I think at least some of us would be going Hey it's cool we have Gunnar and Witt both but geez, McCann starting 120 games at Catcher is kinda killing us.
And I'd be posting about the O's trading Heim away for nothing even more often than I already do.
Career numbers aren't relevant for who you would have rather drafted. It's about what they do in the years of team control.
I think most of us feel that Witt will put up more career WAR than Adley, he debuted at a younger age and should age more gracefully.
Why do teams spend money on middling players?
Are they stupid?
Or maybe it's not that easy to predict who is going to be "middling" from year to year or even worse, multiple years in advance.
Ironically if the O's were a weaker team he'd have a better shot at making the team.
There are going to be enough O's making the team that Ryan might get squeezed out by rule requiring every team to have representation.
I'm not declaring anything but you have to keep in mind his numbers are up while offense is down.
If you don't count his 2020 season (126 AB) this year, thus far, is a clear step up.
OPS+ by season: 114/108/117/140.
I'll admit I was a bit annoyed when he didn't swing at that 3-0 pitch.
I figured it was a mistake and that they weren't planning on giving him anything he could put that bat on.