Tony-OH
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If his velocity was down that low and he was still having that kind of success, that's impressive for a young pitcher.
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That seems pretty accurate! I'd like to see around Sarasota though to see if the Orioles spring training there has put them on the map in that county.
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Well if you compare just about anyone's arm to Manny's it will looks below average!
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His .282 BABIP suggest he's been a little unlucky, but not a ton. His 88 mph EV is slightly under the 89 MPH average this year, but he's only barreled one ball this year giving him 1.1% barrel rate, putting him the bottom 3% of the league. His .222 xBA and .315 xSLG doesn't suggest he's going to suddenly get a spike in offense. My guess is he's a .710 OPS guy when it's all said and done. Probly not a guy who will part of a winning future down the road, but a decent placeholder due to his defense being solid average.
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Yeah, I also remember Ken Gearhart being touted as a good defensive center fielder. He was not good but not as bad as I remember looking back at his defensive metrics that are available now. As for Ruiz, he's probably going to be better than -0.7 dWAR, but he might struggle to hit 15 homers. I watched him in BP and was not impressed with his raw power. A right-handed Worthingotn offensively might be more accurate.
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I've got tot disagree here. Ruiz has a solid average to slightly above average 3B arm. Defensively he's solid average across the board, but he has below average power for a corner infielder, especially game power. He reminds me a bit of a left-handed version of Craig Worthington.
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You gotta love grinders like Gentry. He had a limited offensive skill set, but his speed and defense ended up giving him a decent major league career. Certainly can understand the grind finally catching up to him. I always picture that scene in Bull Durham where Crash walsk away from the game and ends up sitting on the front porch of Susan Sarandon's house. Maybe there will be a opening in Visalia next year for Gentry!
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I could be wrong, but I believe he meant the team saved some money this year by sending him down. Personally I think Rickard would have been non-tendered had he hit arbitration.
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His exit velocity is up two MPH this year compared to last is up from .228 to .265, so he's certainly looking batter in that regard. He's always been around major league average for Exit Velocities.
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Imagine a world where all posters would take three seconds and look up players in baseball reference before they post nonsense.
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They have stacast data. They know how hard they are hitting the ball, where and how consistently. I think the Harbor Park is hard on the hitter's psychie is way over blown. Remember, half the games are away as well.
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Means had an off night (his change up was not very good last night) and still managed to get through five innings. Honestly, that's not too bad for a rookie pitcher trying to figure his way out there without his best stuff.
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I haven't read through this thread so I apologize if it's been stated already, but Orioles pitchers have been barreled more than any other staff. Alex Cobb has the worse Brls/PA % in baseball at 21.7%. It's not pop ups going out, he's getting hammered. As a team, the Orioles staff have given up 102 barrels. The 2nd worse team in all of baseball, Seattle at 75. I haven't seen too many junk home runs given up by this staff. Most have been no doubters. If home runs are up across baseball (besides the teams that have faced the souvenir crew) then the balls could be a juiced a bit, but let's be clear here, this isn't the reason for the Orioles issues with giving up gophers.
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Thanks. Not really trying to pat ourselves on the back, especially since nothing is for certain yet, but I still see people routinely ignore our rankings when talking about Orioles prospects, even on this message board. It's all good though. I'm always willing to have a healthy debate on why we place guys where we did.
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It's almost like one site had Hall the #1 prospect in the system? Good to see him taking some more steps forward. I'm going to try and watch the video tonight, but Luke's glowing review certainly is exciting.
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TT: Ynoa, it's time to say goodbye to Mike Wright
Tony-OH replied to Tony-OH's topic in Orioles Talk
Gearrin has a .176 xBA this year but his walks have gone up and he's been hit pretty hard overall (barreled 12.5%, EV: 90.8%). -
TT: Ynoa, it's time to say goodbye to Mike Wright
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Maybe some scouts, but the ones I know were never big fans of him. -
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I will be on every Thursday at 1130 on 105.7 during the season. Thanks.
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When asked on my radio spot last week what players on the current 25-man roster could be part of a winning future here, I named John Means and Renato Nunez. that should tell you what I think of his new changeup. Saying that, I like that he used his slider a bit more today. I'd like to see him have that pitch as well to go to at times, especially against lefties.
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TT: Ynoa, it's time to say goodbye to Mike Wright
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Now I don't this guy from Adam other than his stats in the pros and at Elon, but what makes him interesting? Is it his lack or power and speed? Is it his .250/.344/.356/.700 slash line in rookie ball as a 21-year old last year or his .159/.229/.318/.547 slash line this year so far? It's not like the guy is a defensive whiz at SS, because he's been playing all over the infield. So what makes him interesting? What am I missing? He appears to be the exact kind of guy you give up just to make it a trade rather than a release. Remember, the Orioles now are off the hook for most of his $568K salary. -
TT: Ynoa, it's time to say goodbye to Mike Wright
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So Wright was worth a Low Class-A no-hit utility guy. They might as well have gotten future considerations! -
Ok, take out that year and add in his 36 year old year and his 33-36 stats are: .267/.384/.449/.832 with a 118 OPS+. As for Smith, yes, I would agree that would be a good end result for him.
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I'm just pointing out that the statcast information suggests regression. If I had a gun to my head and was forced to predict, I think Smith is a 13-17 homer guy, .240-.260, .320.-.340 OBP, .390-.425 SLG guy when it's all said and done. Right now he's outperforming those totals and as an Orioles fan, I hope I'm wrong and he out performs those numbers.
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I don't want to derail this Smith thread, but I'll just leave this: Anderson's first 1273 PAs through ages 24-27: .219/.313/.306/.619 with a 77 OPS+ Anderson's next 2595 PAs through ages 28-31: .265/.367/.436/.802 with a 112 OPS+ Anderson's next 2649 PAs through ages 32-35: .278/.389/.505/.893 with a 131 OPS+ How many players pre and post steriod era had a major jump in production and power after 1273 major league PAs at the age of 24-27, and then was better from age 32-35 then their peak 28-31 age group? I'm not going to call anyone a liar or say someone used steroids or not, but I can understand those who question Anderson from a statistical standpoint because that's not a normal career arch.
