4 39.4 64.6 46.1 24.9 Adley Rutschman 44.6 56.7 19.3 41.5 50.3 36.0 14.4 Anthony Santander 43.5 65.6 39.9 44.8 64.5 51.0 27.1 Ryan Mountcastle 45.2 76.2 41.8 42.9 68.8 57.5 26.3 Adam Frazier 48.3 66.3 27.7 44.8 51.2 46.2 15.9 Austin Hays 47.7 59.7 27.8 44.2 63.6 43.0 28.2 Gunnar Henderson 47.5 58.5 19.3 43.0 60.0 37.9 33.7 Jorge Mateo 46.9 70.3 31.3 39.4 58.3 49.6 29.0 Ryan O'Hearn 45.3 72.9 27.6 39.6 80.0 48.1 27.5 Show All Hitters Pitchers Name Pos. BBE LA° EV Hard Hit% xwOBA xBA xSLG K% BB% Tyler Wells P 111 18.8 90.2 40.5 .317 .232 .468 20.7 4.7 Vs. Show All Pitchers Pitcher Arsenals ARSENAL TYPE: PITCH PERCENTAGE ▾ Average SpeedPitch PercentageAverage Spin Pitcher 4-Seam Sinker Cutter Slider Change Curve Split KN Tyler Wells 38 17.5 14.9 18.6 11.1 Show All Pitchers Statcast Batted Ball Profile Name Weak% Topped% Under% Flare/Burner% Solid% Barrel% Tyler Wells 1.8 27.0 33.3 19.8 8.1 9.9 Show All Pitchers Batted Ball Profile Name GB% FB% LD% PU% Pull% Straight% Oppo% Tyler Wells 35.1 35.1 19.8 9.9 33.3 42.3 24.3 Show All Pitchers Plate Discipline Name Zone% ZoneSw% Chase% Edge% 1stPitchSw% Swing% Whiff% Tyler Wells 48.3 68.6 29.7 41.1 62.0 48.5 23.5 Show All Pitchers Catcher Pop Times Name Arm Exchange Avg Pop (2B) Adley Rutschman 84.7 0.71 1.94 Show All Catchers Outs Above Average Name OAA Back Left Back Back Right In Right In In Left Cedric Mullins 2 0-11001 1 0 -1 1 0 0 Anthony Santander 0 00100-1 -1 0 0 1 0 0 Austin Hays -3 -10-2000 0 -1 0 -2 0 0 Show All outfielders

Westburg is not too bad range wise overall, but his release is a little slow and he struggles to throw strongly across his body. He's a big guy so the thought is his average range will diminish so 2nd base long term mihght be a stretch. Saying that, his bat should certainly play and give him him his value even if the glove is a little below average.

The Mountain looked like the Mountain tonight!

No, I have no issue with sitting Bautista, but Voth should have been warming with Bautista, nit just after the homer. Voth is not that guy that can get warm quickly.

Man, big zone..

He totally should have had that but Mountcastle clumsey body may have blocked his view.