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Urias is also hitting into bad luck right now he has an xBA of .279 and xSLG of .446. That is one of the issues with small sample size, luck tends to even out over the course of a season. Nobody is hitting into worse luck then Mancini

This team so far has been enjoyable to watch in a way that last years team definitely wasn't. I've probably jinxed it now

I do not except Urias to have a lower OPS for the year then McKenna. Of the players we expected to hit, he's probably having the worst start. It shouldn't really come as a surprise though that the three OF + Mountcastle lead the team in OPS. Chirnios is also up there. None of them though are hitting well, except Santander, it's just relatively better.

Feel as if Gunnar gets overlooked a bit on this board. He’s currently 15th in the eastern league in OPS at 20, nearly everyone above him is already 22+ (Alvarez is the notable exception). But there doesn’t seem to be a lot of hype around him here, even compared to Westburg

It’s far to small a sample for deterministic statements, and uzr and oaa have their own limitations as well. My issues when I try to the the eye test though are that a) I don’t remember all the balls that just become singles. It’s much easier to remember the balls that are gotten to (be it an out or error) then the ones that just aren’t. B) you need to know the starting point. Was the dive made because they got a great first step and got to a ball no one else would, or bc they got a terrible one, and it’s a routine play for everyone else. I call this the Jeter

The advanced metrics claim Mateo has below avg range (he is negative in both OAA and UZR), again it's a small sample size though. Most reports on Ortiz have him at above avg range.

I'm not sure Mateo has the range that some of you think he does, the advanced stats don't make that argument anyways (in SSS). Ortiz btw is almost certainly the best defender of the 4...but he's the weakest with the bat

Homerun of Espino

Hit another homerun tonight...but Norby hit two! Those two are in a real race to be first IF promoted, but there is definitely a real logjam right now in the Orioles system

yeah, I think they know basically what they have defensively in Westburg and Ortiz, Ortiz is the better defender, but Westburg is playable there (but probably below avg at the ML level). Henderson is the wildcard, I think he has the arm strength but there are questions about his range long term, and he had a lot of errors last year.

Spoiler: the orioles aren’t going to spend big money on a free agent even if they’re the #1 team in the division (unless Angelos is gone). Has nothing to do with any rebuilding timetable

Thought this was an interesting article from Roch on the SS rotation at Bowie + Hall, and how the Orioles development team guides it with the manager https://www.masnsports.com/blog/moore-manages-to-move-around-his-shortstops-at-bowie

This, Law's limitation isn't his scouting ability, you can disagree with him, but scouting is what he does for a living, he does have some experience with it. His limitation is that all he's seeing are one game snapshots. Someone like Tony (or the Orioles minor league coaches) see them on a daily basis, and that gives them a much more complete and accurate picture.

Bowie's IF is really crowded, nobody from Aberdeen can really be promoted until someone from Bowie is moved (presumably Westburg, but he's cooled off a bit)

This keeps up, we might have to change the title of the thread

Struck out the last two batters he faced in the 6th 6ip 8k's 1 BB 3 R 1 ER

That said, given Adley got no spring training, and hasn’t played in a game all year…I would think it’s going to be a longer rehab assignment & not just a couple games at high A.

Not really. For instance Santander started his rehab in Bowie last year. It seems to depend on how long they’ve been out, and which teams are at home.

I'm waiting on the video where he's constantly looking to the side, telling us how well he's progressing Yeah, seems like he could go to Norfolk and at least DH and get his timing back, even if they still want him to do some more throwing progression before catching

Oakland A's running out their own potpourri of quad A players. Lopez ate them up

yeah, I think the play was to PH Hays for Odor, since they should bring him on as a defensive replacement anyways. McKenna has been totally miscast as a PH multiple times this year, but you definitely want to keep his glove in the game with the lead

Gunnar said in an interview he worked on flattening out his swing some over the winter in order to better handle balls at the top of the zone. I wonder if the decreased strike outs and decreased power are both results

oh ffs, two hard hit balls right at guys. Some of it is bad hitting sure, but some of it is just bad luck

If Rordriguez is the pitcher we think/hope he is, there probably is value for him learning to work deeper into the game in easier/lower stress situations in Triple A versus the big leagues. A guy like Zimmerman probably wont be asked to go much more then 5 very often in todays game, but a true ace is expected to be able to go through the lineup more often. That said, really hard for him to do it/learn that skill if they're going to pull him at 75 pitches...at some point they're going to have to start letting him go 100+ pitches, or you might as well call him up.

through 2 scoreless now, he's gone 4, 5 in his first two starts, very curious to see if they actually let him go 6 tonight (assuming he gets through the first 5 without throwing to many pitches)