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Mark Trumbo's Struggles Symbolize Offense's Woes

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Just now, ORIOLE33 said:

I see Trumbo's the whipping boy so far this season.

Again, IMO Manny has gotten a huge pass from the fans.

At this point, nobody should be a whipping boy.     In any stretch of 20 games, various players are hot and cold.    Meanwhile, we're 13-6.     

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Trumbo will get it going, but he's not going to hit 40+ homers or hit more than .240. He had a career never to be repeated season last year. Then DD signed him for 3 years when no one else in baseball would have and that has created a real roster mess. We would have been a better team with Pedro rocking RH'ers and Mancini LH'ers as the DH.

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16 minutes ago, ORIOLE33 said:

I see Trumbo's the whipping boy so far this season.

Again, IMO Manny has gotten a huge pass from the fans.

Agreed. Manny is also struggling at the plate. And his defense is not as good as last year, so far. 

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15 minutes ago, webbrick2010 said:

Trumbo will get it going, but he's not going to hit 40+ homers or hit more than .240. He had a career never to be repeated season last year. Then DD signed him for 3 years when no one else in baseball would have and that has created a real roster mess. We would have been a better team with Pedro rocking RH'ers and Mancini LH'ers as the DH.

Who is this Pedro you speak of?  Same guy in AAA that is batting an interstate vs. AAA pitching?  Do you realize the level of bums in AAA?  Just think he's hitting against the Mike Wright's and Tyler Wilson's of world every AB.  

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Yep the Pedro Alvarez that has a ML .801 OPS in 2495 AB's as opposed to the .763 OPS in 2304 AB's posted by Mark 36 million wasted dollars Trumbo

I don't give a hoot whether Pedro is having a bad start in Norfolk, he has a long established track record and would have saved the O's 30 million dollars to provide better production than Trumbum

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10 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Who is this Pedro you speak of?  Same guy in AAA that is batting an interstate vs. AAA pitching?  Do you realize the level of bums in AAA?  Just think he's hitting against the Mike Wright's and Tyler Wilson's of world every AB.  

SSS and also I think the Tides are batting him against both LHP and RHP. He--and the Mandino--are leading the club in homers (3). Seeing as how El Toro's 2015 and 2016 seasons were very similar and he's only 30 years old, I'm pretty confident he would have provided plenty of power in a platoon, like last year. Looked OK in late ST too.

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26 minutes ago, dan-O said:

And yet tonight's game feels awfully big, does it not? A dropped series here feels like a missed opportunity against a weaker opponent. Gotta keep the division wins coming early.

No, it doesn't feel that big.   Of course, I'd like to win and keep our series streak intact.   But overall, if you'd said before the season began we'd start the year 13-7, I'd gladly have taken it.   

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1 hour ago, Natty said:

What if April is one of Trumbo's best month's, like it usually is? 

I'm willing to entertain a Trumbo salary dump trade or DFA if he's still sporting the same OPS as he is now in July.  But I find that highly unlikely.  

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