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Slugger Pedro Alvarez Signs w Orioles (1 yr: 5.75 + 1.5 potential bonuses) OFFICIAL

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Tony-OH Hangout Grand Counsel

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This means Trumbo or Davis will be the right fielder as Alvarez should not be allowed to have a glove.

We're going to hit some home runs and honestly, I'm ok with that considering the other options. We needed more OBP but if not, might as well have another guy who can hit 30 bombs if all goes right.

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Just Regular Hangout Grand Counsel

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I doubt it would happen, but it might be crazy like a fox to bat him leadoff vs. RHP. The hoped for gain would be to get his 3rd PA vs. the righty starter by batter faced #19. With teams growing more sensitive to the times through the order penalty, putting him in the lower half of the lineup probably limits your upside to 2 PA/game, and a certain LOOGY in the 6th.

At least at leadoff, it dares the opposing manager to remove his starter in the 5th, or even 4th on a good night.

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mskrulz Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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This means Trumbo or Davis will be the right fielder as Alvarez should not be allowed to have a glove.

We're going to hit some home runs and honestly, I'm ok with that considering the other options. We needed more OBP but if not, might as well have another guy who can hit 30 bombs if all goes right.

I really think you're on to something with Davis in Right. I could see him there a ton.

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The Orioles are incompetent. So they brought in another guy that other teams didn't want. Terrific. They spent over $200 million this offseason and didn't get any better. The team collectively struck out too much and had poor plate discipline BEFORE they brought in Trumbo and Alvarez. The middle of the order will now include Jones, Davis, Trumbo and Alvarez. That's just fantastic. The middle of the order still doesn't include Manny, who is their best hitter, which is also STUPID

The front office completely screwed up the last 4 years by not taking advantage of the core of the team being on cheap contracts. I can't do it anymore. I'll casually watch and I'll go to games for free since my company has a skybox but otherwise it's too disappointing.

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abbott Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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He's actually a good hitter. The hope is that he can relax now that he does not have such a defensive burden and just use his Prince Fielder body.

How do you define 'good hitter'?

He has a career.309 OBP, has more HRs than doubles, 2.5:1 K:BB. For someone who has averaged 25 HRs a season for the last 3 years his OPS+ over that time is about 110. Nice,

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