vs. ROYALS, 5/17

[terps19]

Sorry, typo.

He had a .684 last year vs Lefties.

2012 .833 vs LHP- Id say thats pretty recent

[joedogg9999]

Can already tell this is gonna be yet another one of those games where our lineup is just completely baffled by a guy simply because we have never seen him before

[SteveA]

It's about 25 for a full year. Pretty good.

Math off the top of my head...

Very off the top... 36 HRs in 1087 ABs translates to 25 HRs in 754 ABs. 754 ABs is a lot more than a full year.

I think it's about 18-20 for a full year playing every day, although I guess if a player never walks he could get 600+ in a year and then it would be more in the 20-22 range.

[Jonesy10]

Ok. Yeah. Well. Hope he brings it back together.

This is what it was like last year with him... Tons of baserunners, spotty command... His WHIP before this start wasn't much higher than 1 but it's not a great thing to see him like this again.

[Can_of_corn]

And Young as recently as 2012 had an OPS of .833 vs LHP

And how much is a 833 platoon OPS worth for a DH?

Not much.

[Sanfran327]

Well, you could be right if Caleb is not making any throws.

Both throws have been right there. It's hard to tell on TV what the reason is for a stolen base, whether it's off the pitcher, the catcher, slow TTTP, or slow reaction by the catcher. But the throws have been accurate at least.

[weams]

Bud is about to walk a .160 HITTER

Didn't...

[terps19]

Norris about to throw pitch 31 and he has only pitched 1 inning- Good thing then pen is nice and rested

[Jonesy10]

Can already tell this is gonna be yet another one of those games where our lineup is just completely baffled by a guy simply because we have never seen him before

Right now it doesn't matter how many times they've seen a guy. Cruz is the only guy in our lineup hitting well. Everyone else just looks overmatched. Very frustrating to see virtually everyone slumping at once.

[weams]

Both throws have been right there. It's hard to tell on TV what the reason is for a stolen base, whether it's off the pitcher, the catcher, slow TTTP, or slow reaction by the catcher. But the throws have been accurate at least.

A little bit of a loop to them. Or was I seeing wrong?

[scOtt]

We need a real catcher if Matt gonna miss a lot of time.

Have to agree with this. CJ is not good enough for a straight platoon.

[Guest]

Didn't...

Shouldn't take 8 pitches.

[scOtt]

About 20...

And this is terrible?

[terps19]

And how much is a 833 platoon OPS worth for a DH?

Not much.

Who would you rather DH? Steve Pearce? Who dangit is better right now on the bench?

[Sanfran327]

That was fortunate.