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Correct me if I'm wrong, but do you think they should have a higher winning percentage over the course of the season than .650? -
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By interloper · Posted
No such luck. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS Adley Rutschman (S) DH Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B Anthony Santander (S) RF Jordan Westburg (R) 3B Jorge Mateo (R) 2B Cedric Mullins (L) CF James McCann (R) C Colton Cowser (L) LF -
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By Matt Bennett · Posted
I’ve never really understood this line of argument. Runs are runs and wins are wins. “Runs scored” minus “runs allowed” determines whether you win the game. It doesn’t really matter to me how we get to a positive formula result, only that it’s positive. The Orioles need to get better because their opponents are outscoring them 35-40% of the time. There is no ceiling to the amount of runs you can score. 65% is not the maximum proportion of games you’re allowed to win. Whoever contributes more “positivity” to that golden formula of runs scored minus runs allowed is the better player and should play. Since the Holliday demotion, there is lots of playing time going towards Ramon Urias in this 2B/3B slot. Perhaps you think Ramon Urias is the better player than the alternative but I reject the idea that the worse player is somehow a better fit for the roster because of the players around them. I was surprised when both Holliday and Kjerstad were promoted. The former because I was shocked at the speed in which Elias promoted a draftee out of high school through the system. The latter because I struggled to see where Kjerstad would get at-bats from with O’Hearn, Cowser, Santander, and Mountcastle here. But there is an opening at 2B/3B as long as Ramon Urias is playing below replacement level ball. The 2024 Orioles are not a team that should be trotting out a below replacement level player. Holliday’s pathetic stint in the majors should not deter the next man up mentality. We are not stuck with the current 13 man position player roster because Holliday struggled. The only question is whether Norby/Mayo is a better player than Urias in 2024. Urias is helping answer that question everyday his OPS remains below or anywhere near .500. They are not Holliday. Henderson and Westburg did well immediately. Maybe they would too. -
By Moose Milligan · Posted
I can't remember who was doing the color commentary that game, ( I think it was McDonald) who said that the hardest ball an outfielder will have to catch is the one hit directly at them on a line. Anyone who grew up playing baseball and played the outfield knows this is true. I'm not sure how catch probability works this into the equation because I don't think it can. I'm not making excuses for McKenna, he should have caught it...especially if he's considered a defensive replacement. But I also don't believe that catch probability was 85%. -
Right, I think this gets lost. Kids in the MiL know the strike zone and it will be consistent. See thousands of pitches over the course of a few seasons with a strike zone that is consistent, then come up to the ML where a ball 6 inches off the plate is a strike as much as it's a ball. The ML umps calling balls/strikes can't be replaced fast enough.
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By Bemorewins · Posted
I wish more people/posters/fans would acknowledge this. The jump in competition in 2024 from AAA to the Majors is probably bigger than it's been in a long long time.
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