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    O's need a better offense.

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    13 hours ago, Philip said:

    Are you sure? Stewart is hitting pretty well, he’s defending pretty well, and he has a good eye, I don’t see any reason to choose Mountcastle over him

    This is true - I'd like to see DJ out there both games.  To be honest, I don't know if the two Marlins pitchers the Orioles are facing are lefties so that could play a role too.

    O's need a better offense.

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    9 hours ago, wildcard said:

    Pretty simple statement, right.    But with Hays coming off the IL, what does it mean?   To me it means "If you hit, you play."

    That means players that are hitting don't sit at this point.   Maybe later when its hot or they are tired but not now.   So Mullins CF (928 OPS), Urias 2B (816 OPS)  Franco 3B (757 OPS),  Stewart LF/DH (756 OPS), Galvis SS (725 OPS) should play every  games, as long as they keep hitting.  

    Hyde says he will use a rotation with Hays returning.  Who should be in the position player rotation?   My answer is those that normally hit well but are not hitting well now.  Mancini 1B/DH , Mountcastle 1B/DH, Santander RF and Hays OF should be in the rotation until they start hitting well.  That means they play 3 games out of every 4 games.

    (Mountcastle looked good at 1B the passed few games.  He doesn't need to play LF with Hays and Stewart available.)

    The leaves  Severino/Sisco sharing catcher where neither is hitting. And Ruiz who should be a bench player for now at 2B/3B.   

    That is the way I would try to improve the offense.   When someone hits better they play more.  When the don't hit they sit more.   Seems simple to me.  

    What is your take on who should be in Hyde's position player rotation?

    Good post.  Becomes even more interesting the next two games with no DH.  I'm guessing Stewart sits one out and Mountcastle the other. 

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    Fangraphs on Mullins

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    2 hours ago, Philip said:

    Hays is better at CF.

    Mullins/Hays/Santander is OF COURSE the best defensive outfield.

    Mullins at 2B is an intriguing idea. I wonder if it has been considered?

    He throws left. 

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    How long do the O’s need to be bad

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    38 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    Correa would have to sink pretty low to be regarded more poorly than Delmon Young in my eyes and folks still cheered him.

    I'm fine with "Jerk".  Just don't delve into criminal activity.

    Agreed.  Delmon Young is by far the biggest "jerk" this team has had in the last twenty years (post Belle, who I know was also a "jerk").  Correa may be a jerk but I'd take him in a second as the SS for the next 5-7 years. 

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    Play by Play Announcers

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    7 hours ago, SteveA said:

    I had not been too heavy into bashing the announcers.  Wanted to give them a chance.

    But after last night, I'm jumping on the bandwagon.

    There isn't a more exciting way for a baseball game to end than with the tie run being thrown out at the plate for the last out.   

    And Scott Garceau's bland, low key description last night was so weak.   Imagine how much more exiting it would have been with Joe Angel, Gary Thorne, or Jon Miller calling it.   Or Chuck Thompson or Bill O'Donnell. Even some announcers we have had who weren't the most technically competent in the world, like Fred Manfra or Tom Marr, would have made it far more exciting.   I almost felt I got cheated out of getting full enjoyment out of the moment because Garceau was so blase.   I thought it was as bad as it could get.

    But I was wrong.  Very wrong.   This morning while driving into work, 105.7 replayed the radio call of the final play by Melanie Newman.   It was every bit as bland and it was hard to follow what happened too.   It was absolutely terrible, completely unexciting and didn't convey a good mental image of what was happening.   I was surprised that 105.7 wasn't too embarrassed to run that replay at all.   If we pull a 1989 and have a season good enough to make a highlight video of, they will have to figure out a way to dub an actual announcer over either Garceau or Newman to include the finish to this game.   Or use the Yankee broadcast.    I'm no fan of John Sterling but I'm sure he did a good job conveying what happened on the play and the excitement of the moment.

     

    Garceau is bad, Newman is AWFUL.  

    4-8 Home Opener! Red Sox vs. O's

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    Just now, Tony-OH said:

    He honestly didn't have a lot of challenging plays last year in the outfield. It pretty obvious when he has to make anything other than a routine play, he's going to struggle.

    Also, the diving play by Mullins in left center.... probably a ball a good left fielder gets to, but we're fortunate to have Mullins. 

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