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13 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Manny to SS, Gio at 3rd????

Well he's played fou games there for Nofolk this season and has a career .901 fld pcg in 74 games there so if there are, they are taking a big hit defensively. Not sure his bat will be that much better than Tejada to make up for the defense. Then again, Tejada hasn't been very good overall, so it might be worth a shot. 

Maybe Schoop to 3rd, Manny to SS and Gio to 2B? I'd probably just put Gio at 3B and see how it goes. 

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4 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Well he's played fou games there for Nofolk this season and has a career .901 fld pcg in 74 games there so if there are, they are taking a big hit defensively. Not sure his bat will be that much better than Tejada to make up for the defense. Then again, Tejada hasn't been very good overall, so it might be worth a shot. 

Maybe Schoop to 3rd, Manny to SS and Gio to 2B? I'd probably just put Gio at 3B and see how it goes. 

We're past the point of desperation so we need someone to come up here and give us some life. Maybe a move to SS will bring the best out in Manny. 

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7 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Well he's played fou games there for Nofolk this season and has a career .901 fld pcg in 74 games there so if there are, they are taking a big hit defensively. Not sure his bat will be that much better than Tejada to make up for the defense. Then again, Tejada hasn't been very good overall, so it might be worth a shot. 

Maybe Schoop to 3rd, Manny to SS and Gio to 2B? I'd probably just put Gio at 3B and see how it goes. 

I think Gio has a much better bat then Tejada.     But the defense will suffer.    

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My guess is he auditions for a bench role versus the winner of the Janish/Tejada decision that comes with Tillman's return, once Flaherty comes back.  

I struggle to see them move Machado to SS when he has taken a step back defending at third.  Mostly the throwing accuracy.  And there is no apparent replacement at third anyway.  

Reality is it's more deck shuffling here.  

 

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11 minutes ago, JohnD said:

My guess is he auditions for a bench role versus the winner of the Janish/Tejada decision that comes with Tillman's return, once Flaherty comes back.  

I struggle to see them move Machado to SS when he has taken a step back defending at third.  Mostly the throwing accuracy.  And there is no apparent replacement at third anyway.  

Reality is it's more deck shuffling here.  

 

Does Flaherty ever play another game as an Oriole?

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37 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Well he's played four games there for Nofolk this season and has a career .901 fld pcg in 74 games there so if there are, they are taking a big hit defensively. Not sure his bat will be that much better than Tejada to make up for the defense. Then again, Tejada hasn't been very good overall, so it might be worth a shot. 

Maybe Schoop to 3rd, Manny to SS and Gio to 2B? I'd probably just put Gio at 3B and see how it goes. 

This is exactly what I was thinking. Schoop has regressed at 2B, but has plenty of arm for 3B and it's the perfect time to try out a different alignment. Johnny G is really only considered a second baseman.

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Just now, Il BuonO said:

This is exactly what I was thinking. Schoop has regressed at 2B, but has plenty of arm for 3B and it's the perfect time to try out a different alignment. Johnny G is really only considered a second baseman.

Anyone else remember how awful Schoop was at third base before?  It wasn't the arm.  It was his hands and catching anything that was hit hard, or that he had to come in on.

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