Move Manny to SS

[wildcard]

Sometimes a change can spark a player or a team.   We are almost at the halfway point and Manny has a 718 OPS.  That is a good 150 points below where he should be.  Maybe more.  

The SS candidates:

Hardy has a 556 OPS and is on the DL

Flaherty has a 590 OPS and is on the DL.

Tejada has a 458 OPS 

Janish has a 243 OPS.

Meanwhile  two minor leaguers 3B  are:

Dosch has a 804 OPS away from Harbor Park at AAA (Remember: Mancini has a 722 OPS at Harbor Park and a 828 OPS away last year.)

Wilkerson is hitting 317/385/458/844 at AA.

I don't think that promoting one of them to play 3B will hurt the offense.

Making a change with Manny might just shake things up enough to get him playing like we know he can.

What do the O's have to lose?

 

 

 

[Beef Supreme]

Yes, do it! Get him used to playing SS immediately. Next year, so he an start the season at SS. It is where he was supposed to be and where he'll provide the most value to the Orioles.

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[Lucky_13]

I was curious as to why Dosch never got the call. Isn't he a Buck favorite?

[El Gordo]

4 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Sometimes a change can spark a player or a team.   We are almost at the halfway point and Manny has a 718 OPS.  The is a good 150 points below where he should be.  Maybe more.  

The SS candidates:

Hardy has a 556 OPS and is on the DL

Flaherty has a 590 OPS and is on the DL.

Tejada has a 458 OPS 

Janish has a 243 OPS.

Meanwhile  two minor leaguers 3B  are:

Dosch has a 804 OPS away from Harbor Park at AAA (Remember: Mancini has a 722 OPS at Harbor Park and a 828 OPS away last year.)

Wilkerson is hitting 317/385/458/844 at AA.

I don't think the promoting one of them to play 3B will hurt the offense.

Making a change with Manny might just shake things up enough to getting him playing like we know he can.

What do the O's have to lose?

 

 

 

In what world is Mancini a 3B? I'd move Manny to the bench for a while,

[wildcard]

2 minutes ago, El Gordo said:

In what world is Mancini a 3B? I'd move him to the bench for a wheile,

You missed the point completely.  Read the OP again.  I am not suggesting the Mancini play 3B.

[El Gordo]

Just now, wildcard said:

You missed the point completely.  Read the OP again.

Do I have to? It was silly enough the first time.

[wildcard]

1 minute ago, El Gordo said:

Do I have to? It was silly enough the first time.

I would ask you to understand what is written or please not post misleading information.

[El Gordo]

4 minutes ago, wildcard said:

I would ask you to understand what is written or please not post misleading information.

Ok but it's still a silly idea. Can either of these two play 3B nearly as well as Manny. I doubt they hit any better even with his poor numbers. And Manny will not be as good SS as he is a 3B.

[Tx Oriole]

17 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Sometimes a change can spark a player or a team.   We are almost at the halfway point and Manny has a 718 OPS.  That is a good 150 points below where he should be.  Maybe more.  

The SS candidates:

Hardy has a 556 OPS and is on the DL

Flaherty has a 590 OPS and is on the DL.

Tejada has a 458 OPS 

Janish has a 243 OPS.

Meanwhile  two minor leaguers 3B  are:

Dosch has a 804 OPS away from Harbor Park at AAA (Remember: Mancini has a 722 OPS at Harbor Park and a 828 OPS away last year.)

Wilkerson is hitting 317/385/458/844 at AA.

I don't think that promoting one of them to play 3B will hurt the offense.

Making a change with Manny might just shake things up enough to get him playing like we know he can.

What do the O's have to lose?

 

 

 

Sorry but I perfer to keep Manny at 3rd.

[Aristotelian]

We would be making ourselves worse defensively at both positions for maybe possibly a marginal gain at 3B. Plus 40-man move. Don't see it happening unless we get truly desperate. 

[PaulFolk]

27 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Sometimes a change can spark a player or a team.   We are almost at the halfway point and Manny has a 718 OPS.  That is a good 150 points below where he should be.  Maybe more.  

The SS candidates:

Hardy has a 556 OPS and is on the DL

Flaherty has a 590 OPS and is on the DL.

Tejada has a 458 OPS 

Janish has a 243 OPS.

Meanwhile  two minor leaguers 3B  are:

Dosch has a 804 OPS away from Harbor Park at AAA (Remember: Mancini has a 722 OPS at Harbor Park and a 828 OPS away last year.)

Wilkerson is hitting 317/385/458/844 at AA.

I don't think that promoting one of them to play 3B will hurt the offense.

Making a change with Manny might just shake things up enough to get him playing like we know he can.

What do the O's have to lose?

I don't think changing Manny's defensive position will improve his bat. And I don't see why you would shift him off the position he's played for more than 90% of his major league career when you don't have a legitimate option to replace him (with all due respect to Drew Dosch and Steve Wilkerson).

If the Orioles had a legitimate prospect ready to play 3B, or if they acquired a 3B in a trade (like Maikel Franco), then sure, move Manny to SS. But there's no point in doing it for the likes of Dosch or Wilkerson.

[wildcard]

1 minute ago, Tx Oriole said:

Sorry but I perfer to keep Manny at 3rd.

I prefer Manny to hit for a 876  OPS like last year.  How do you propose to get him there?

If Manny and Trumbo were hitting like they did  last year the O's would be scoring 5 runs a game and there would be less pressure on the pitching and defense.   I don't know what to do with Trumbo but a move of Manny might shake  things up.

[wildcard]

6 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

We would be making ourselves worse defensively at both positions for maybe possibly a marginal gain at 3B. Plus 40-man move. Don't see it happening unless we get truly desperate. 

DFA Tejada or Janish.  Both would probably make it through waivers.

[Lucky_13]

David Freese?

[El Gordo]

Just now, Lucky_13 said:

David Freese?

More offense isn't gonna help that much It almost never does.