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D.J. Stewart 2016

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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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This is revisionist history. While some, or even many, teams may have had him as a 2nd or 3rd rounder, the consensus formed by Baseball America, had him at #28 as late as May 7, last year. There were plenty who saw him as a late first rounder, where he was taken. Whether you agreed with the pick or not, let's not act as if it "made little sense".

I think the more decision makers who saw him late in the season the more his stock fell -- and that if BA said he was a "consensus" late first rounder then that was flat out wrong. The same it was not an indefensible pick so long as you were not leaning heavily on his stats as justification.

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I think the more decision makers who saw him late in the season the more his stock fell -- and that if BA said he was a "consensus" late first rounder then that was flat out wrong. The same it was not an indefensible pick so long as you were not leaning heavily on his stats as justification.

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Stotle: hitting aside, do you think his arm can stick in LF? My friend who was a scout said maybe but wasn't super impressed.

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Explanation for what? I would assume the Orioles did not have him as a second or third rounder.

And my question is why not? You answered another poster after me that BA was wrong in their assessment. So, I guess I'm wondering what the Orioles were looking at.

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And my question is why not? You answered another poster after me that BA was wrong in their assessment. So, I guess I'm wondering what the Orioles were looking at.

All I know is that I now believe that the O's should let him be his own unique little snowflake and go back to his old stance.

Who are they to dictate to a player who works for them how to go about his business?

They should be more understanding.

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All I know is that I now believe that the O's should let him be his own unique little snowflake and go back to his old stance.

Who are they to dictate to a player who works for them how to go about his business?

They should be more understanding.

Seem to remember a pitcher with which they used the same philosophy.

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And my question is why not? You answered another poster after me that BA was wrong in their assessment. So, I guess I'm wondering what the Orioles were looking at.

All I said was if BA stated there was a "consensus" that Stewart was a late-first rounder then that was wrong. I didn't say no one in their right mind could ever consider drafting Stewart in the late-first round.

I don't know what the Orioles' process was in selecting Stewart. Ask Tony-OH or weams.

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Stotle Hangout Grand Counsel

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All I know is that I now believe that the O's should let him be his own unique little snowflake and go back to his old stance.

Who are they to dictate to a player who works for them how to go about his business?

They should be more understanding.

That's rational. I'd maybe start with "don't spend seven figures on college players you want to completely remake," but that doesn't have the same smart-assy fun to it. So I get where you're coming from...

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All I said was if BA stated there was a "consensus" that Stewart was a late-first rounder then that was wrong. I didn't say no one in their right mind could ever consider drafting Stewart in the late-first round.

I don't know what the Orioles' process was in selecting Stewart. Ask Tony-OH or weams.

You say it wasn't a consensus. Is this based on discussions with scouts from MLB organizations?

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I'm in Ocean City for a few days, so I decided to hop over and catch my first Shorebirds game. Freezing cold night, started to rain at the start but it didn't last long, and so I got to see some of Stewart. I'd only seen him one other time with Aberdeen last year after he was drafted, and while I never played the game and have little basis to judge anybody, I saw his batting stance and simply could not understand how anybody could make it successful. Tonight when I saw him he wasn't crouched AS low to the ground, but his stance still just looks odd too low to the ground. I don't see why he couldn't find a medium like a Rafael Palmeiro style stance, it certainly worked for him and was a thing of beauty to watch. He's still young, albeit not really for the SAL, but watching him tonight nothing about him stood out, and I really struggle to believe he'll make it to the big leagues at the moment, let alone make an impact.

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.313 BA, .820 OPS over the past 10 games. Overall, .230 BA, .692 OPS. Still not what you want to see from a first round college bat playing in low A, but progress in the right direction. Maybe he's making the adjustment.

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Last 10 games: 29AB, 13 walks, 8 SO, .379BA

2016: .236/.415/.319/.734

Looks like he has his batting eye back, with a good couple months they should promote the man to Frederick. Here's to hoping!

You'd like to see more power though.

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