(Almost) All Things Manny Machado....

[O's are Legends]

1 minute ago, weams said:

Trade Manny Tomorrow.  Not Saturday. Tomorrow. And trade Jon the moment he has a hot streak when he comes back. 

There are always desperate teams; I believe the O's will get more during the season for Machado than they would have during the off-season. Yes, the time to extend Schoop has most likely passed. Let the semi-rebuild start.

[atomic]

6 minutes ago, weams said:

Trade Manny Tomorrow.  Not Saturday. Tomorrow. And trade Jon the moment he has a hot streak when he comes back. 

The Yankees are at .500 maybe they could use a Shortstop/Third baseman to right their ship. 

[Ohfan67]

36 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

For what? Hitting 2 HR’s in a blowout loss?

He wasn't pitching today. He did his part. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

It's early, but Manny is on pace for a monster season.  Some team with a hole at SS or 3B will trade for him.  

STATS

	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2018 Regular Season	19	77	10	26	7	0	5	14	10	14	1	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037
Career	782	3160	445	885	182	9	141	416	236	579	40	22	.280	.330	.477	.808
Projected	162	657	85	222	60	0	43	119	85	119	9	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037

[Frobby]

2 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

He wasn't pitching today. He did his part. 

Manny can do no right in some people’s eyes.   For me, I’m going to enjoy watching him as long as he’s an Oriole.    He’s not perfect, but he’s one helluva player.    I wish we had several more that good.   

[weams]

6 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

It's early, but Manny is on pace for a monster season.  Some team with a hole at SS or 3B will trade for him.  

STATS

	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2018 Regular Season	19	77	10	26	7	0	5	14	10	14	1	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037
Career	782	3160	445	885	182	9	141	416	236	579	40	22	.280	.330	.477	.808
Projected	162	657	85	222	60	0	43	119	85	119	9	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037

His numbers play at first base or right field.

[ORIOLE33]

18 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

He wasn't pitching today. He did his part. 

On the surface, maybe. But IMO, hitting HR’s in blowouts is the baseball equivalent to stat padding. 

[OFFNY]

19 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

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It's early, but Manny is on pace for a monster season. Some team with a hole at SS or 3B will trade for him.  

STATS

	GP	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2018 Regular Season	19	77	10	26	7	0	5	14	10	14	1	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037
Career	782	3160	445	885	182	9	141	416	236	579	40	22	.280	.330	.477	.808
Projected	162	657	85	222	60	0	43	119	85	119	9	0	.338	.414	.623	1.037

 

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11 minutes ago, weams said:

 

His numbers play at first base or right field.

 

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Or, as the best hitting pitcher since the late Wes Ferrell.

 

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[Ohfan67]

3 hours ago, ORIOLE33 said:

On the surface, maybe. But IMO, hitting HR’s in blowouts is the baseball equivalent to stat padding. 

That’s kind of dumb. What’s he supposed to do, hold back? The Orioles have come back from crazy deficits before. Is he supposed to give up? Then you and or others would call him a quitter. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

3 minutes ago, Ohfan67 said:

That’s kind of dumb. What’s he supposed to do, hold back? The Orioles have come back from crazy deficits before. Is he supposed to give up? Then you and or others would call him a quitter. 

According to Brian Dozier, the losing team should roll over and die when the other team is winning handily late in the game.

[Babypowder]

1 hour ago, Ohfan67 said:

That’s kind of dumb. What’s he supposed to do, hold back? The Orioles have come back from crazy deficits before. Is he supposed to give up? Then you and or others would call him a quitter. 

He knew they wouldn’t come back. He also knew the Tigers wouldn’t stop scoring. He should have just stopped playing the second they were behind. Doing otherwise is just selfish.

[Yardball85]

5 hours ago, ORIOLE33 said:

On the surface, maybe. But IMO, hitting HR’s in blowouts is the baseball equivalent to stat padding. 

Riiiight.  He should've just made quick outs instead of trying to have a successful at bat.

[ORIOLE33]

15 hours ago, Ohfan67 said:

That’s kind of dumb. What’s he supposed to do, hold back? The Orioles have come back from crazy deficits before. Is he supposed to give up? Then you and or others would call him a quitter. 

Lot easier and less pressure hitting HR’s when the game is out of hand and all the pitchers job is to throw strikes. Not saying he shouldn’t try to hit, but late inning HR’s in blowouts aren’t that impressive to me.

[ORIOLE33]

13 hours ago, Yardball85 said:

Riiiight.  He should've just made quick outs instead of trying to have a successful at bat.

Who said he should make quick outs? 

[Frobby]

6 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

Lot easier and less pressure hitting HR’s when the game is out of hand and all the pitchers job is to throw strikes. Not saying he shouldn’t try to hit, but late inning HR’s in blowouts aren’t that impressive to me.

Fine.   Manny is hitting .412/.474/.471 in high leverage situations.    He’s also hitting well in medium and low leverage situations.    I’m glad he’s hot and hope he remains so.    He’s about the only player on the team who’s doing anything offensively.