Sisco is playing himself off the 25-man in today's game (Gamethreadish)

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Sisco made a perfect throw to 2B to nab a Yankee stealing tonight.   Got rid of it quickly, too.

Generally, I think he is very still behind the plate and frames the pitches nicely.

Not a banner day AT the plate for him but he had Gregorious by a good 3-4 feet.

[Aglets]

33%   Caught stealing so far this year.........that's pretty good right?  heh

[Il BuonO]

11 hours ago, Frobby said:

Sisco made a perfect throw to 2B to nab a Yankee stealing tonight.   Got rid of it quickly, too.

Generally, I think he is very still behind the plate and frames the pitches nicely.

Yes, this. The throw was impressive though, liked his footwork, got rid of it quickly and accurately.

[Frobby]

10 minutes ago, Il BuonO said:

Yes, this. The throw was impressive though, liked his footwork, got rid of it quickly and accurately.

He also threw a guy out in the Astros series, though the umpire ruled batter’s interference on the play so it didn’t count as a CS.

[Tony-OH]

So far this year, the only issue I've had with him behind the plate is some of his game calling. He's actually thrown the ball pretty well overall. 

[interloper]

Pretty nice game behind the plate last night, but very over-anxious AT the plate. Once he settles in and relaxes, he'll hit.

[Aristotelian]

Unfortunately, after a hot spring he is looking lost at the plate all of a sudden. Swinging at everything and not a lot of contact. 

He has had a couple of good throws but also some crazy bouncers. 

[Can_of_corn]

58 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

Unfortunately, after a hot spring he is looking lost at the plate all of a sudden. Swinging at everything and not a lot of contact. 

He has had a couple of good throws but also some crazy bouncers. 

Not uncommon to see Tanaka do that to a rookie.

[glenn__davis]

Yeah, so far he's started games against Berrios, Verlander and Tanaka.  Not exactly a walk in the park to start off the season!

[panick]

1 hour ago, Tony-OH said:

So far this year, the only issue I've had with him behind the plate is some of his game calling. He's actually thrown the ball pretty well overall. 

Is he really calling for certain pitches?

I've seen the O's catchers looking to the dugout before they give the pitch sign, even when Wieters was there.

I would expect the bench to help a rookie call the game.

I've always wondered why the catchers keep looking to the dugout.

[TheWall]

2 minutes ago, panick said:

Is he really calling for certain pitches?

I've seen the O's catchers looking to the dugout before they give the pitch sign, even when Wieters was there.

I would expect the bench to help a rookie call the game.

I've always wondered why the catchers keep looking to the dugout.

I heard Buck mention that he thought he called a good game, but I don't think anyone knows how much assistance our catchers are getting from the bench. Either way, I love that he looks at least passable out there. Yesterdays throw was great -- and if he keeps improving he really could be special. 

[El Gordo]

If I recall Wieters was called up for his bat less than defensive skill. As he worked on his D his bat suffered. I wouldn't be surprised to see that with Sisco. Catcher is a lot of work off field as well as on.

[Tony-OH]

57 minutes ago, panick said:

Is he really calling for certain pitches?

I've seen the O's catchers looking to the dugout before they give the pitch sign, even when Wieters was there.

I would expect the bench to help a rookie call the game.

I've always wondered why the catchers keep looking to the dugout.

Catchers look to the dugout for pickoff and pitch out signs, not pitch calls. The Orioles have always said their catchers call their own games. I don't think Sisco has been awful, but there have been a few times I've scratched my head like the five straight fastballs he called by Cortes against Marisnick.

[Hank Scorpio]

Sisco has looked pretty bad at the plate thus far.... K’ing in 50% of his AB’s. 

SSS disclaimer: it’s 17 at bats.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

Sisco has looked pretty bad at the plate thus far.... K’ing in 50% of his AB’s. 

SSS disclaimer: it’s 17 at bats.

Exactly.

Obviously Tanaka was a bad match-up for him at his current state of development.

On the other hand the defense hasn't been that much of a concern.