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Orioles still pursuing Ike Davis


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No. Not in my opinion. Was Yu Darvish a prospect just because he was rookie eligible? Is Tanaka a prospect? The fact remains that I haven't seen any longterm scouting reports that project him as more than a 4th OF on a 1st division team. I'd love for him to be better than that, but I don't think that means he necessarily has more upside than that.

Would you have said Urrutia had more upside than Chris Davis during the 2011 offseason after we first acquired him?

Of course Urrutia could win ROY. Ichiro won ROY!

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None of these guys, including Morales or Cruz, are high OBP guys. Davis has the highest career OBP of the group.

You want the extra 4 points of OBA. I'll take the extra 50 points in batting average and my team will outscore yours by 50 runs.

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None of these guys, including Morales or Cruz, are high OBP guys. Davis has the highest career OBP of the group.

I'll help you understand, feathernoodle:

Ike's "career": 7 points higher OBA than Cruz, 1 point higher than Kendrys. That's not even worth saying that one OBA is higher than another. Oh, and considering Morales and Cruz are every day starting players who produce, unlike Davis, it does a disservice to compare Ike to Morales and Cruz who have proven year in and year out that they can hit. In your evaluation Reimold is as good a hitter as Cruz. You are not seeing the forest for the trees. Walks are not as good as hits. When OBA is roughly equal, walks are no panacea.

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I'll help you understand, feathernoodle:

Ike's "career": 7 points higher OBA than Cruz, 1 point higher than Kendrys. That's not even worth saying that one OBA is higher than another. Oh, and considering Morales and Cruz are every day starting players who produce, unlike Davis, it does a disservice to compare Ike to Morales and Cruz who have proven year in and year out that they can hit. In your evaluation Reimold is as good a hitter as Cruz. You are not seeing the forest for the trees. Walks are not as good as hits. When OBA is roughly equal, walks are no panacea.

Not helping. Sorry. You brought up OBP, I did not. Obviously Cruz and Morales are more accomplished players, that is why they will be paid 3-4 times as much as Davis.

The question (in comparing a trade for Davis with the signing of Cruz or Morales) is whether the production you will get is 3/4 times what you would get from (for example) a platoon of Davis and Delmon Young.

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Yeah, I'm not sure I buy that one either.

Well, Fangraphs Oliver projections has...

Urrutia at 1.4 WAR, with .287/.332/.422 along with 14 homers and 72 rbi.

Davis at 1.1 WAR, with .216/.327/.398 with 22 homers and 72 rbi

By these numbers, Urrutia is the better guy for us, and we don't have to spend 3.5 mil or give up an asset for him.

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