(Almost) All Things Manny Machado....

[DrungoHazewood]

OPS+ of 88 isn't that far out of line with his career numbers. Folks on the OH routinely overate his bat.

Hardy is a pretty good hitter for a shortstop. The MLB average SS in 2014 OPSes .685.

[Can_of_corn]

Hardy is a pretty good hitter for a shortstop. The MLB average SS in 2014 OPSes .685.

Sure. He is a league average-ish bat at short. That doesn't mean that folks don't overate his bat.

[El Gordo]

Sure. He is a league average-ish bat at short. That doesn't mean that folks don't overate his bat.

It also doesn't mean that his bat is unproductive.

[Can_of_corn]

It also doesn't mean that his bat is unproductive.

Glad I never said that then. The term I like to use is one dimensional. Of course this year the dimension is more average then power.

[DrungoHazewood]

Sure. He is a league average-ish bat at short. That doesn't mean that folks don't overate his bat.

Yes. 10 years after Moneyball it's still not fully appreciated that OBPing .290 is like hitting .175 or slugging .310, or walking six batters per nine.

[OriolesMagic83]

Yes. 10 years after Moneyball it's still not fully appreciated that OBPing .290 is like hitting .175 or slugging .310, or walking six batters per nine.

Matt Weiters says hi. :lol: I think because of Joseph's better handling of pitchers and framing, the O's miss Weiters less than you would think.

[ledzepp8]

OPS+ of 88 isn't that far out of line with his career numbers. Folks on the OH routinely overate his bat.

That and people routinely forget that offense is down as a whole in baseball.

[DrungoHazewood]

Matt Weiters says hi. :lol: I think because of Joseph's better handling of pitchers and framing, the O's miss Weiters less than you would think.

You can be productive overall, despite OBPing .290, hitting .175, slugging .310, or walking six per nine. HOFers have done all of those things, at least on occasion.

[LayzieDES]

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Put in hard work and the sky's the limit.

[SteveO]

Manny's ceiling?

LMAO i poached that picture...awesome man.

[LayzieDES]

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[SteveO]

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[OFFNY]

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(JULY 12th)

Roch Kubatko stated that Machado has reached base safely in 14 straight games since June 22nd. His numbers in that time frame are: .404 (batting average), .443 (on-base percentage), and .737 (OPS.)

The 14 consecutive games of reaching base safely is the third-longest stretch of Machado's (still very young) major league career.

https://twitter.com/masnRoch/status/488018418092998658

[tntoriole]

Manny is going to torch some ball parks and torture some pitchers the rest of this season.