Flaherty for LF?

[DrungoHazewood]

I mean, sure. But consider the following: your two potential starters, Kim and Reimold, are doing nothing. Your top prospect outfielder, Alvarez, is doing nothing. Marte is doing a nice job, but not getting the ABs others are. Rickard is killing it, he has a roster spot all but locked up either as a starter or the 4th OF.

Walker is hitting when no one else is. He's made some plays in LF today. He's doing everything Reimold and Kim have not done this spring. It's a crazy longshot, but give some credit to him for showing the hell up at least.

Who cares if their spring boxscores aren't great? I don't care at all. Not one bit. Not even enough to look them up. They're asymptotically approaching meaningless.

[Redskins Rick]

Who cares if their spring boxscores aren't great? I don't care at all. Not one bit. Not even enough to look them up. They're asymptotically approaching meaningless.

I have never seen OH so hung up on meaningless spring games. (This is not directed at you Drungo, my friend).

[DrungoHazewood]

I don't know why you think that I think 25 PA represent long-term value or talent. I have no idea why you think that I think that.

Then why do you care that Walker has hit better than Kim or Reimold?

[Can_of_corn]

I don't know why you think that I think 25 PA represent long-term value or talent. I have no idea why you think that I think that.

Does anyone have the bat for it? Reimold and Kim certainly don't.

Also: game thread. I just fire at will. #nofilter

I don't know why he might think that...

[Aristotelian]

Why do you assume Kim and Reimold will make the team no matter what they do in ST?

Because neither can be sent to the minors. Kim has it in his contract, and Reimold is out of options. The Orioles will hold onto them as long as possible and give them the first chance to fail. Walker and Marte can be sent to Norfolk and called up later, but not the other way around.

[Can_of_corn]

Whatever dude. Me opining about ST competition in no way makes me the type of mouth-breathing idiot that thinks ST numbers relate to long term value or talent-level. The fact is, there's a competition taking place based on ST numbers. Fact. It's totally separate from what Drungo was insinuating.

Whatever dude. You asked why he might think that and I showed, through your own words, why he might.

[DrungoHazewood]

Whatever dude. Me opining about ST competition in no way makes me the type of mouth-breathing idiot that thinks ST numbers relate to long term value or talent-level. The fact is, there's a competition taking place based on ST numbers. Fact. It's totally separate from what Drungo was insinuating.

There is a competition. What it's based on is open to interpretation, but it ain't who had 12 hits and who had 15.

[DrungoHazewood]

Because neither can be sent to the minors. Kim has it in his contract, and Reimold is out of options. The Orioles will hold onto them as long as possible and give them the first chance to fail. Walker and Marte can be sent to Norfolk and called up later, but not the other way around.

Also the preponderance of the evidence is they're better.

[Can_of_corn]

Game thread hyperbole aside, I feel like I've earned a little more credit than being thought of as the guy who takes ST stats at face value. I'm loose with stuff around here, but my writing style doesn't make me a pea-brain.

I do like Walker. I like what I've seen from Marte and Rickard. I'm not a big Reimold guy. I'm a HUGE Reimold-in-theory guy, but the fact is he was mediocre last year and he hasn't done a thing in ST. He's certainly not beating out Kim for the starting spot because they are essentially dead even.

I'm not a guy that wants to give up on Kim yet AT ALL. I'm just saying - Buck himself has questioned Kim multiple times now. To me, that means LF is wiiiiiiiiiiide the hell open. So, who's going to win that spot? I dunno! Maybe Kim! Maybe Reimold! But it won't be because they won it in ST, it'll be from their track records. Which is fine, but goes against what Buck is insinuating.

Bucks says a lot of stuff.

I don't think it is wise to take it all at face value.

I rely on Buck for entertainment more than information.

[25 Nuggets]

1) LF Flaherty

2) SS Machado

3) 2B Scoop

4) 1B Davis

5) CF Jones

6) RF Walker

7) 3B Alvarez

8) DH Trumbo

9) C Joseph

trade Weiters and HArdy for James Shields

[25 Nuggets]

You can't trade Wieters until June.

:vader:

Ok forget all that then.

[Frobby]

Sure. Totally plausible that he's just talking out of his ass. I think I acknowledged that fact.

It is unusual for Buck to be as direct as he has been about Kim in recent days.

[Can_of_corn]

You can't trade Wieters until June.

And Hardy has full no trade protection due to 10/5 status.

[DrungoHazewood]

Well so far Kim and Reimold have like 8 between the two of 'em. Most of those are infield hits. Pretty sure 0 or 1 extra base hit. Meanwhile, Walker, Marte, and Rickard are all killing it. It may not matter, I'm just stating the facts.

Rickard is OPSing .646. Marte is six-for-18. Christian Walker has a .259 OBP. I suppose that's killing it.

[DrungoHazewood]

I disagree with the way you are approaching ST stats. It's more like:

Doing Things:

Rickard (hard line drives, getting on base a bit, stealing some bags)

Walker (hitting for power, driving in runs)

Marte (hitting in limited chances)

Not Doing Things:

Reimold

Kim

There's no point in even mentioning OPS or even OBP with the ridiculous sample size in question.

Are the players in the competition Doing Things in the chances they have when compared to each other? Or not? Let's not make ST competition anything more than it is.

Since I weight spring training performances at near zero I don't think I'm making too much of it. All spring observations just add a small subjective bit to a much larger body of knowledge.