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    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    7 minutes ago, Philip said:

    I don’t know whether speed translates for every outfielder, and didn’t suggest that it does. But it certainly doesn’t for MC. Being fast isn’t as important as being quick, reading the ball, and running good routes. Speed will help if you do those other things well, but otherwise, you’ll just be running quickly to the wrong place and covering too much ground while getting there.

    if he could get to the ball and catch the ball, he’d be fine. After all, Mullins doesn’t have a strong arm, and he's great. 

    Mountcastle has never played OF before and now has all of 40 games experience. There is no reason to doom him to be a horrible outfielder. Let him play some more and see if he improves. Only then can we pass judgment on his defense.

    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    4 minutes ago, Philip said:

    We’ve had this Conversation before, and I agree, he frequently looks awful, and at 27, he’s only got a couple more years before decline sets in anyway. I don’t know how baseball savant makes their calculations, but Stewart isn’t as bad as you think, and MC is terrible. At the moment, MC should be settling in at 1B and DH, and put the OF behind him, and Stewart I guess is in the OF by default.

    Galvis is terrible too, by the way, even though he looks ok at times.

    But Stewart is exactly as bad as I think. Do you understand what i mean when i say he can not judge fly balls. Did you see him hurt himself on a foul fly that every outfielder who has ever played the game has the spatial knowledge to realize the ball will be landing 50 feet out of play? 

    And it's just ridiculous to think that Mountcastle should be judged an abject failure after 40 games in the outfield. If he can play mediocre defense in LF, he could be a frequent all-star with his bat. 

    If you want to position these two to prevent more runs, put Stewart at 1B. 

    Adley Rutschman 2021

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    On 6/18/2021 at 8:21 PM, Pickles said:

    You couldn't say anything definitively over the course of whatever it has been so far- 150 abs maybe?

    And 300 is an arbitrary number.

    And 287 over the course of those 150 abs isn't negligibly distinct from 300.

    But I think a player who puts up a 300/400/500 line at AA is likely to be a better ML hitter than one who puts up a 250/400/500 line, all other things being considered equal.

    All things being equal otherwise, the batter with the higher BA will help the team score more runs overall.

    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    13 minutes ago, Philip said:

    MC Never had the Tools for SS. He’s fast but that speed doesn’t translate into effective OF defense, and his throwing arm isn’t good. And has been pointed out by Tony and others his outfield instincts aren’t good.
    I’m not in love with DJ at all, but at the moment he’s a far better outfielder than MC, and I’m not ready to give up on him yet.

    Why does speed translate for nearly every single MLB outfielder but it can't translate for MC if he gets more reps in the field? I think it is likely his running speed is a good reason to expect improvement from him.

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    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    4 minutes ago, Philip said:

    MC Never had the Tools for SS. He’s fast but that speed doesn’t translate into effective OF defense, and his throwing arm isn’t good. And has been pointed out by Tony and others his outfield instincts aren’t good.
    I’m not in love with DJ at all, but at the moment he’s a far better outfielder than MC, and I’m not ready to give up on him yet.

    I can't understand the obsession that a lifelong outfielder who trips over his own feet and can NEVER settle under a flyball -- drifting under pop flies indicates the outfielder can not judge trajectory -- is "superior" to an athletic rookie who is newcomer to the position, just now is being thrown out there for his first outfield experience. Stewart's inept defense can not be called "superior" to anything, regardless of what metrics you reference; he is objectively and subjectively awful and will only get worse as he ages despite having played on the grass for his entire life. 

    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    Which would be why they used a first round pick on Grenier?

     

    Mountcastle was a HS shortstop.  He moves pretty well.  How could anyone other than you predict he would have difficulty moving to the outfield back when he was drafted?

    I still think Mountcastle could battle Left Filed to a draw with more experience.

    Tuesday, June 22: Orioles vs Astros

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    7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

    You get posters who are fixated on a particular player and these things happen.

    You are right: the post about Stewart's options should have been posted a half hour ago when he injured himself running into a 15 foot high wall on a ball that was foul by 15 rows.

    Saturday June 12: Orioles try to end 13 game road losing streak

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    16 minutes ago, SteveA said:

    You prefer RsBI ?

    That's some Rob Long ridiculousness - he's the only one whom i have heard voice such foolishness. For a century we said RBIs. Then some think-they-know-it-alls tried to change the living language. So smart they fooled themselves...

    Why is it Ks for the plural when that's a notation, not an initialism? Why is it Ks for the active verb? Why is it DHing when it is not Designated Hittering. In these cases, it is because that is what the living language says it is. Like how we just say "socials' now instead of "social media."

    Why isn't it 1 BBs for 1 Base-on-Balls? Why do we refer to the National Endowment for the Arts as the NEA, not the NEAs? 

    The grammar laws of initialism dictate that we add the plural "s" when we are tallying initialisms of nouns. RBIs are not a ratio like ERA or GAA. One potato, two potato; One RBI, 2 RBIs.

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