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Flaherty has had shots at Baltimore 2B, and didn't hit. The bar for the bat is lower at SS, and the only one he might barely clear. So while he's missed some chances at earning more PT, he's never had an opportunity where he could use all his SS defensive value to keep himself in the lineup.

It's damning with faint praise, but he may be better than Amarista both ways. It isn't Gyorko he'd need to outplay.

Weams is correct it is a stretch for chips, but San Diego is one of the few clubs that might have more use for him than we do.

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Flaherty has had many chances to seize a starting job. Three years and he has yet to post a .700 OPS. At this point, I think he is what he is, a useful utility player.
That's not really true considering he still only has 750 ML PA in those 3 years...
That's because he didn't hit well when he had his shots.
Not entirely true...

Just so I'm clear: Flaherty has never had the kind of extended shot that Jonathan Schoop had last year, when Buck let him start 126 games despite his .598 OPS (which is worse than any OPS Flaherty has put up over an entire season. At the same time, Flaherty hasn't exactly seized the reigns when he has had the chance. He started 52 of the first 87 games in 2013, and posted a .615 OPS in that period. He started 19 of the first 25 games last year, and posted a .509 OPS. He gets off to a slow start every year and that really hurts his opportunities to get more playing time.

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IMHO Scoop is more talented as a starter than Flaherty and should get the nod to start at 2b. He has a cannon and waaay more power than the light hitting Flaherty will ever muster. It seems a no brainer that Ryan's value is as a utility man period. I for one wonder why this is even a point of discussion anymore?

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Flaherty has more post season HRs than any player on the Orioles 25 man roster,

so at least he doesn't shrink under the bright lights like some notable others

For his career he hits a HR once every 32 PA's vs. Schoop at one every 29 PA, so I don't get the Schoop love or Flaherty dislike.

Adam Jones hits a home run for every 26.5 PA.

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Flaherty has more post season HRs than any player on the Orioles 25 man roster, so at least he doesn't shrink under the bright lights like some notable others

For his career he hits a HR once every 32 PA's vs. Schoop at one every 29 PA, so I don't get the Schoop love or Flaherty dislike.

Adam Jones hits a home run for every 26.5 PA.

Well, I like Flaherty and I think we would have gotten more production from a Flaherty/Dejesus platoon at 2nd over Schoop last year (under different circumstanceswith Machado being healthy), but not much doubt that Schoop has considerably more upside at this point.

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Flaherty has more post season HRs than any player on the Orioles 25 man roster,

so at least he doesn't shrink under the bright lights like some notable others

I care a lot more about Flaherty's 750 regular season plate appearances than I do about his 36 PA in the postseason, in terms of predicting how Flaherty will do in the future. I'm glad Ryan came through a couple of times in the postseason, but that doesn't negate the fact that he has been a below average hitter in the regular season. And if I had to bet today on who would be better in the postseason in the future, I'd pick most of the Orioles' regulars over Flaherty despite his good performance in the 2012 and 2014 postseason.

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Flaherty is the new Felix Pie. Never have I seen two players squander chance after chance and yet still have some a fan following. I like Flaherty as a backup and nothing more.

IIRC, Pie was much more highly rated and hyped as a Cubs prospect. I don't think that nearly as much was expected out of Flaherty. Flaherty hasn't really disappointed, IMO.

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