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

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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,

I'll consider a 110 OPS+ to be a good hitter. Certainly not a great one, especially at DH, but more than serviceable. The O's had a .684 OPS at DH last year, and Alvarez can do significantly better than that.

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1.Machado 3B R

2.Alvarez DH L

3.Jones CF R

4.Davis 1B L

5.Trumbo RF R

6.MW C S

7.Schoop 2B R

8.Kim LF L

9.Hardy SS R

Joseph

Flaherty

Reimold

Rickard

Having Machado on in front of Alvarez makes it harder to shift Alvarez and Alvarez wont hit into very many double plays with the shift.

Rickard is our Jarrod Dyson. He comes in to pinch run for Trumbo late in the game or for defense late in close games.

Alvarez wasn't the best fit but bringing him in is a better option than what we had. So now we just have LF to worry about.

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A true three outcome type, 44% of the time he either hits it out, strikes out or walks. And the walks aren't getting the better of that equation. The positives? He carries over a .333 wOBA and a 114 wRC+ which aren't too far off his career numbers.

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A true three outcome type, 44% of the time he either hits it out, strikes out or walks. And the walks aren't getting the better of that equation. The positives? He carries over a .333 wOBA and a 114 wRC+ which aren't too far off his career numbers.

Of course there is no way to tell how he will take to being a DH, or how often Buck will put him in the field.

I don't hate the signing, I just think it is part of a pattern of inefficiency.

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I think I would have preferred to have Alvarez without Trumbo, and signed/traded for a real right fielder.

I would have preferred Trumbo at first no Chris Davis and all the money he got

used to improve the team. Pitching and a RF.

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I believe nothing until he is on the field.

I almost wonder if they would still trade for Bruce given Kim's performance.

Our defense is going to be epic, not in a good way.

BUT, something needed to be done so glad it was.

I'll sit back and read what others think.

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I still think fans need to give Kim a chance. Don't go by ST. The man needs a

chance. How many games has he been? How many at bats has he had?

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Of course there is no way to tell how he will take to being a DH, or how often Buck will put him in the field.

I don't hate the signing, I just think it is part of a pattern of inefficiency.

At some point I decided to be okay with putting a jet engine on a dump truck instead of buying a Lotus.

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I still think fans need to give Kim a chance. Don't go by ST. The man needs a

chance. How many games has he been? How many at bats has he had?

Let's say your assumption with Kim was a .750 OPS. His "performance" thus far is, what, 0-for-12? And 0-for-12 in spring training, which probably should be weighted at 25% of regular season PAs, if that, so he's essentially 0-for-3. That downgrades his projection from .750 to about .749.

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