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wildcard Hangout Grand Counsel

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Manny is on a 30 homer pace. Jonathan with 5 homers in 14 games. Buck when asked in the presser about Jonathan said, "We are looking for the guy that he was before he got hurt." That guy had a 940 OPS in 27 at bats. If Buck really thinks Jonathan can do that then "Hello World Series".

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Es4M11 Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Schoop seems like he could be a .260ish 25-30hr a year kinda guy in time. Numbers like that, with his defense would have to place him among the games best at 2b

Question: Who has the better arm between Machado and Schoop? I honestly can't say for sure.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love how happy it makes Manny when Schoop does something well. Their bromance is my favorite thing ever. <a href="http://t.co/BKYPuuv3I1">pic.twitter.com/BKYPuuv3I1</a></p>— Orioles Fan Problems (@OriolesFanProbz) <a href="

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Just came back from the game. Lord, I truly, really needed that! I was so, so convinced that the O's would blow it yet again, failing to score with runners in scoring position. Well, they didn't get any runs in scoring position, but they did the next best thing -- Wieters with that double, scoring Parmalee from 1B and then Jonathan, dear Jonathan Schoop getting that HR with 2 out for the game winner.

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scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="http://t.co/eSYVwqiIk4">pic.twitter.com/eSYVwqiIk4</a></p>— Orioles Fan Problems (@OriolesFanProbz) <a href="
">July 11, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Is that Chris Davis?

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scOtt Hangout Grand Counsel

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Just came back from the game. Lord, I truly, really needed that! I was so, so convinced that the O's would blow it yet again, failing to score with runners in scoring position. Well, they didn't get any runs in scoring position, but they did the next best thing -- Wieters with that double, scoring Parmalee from 1B and then Jonathan, dear Jonathan Schoop getting that HR with 2 out for the game winner.

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And a cool hat! :P
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It's great to have some youthful exhuberance on the team. One guy by himself can't really act like a 22-23 year old kid. But I love watching the two of them interact when one of them does something good. I hope we're watching them play together for a decade or more.

With Manny, I think what he's doing this year is going to be about the norm going forward. I said before the year started I though he would post an .850+ OPS with 25-30 homers, but it now looks like I was being conservative. He has even more power than I realized.

As to Schoop, it's all about developing plate discipline. The homer showed how much power he has -- that pitch was on the outside corner and he still yanked it over the LF fence. The previous at bat was a really poor one where he got overanxious and swung at a couple of pitches that never had any chance of being a strike. He still needs to cut down on those kinds of at bats to reach his potential. But he's clearly made progress from last year.

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