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Flaherty: hot streak, or improved hitter?

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When we first drafted five this fine gentleman, I saw a projection of him as Baltimore's DH in 2017 as his most likely result from some well respected scouting collectives.

He has exceeded every hope that could be had for him defensively and now I believe he is starting to relax as the offensive force and power hitter that it was always imagined that he would late blossom into.

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Flaherty: 302 AB, 14 HR, 66RBI, 305/384/523/907 at AA in 2011 before the O's selected him in the Rule 5 draft. It was probably the reason the O's selected him.

Maybe Ryan is just fulfilling his potential. Getting regular at bats helps. When Schoop comes back I can see Ryan playing a COF spot if he is still hitting well.

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Flaherty: 302 AB, 14 HR, 66RBI, 305/384/523/907 at AA in 2011 before the O's selected him in the Rule 5 draft. It was probably the reason the O's selected him.

Maybe Ryan is just fulfilling his potential. Getting regular at bats helps. When Schoop comes back I can see Ryan playing a COF spot if he is still hitting well.

I can see him as the 2016 First Baseman.

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I have been as big a critic of Ryan as there is, but I think his approach since his return is significantly better than I have ever seen with him, even when he has been in good streaks. He appears to be seeing the ball much better, is quieter in his stance and is laying off the really bad pitches that he has consistently chased when not doing well in the past. Hope he has turned a corner because he is very reliable and versatile in the field.

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Don't go overboard guys. If he can be the good utility infielder he is, and post a .720-.740 OPS instead of a sub-.700 OPS, he'll have great value to this club. That's all I'm asking.
If he is posting a .720-.740 OPS he is a starting 2B somewhere.
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Drungo, most everything you post is basically stat based. Do you ever form an opinion on watching a hitter like Flaherty or Paredes and say to yourself, he looks like he's changed something or doing something differently? I never really see you making comments like so and so really looked good tonight. He was doing this or he was doing that.

I don't know that I'm astute enough to pick up on minor adjustments. And I know I'm not good enough to tell when a major league player has made a tweak that leads to a change in something like line-drive rate. All I know is that most players in mid-career are constantly making adjustments to try to stay right around what they've done in the past. Yes, players sometimes, occasionally fix flaws and have a step change in performance. It's real hard to tell when that is.

And I'm not making fun of Flaherty with that Pascual Perez reference. I'm just making fun of the idea that Flaherty "coming to work every day" is unusual or noteworthy among major leaguers.

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