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Three years of OBP: the funny thing about Free Agents

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Pos	Name	        Team		PA	OBPChris Davis	Orioles	FA	1868	0.347Steve Pearce	Orioles	FA	846	0.339Gerardo Parra	Orioles	FA	1826	0.320Delmon Young	Orioles	FA	796	0.313Everth Cabrera	Orioles	FA	931	0.308Matt Wieters	Orioles	FA	973	0.302Chris Parmelee	Orioles	FA	705	0.3013B	Manny Machado	Orioles		1777	0.334CF	Adam Jones	Orioles		1952	0.313LF	Nolan Reimold	Orioles		413	0.300David Lough	Orioles		676	0.296BC	Steve Clevenger	Orioles		226	0.296SS	J.J. Hardy	Orioles		1650	0.293DH	Jimmy Paredes	Orioles		584	0.292RF	Dariel Alvarez	Orioles		31	0.290UT	Ryan Flaherty	Orioles		884	0.287Henry Urrutia	Orioles		94	0.287C	Caleb Joseph	Orioles		630	0.284OF	Junior Lake	Orioles		664	0.278IF	Rey Navarro	Orioles		30	0.2762B	Jonathan Schoop	Orioles		817	0.2701B	Christn Walker	Orioles		31	0.258Paul Janish	Orioles		81	0.247

Isn't it interesting that other than Jones and Machado, no other current Orioles have tallied a 3 year sample of OBP over .300? And every single player that is currently a major league free agent position player for us does?

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That is downright frightening. I think Reimold's three-year OBP is not indicative of his ability to get on base, and is just a product of his 2013-14 injuries. But most of the others are guys who are likely to remain sub-.300. I have some hope that Schoop will continue improving and get to the .310-.320 range eventually, but it may not happen in 2016.

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That is downright frightening. I think Reimold's three-year OBP is not indicative of his ability to get on base, and is just a product of his 2013-14 injuries. But most of the others are guys who are likely to remain sub-.300. I have some hope that Schoop will continue improving and get to the .310-.320 range eventually, but it may not happen in 2016.

Reimold has shown no indication of being a full time player.

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Reimold has shown no indication of being a full time player.

I didn't mean to suggest he was. But I do believe his .327 career OBP and his .344 OBP in 2015 are more indicative of his on base abilities than his .300 OBP over the last three years, which includes two years when he was recuperating from neck surgery.

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I didn't mean to suggest he was. But I do believe his .327 career OBP and his .344 OBP in 2015 are more indicative of his on base abilities than his .300 OBP over the last three years, which includes two years when he was recuperating from neck surgery.

I believe that he is an aging part time player. On a real good team, he could be useful.

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Only 2 teams, the Giants and Astros, swung at more pitches outside the strike zone last year. Only 4 teams, the Mariners, Cubs, Rays and Astros, had a lower contact rate at pitches outside the strike zone.

The Orioles would be a much better team if they learned where the strike zone is and prioritized hitters who knew what the strike zone was.

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Only 2 teams, the Giants and Astros, swung at more pitches outside the strike zone last year. Only 4 teams, the Mariners, Cubs, Rays and Astros, had a lower contact rate at pitches outside the strike zone.

The Orioles would be a much better team if they learned where the strike zone is and prioritized hitters who knew what the strike zone was.

It is kind of interesting that two of the four teams with a lower contact rate of pitches outside the strike zone made it to the ALDS.

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