Adam Jones is The Man

[Eutaw]

AJ da bess.

I don't have any kind of analysis or anything to add. Just glad he's on our squad.

[AdamK]

Last night's broadcast via mlb.tv ran longer than usual and included the interview after the game with Jones. (Usually it stops abruptly right after the last out.)

Jones IS the man. He is. He's all baseball and we are lucky to have a guy so enthusiastic about not only his teammates but his adopted city.

He's neat.

[weams]

I noticed this too, and I think he is just using favorable counts and his contact ability to smack hittable pitches for doubles instead of working a walk. That's fine by me.

He is carrying this team on his broad back.

[BohKnowsBmore]

He is carrying this team on his broad back.

Looks like there's a good chance his trend of annual offensive improvement may just continue.

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[CA-ORIOLE]

Looks like there's a good chance his trend of annual offensive improvement may just continue.

Ok, but he declined last year.

[BohKnowsBmore]

Ok, but he declined last year.

Probably should have said HRs.

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[TonySoprano]

Now tied with Ripken for 4th on all-time OPACY HRs

the list

124 Rafael Palmeiro

91 Brady Anderson

89 Melvin Mora

85 Cal Ripken Jr.

85 Adam Jones

80 Nick Markakis

71 Chris Hoiles

68 Miguel Tejada

64 Jay Gibbons

60 Chris Davis

57 B.J. Surhoff

55 Harold Baines

48 Albert Belle

44 Brian Roberts

[backwardsk]

Anyone think he'll end up in the top 5 in MVP voting?

[AdamK]

Happy 29th Bday.

edit: woops, didn't see Patrick already covered this.

[Redskins Rick]

Anyone think he'll end up in the top 5 in MVP voting?

Probably not.

[Frobby]

AJ is in a bit of a slump right now: .587 OPS in his last 23 games. He's had some meaningful hits in that time, but hasn't hit well overall.

[TonySoprano]

AJ is in a bit of a slump right now: .587 OPS in his last 23 games. He's had some meaningful hits in that time, but hasn't hit well overall.

Always going for the HR swing when a single will do. He's trying to pick up the rest of the lineup not named Machado.

ETA: I did talk about the team-wide slump in another thread. Here are the numbers for July 7 - August 4 (23 games). There are quite a few pathetic performances amongst the regulars in that timeframe.

PLYR	G	AB	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPSManny	19	75	4	11	0.360	0.388	0.587	0.975Joseph	14	42	2	4	0.310	0.356	0.524	0.880NickM	23	93	3	8	0.269	0.333	0.409	0.742Hardy	23	84	2	8	0.238	0.289	0.381	0.670Davis	21	70	4	9	0.171	0.253	0.357	0.610Jones	23	94	5	16	0.181	0.214	0.372	0.586Pearce	17	56	1	1	0.179	0.303	0.268	0.571Cruz	22	82	2	4	0.134	0.220	0.232	0.452Schoop	16	51	2	6	0.137	0.170	0.255	0.425Flash	13	45	0	3	0.133	0.152	0.178	0.330

The reserves

PLYR	G	AB	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPSHundl	11	32	0	1	0.125	0.222	0.125	0.347Young	11	28	1	4	0.357	0.379	0.571	0.950Lough	18	13	0	1	0.385	0.429	0.462	0.891