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CA-ORIOLE Hangout Grand Counsel

CA-ORIOLE

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Last night game was more of a very poor pitching outing.

But, it was fun to watch.

Travis went 2-3 with HR and run scored and that should help his OPS.

Snider did not hit a HR yesterday. He was 2-3 with 2 doubles and 3 walks.

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Snider didn't HR last night. His .355 slugging is the problem. David Lough's is .369
Snider did not hit a HR yesterday. He was 2-3 with 2 doubles and 3 walks.

I could have sworn, I seen him credited with a HR on Yahoo game action that I had going on my phone.

Sorry about that.

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I could have sworn, I seen him credited with a HR on Yahoo game action that I had going on my phone.

Sorry about that.

Since almost everybody was hitting homeruns yesterday it was easy to be confused. I thought the bat boy was going to step up and hit a homerun.

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CA-ORIOLE Hangout Grand Counsel

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He can hit and get on base a little, but he's not providing power or particularly good defense.

I think the end game here is Parmalee replaces him and he gets DFA'd the next time (or two) that the O's are forced to make a move. He was supposed to hit for power based on his second half last year, but it isn't happening. And then renders him basically useless as an every day player.

I think he's looked pretty good defensively since that Toronto fiasco and was ok before that.

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He can hit and get on base a little, but he's not providing power or particularly good defense.

I think the end game here is Parmalee replaces him and he gets DFA'd the next time (or two) that the O's are forced to make a move. He was supposed to hit for power based on his second half last year, but it isn't happening. And that renders him basically useless as an every day player because he doesn't bring much else to the table.

I 100% agree

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Snider so far hasn't produced power like he's capable of. But to put it in perspective, here are some other power position players (LF/RF/1B/DH) with a SLG under .400:

.398 Carlos Santana

.396 Michael Cuddyer

.395 Nori Aoki

.392 Chris Carter

.391 Kole Calhoun

.385 Curtis Granderson

.384 Carlos Beltran

.380 Jayson Heyward

.380 Mike Napoli

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.372 Travis Snider

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.371 Ender Inciarte

.367 Nick Markakis

.355 Gregory Polanco

.352 Ben Revere

.346 Joe Mauer

.346 Matt Kemp

.346 Ryan Zimmerman

.343 Billy Butler

.342 Yangervis Solarte

.277 Melky Cabrera

There are a lot of big contracts listed there.

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Sounds like a flowery way of saying you made something up.
Your BS is tedious. This is what you said on the first page of this thread. "He has a very unorthodox swing. It's not working. He could get hot but I have run out of patience." Since he is hitting for a decent average, and getting on base, in what way could his swing not be working, except that he is not hitting for power? Isn't that the common complaint people have with Snider? That is not a great leap except perhaps for some one whose thought processes are as infecund as yours.
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