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Yea, I don't think it's a huge concern that playing first will alleviate. If he plays two on, one off, folks will be more concerned.

I'm sure that other teams know that Mancini can play first base if he's healthy.

Why wouldn't they report that? That was a specific comment Davis made that should have been followed up on. And I'll pass on the Harbaugh press conference.

They have two hitting coaches and a manger they can ask.

Heaven forbid they investigate. Don Long and Jose Hernandez not available for comment?

I haven't seen any information from the crack reporting team down there. I'm sure they are hot on the story tho!

He's only got 1852 career strikeouts, no way he can get to 3,000.

You don't have much looking up to do to see he had a 98/102/110 OPS+ for those three years. So even as a 19 year old he was basically a league average hitter.

MLB supposedly took some of the juice out of the ball.

There is a lot more to it than that. Fast guy beating out bunts is more fun than chunky boi taking walks and hitting dongs. But Stewart has been the more valuable player.

But Mullins' game is more aesthetically pleasing than say DJ Stewart's.

Who is projecting 30 steals? I also don't think he will suddenly start hitting lefties.

How many games do you see the Tides playing?

I'd say it's pretty rare and only if it makes very little difference to the club. Maybe something like when the Orioles traded Neshek to the A's. But that being said, I was responding to someone saying " what is the best for the player.".

Hitters are one swing away from the IL. Baserunners are one stride away from the IL. DJ Stewart is one fly ball away from the IL.

He put up 9.7 rWAR over 289 games. That's roughly a 5 WAR average. I'd love to hear the argument he was rushed. (2013 is his third highest rWAR season)

Fair enough.

Understood. Do you think the Orioles put the player ahead of the team?

Do you think Hyde makes that call? Do you think the Orioles put the player ahead of the team?

Most of it is about maximizing the value to the team. Which is fine I guess but it isn't about development and it certainly isn't about what is best for the player.

Jose Fernandez skipped AA and AAA. He did OK.

I think challenging players leads to faster improvement. Look at how hyped folks are about Gunnar. You think that would be the case if they hadn't thrown him in with more advanced players last year? I think you can learn things in the majors that you can't learn in the minors. Overcoming adversity builds strength.

Hyde works for Elias so yea, he could have worked on it in the majors. I haven't seen his usage numbers from 2019 and compared them to what he did previously. Did he throw more offspeed pitches? In different counts? Was his usage noticeably different? Or was it just spin?

And how often do they prove to not be ready after further "seasoning"? Things can be learnt at the major league level. Development is possible. Machado and Schoop are fine examples of guys that were "rushed" and turned out just fine. I think it is pretty difficult to promote someone so aggressively that you actually damage their future prospects. In fact I would say that one of the biggest positives a player can have is early promotion to the majors. Does it matter if player X struggles in the majors this season if it makes him stronger in the long run? Nope. Not competing this year anyway.

I'd say almost a third counts as common.