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Maybe. But I have hair and I am not trying to pull it out. First Base is not such an "easy" position.

Oh My GOD! Do I want to see Stewart at First Base!?! No I do not!!!

This is probably more realistic. But then they're playing Mountcastle at 1B. Or Davis.

This is a good way to look at it. I think I have been seeing things through rose-colored glasses. We've seen enough dramatic rebounds that sometimes we forget the real-life possibilities. I've been a really big Trey guy since I was watching his early MiLB highlights on youtube.

When we are looking forward to a Cedric AB, yep!

The elephant in the room regarding the infield is the health of Trey next year. If he is capable of playing to/close to his top ability, he is going to be the First Baseman. But tonight, we have no idea how things will look 5-6 months from now with his recovery. His presence may directly affect Nunez's roster spot. Ruiz's, too.

Yeah he did. But he looked pretty confident. Like he could possibly become a BOR. I have or had pretty much become resigned to thinking of him as a reliever.

Mike is a nice guy in person.

There are a lot of bad hings about this team, too. But I am savoring the last of the summer wine (I think I used that phrase correctly).

I know you haven't been watching much, but did you see his Friday night miss?

There are some good things to say about Orioles pitching this year. Means had a bumpy start but look s to be getting into a groove. I'm cool with his ERA being a run lower than his FIP every year. Cobb has been healthy, which is pretty good unto itself. Kremer has impressed in his three starts. D.L.on Tate (see what I did there) has a live arm and may prove the Britton trade more worthwhile than acquiring a negative WAR third baseman. And Akin looks truly competent as a starter so far tonight.

Agreed. Both Frobby and I were predicting good things from Ruiz prior to 2019. Despite his strong start in 2020, he looks like he has a giant sized hole in his swing and is mediocre or worse in the field.

Nicer than I am willing to be, obviously. :-)

Akin has looked OK. That's a good thing.

And those couple innings of DJ in the field each week will cause his manager to wear out the prayer beads.

I am still appalled DJ didn't get a second error on Saturday night. He deserved it. Bad decision by the scorer.

And last year's World Series champion picking 6th.

My idea was more simplistic: Take the order of finish from this year and from last year then tally the placements. Example for Orioles: 29 last year plus ?23? this year totals 52, which probably translates to 25th or 26th or something. Senators finished ?5? last year and ?26? this year for a total of 31, which might translate to 13th or so. Not sure whether it would be much different from Frobby's order. But I guess we won;t need to bother doing the math on this at the end of the season,

Yes. I love having a range-y CF.

Meddle with contract offers, maybe. Meddle with draft picks? I don't see how he could.

DJ is making me yearn for Trumbo's defensive prowess in RF,

I'm blaming DJ on Dook, not Buck.

You remembered! That touches my heart, C_o_c!

The day he was drafted, I said on here, "Great, another DH." And since that's all he can do, he's going to have to hit really well to keep a job/ And I don't know that he has such a great stick that he can be a DH-only MLBer.

That was terrible on Valaika's part. You have to stop that ball before worrying about laying a tag.