Ryan Flaherty has to go.

[Guest jtaz28]

Clown, I highly dought the man can juggle or do balloon animals. Its early in the season lets not panic yet.

[PolishFalcon22]

He's hit .208 in his career (80-ish games). What did you expect?

[Fla_O'sfan]

I think Flaherty needs to play everday............at Norfolk.

[Rene88]

Waaaay to early to be hating on Flaherty. I will say for the record though, that I really think Conor Jackson is the better option than Pearce.

[sfosfan]

I think Flaherty needs to play everday............at Norfolk.

:agree:

[section18]

There have been a couple of balls that Flaherty dove for that got up the middle that knocked in runs in these two games so far. Flaherty is taller than Casilla but Casilla is faster. Does anyone think Casilla would have got to those balls and at least knocked them down to keep the runs from scoring or possibly even made a play to get the hitter at 1B?

[wildcard]

Flaherty has 10 at bats so far this year, so the problem with his hitting is relative small right now. However, the league appears to have adjusted to his ability to hit the fastball and he is seeing nothing of off speed stuff. He has to be able to adjust to that.

If he adjusts he should stay with the O's. If he doesn't he has options and can work on hitting off speed stuff at AAA. The O's have Casilla and Navarro that can get opportunities. Schoop probably needs to show he can hit AAA pitching before he gets a promotion. Schoop is currently 1 for 7 with a .143 average. He needs more time.

I think that is the theme for the whole situation. Everyone needs more time to see how this develops.

[DrungoHazewood]

He's hit .208 in his career (80-ish games). What did you expect?

80 games, including a year jumping from AA, only means that at this point in his career you should trust the scouts, the analysts, and his MLEs more than you should trust his MLB numbers. I'm not one of the people who think Flaherty has great things ahead of him, but this early April jumping on and off of player bandwagons based on 10 at bats or five innings is both predictable and nonsensical. If Buck and Duquette were behind a guy's roster spot and playing time 48 hours ago they're not changing their minds in less than a week, and their overall opinions have only very slightly shifted.

[333WCamden]

Jonathon Schoop, please pick up the courtesy phone.

[Flash- bd]

Heh, I remember the same threads last year...for about 4 months. And then I remember...

[DrungoHazewood]

Jonathon Schoop, please pick up the courtesy phone.

"Jon, Buck here. Please don't read the internet. You're getting at least a couple hundred PAs in AAA unless you're the only one spared an organization-wide, second-base-only cholera epidemic."

[Can_of_corn]

Heh, I remember the same threads last year...for about 4 months. And then I remember...

Him getting hot for a couple weeks. A couple of weeks that caused his OPS to skyrocket to....617.

Fun note his current OPS+ is -100, he may have broken that stat.

It is well known that I am not a Flaherty fan however you have to give the kid more then two games.

[Flash- bd]

Him getting hot for a couple weeks. A couple of weeks that caused his OPS to skyrocket to....617.

Fun note his current OPS+ is -100, he may have broken that stat.

It is well known that I am not a Flaherty fan however you have to give the kid more then two games.

Not just a couple weeks. His OPS from ABs as a starter was somewhere in the .700s

[DrungoHazewood]

Not just a couple weeks. His OPS from ABs as a starter was somewhere in the .700s

His career OPS as a starter is .645. Not that any performance in 151 ABs really means much of anything.

[Dr. FLK]

He's a backup 2B...what did you people expect? Ryne Sandberg? 2B is most likely going to be a black hole in the lineup until B-rob comes back. They aren't calling up Schoop anytime soon.