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1 minute ago, Natty said:

I guess I'm just old fashioned. A leadoff hitter should be fast. And bat higher than .215 or .221. Doesn't matter if he walks 200 times, if he's slower than cold tar, it takes a triple to score him. 

CD isn't that slow and he's a smart base runner. OBP is the most important trait for a lead off hitter. CD has been fairly good in that area. 

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Just now, El Gordo said:

CD isn't that slow and he's a smart base runner. OBP is the most important trait for a lead off hitter. CD has been fairly good in that area. 

Statcast sprint speed has the MLB average at 27 ft/s. Chris Davis came in at 25 ft/s, 6th slowest in MLB among first basemen out of 49. He's very slow.

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3 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

Statcast sprint speed has the MLB average at 27 ft/s. Chris Davis came in at 25 ft/s, 6th slowest in MLB among first basemen out of 49. He's very slow.

El Gordo is thinking back to several years ago when Davis was a bit quicker.   He’s gone from 26.2 to 25.0 in the previous 3 years.     He was probably a bit faster than that in 2012 or so.

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2 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

Statcast sprint speed has the MLB average at 27 ft/s. Chris Davis came in at 25 ft/s, 6th slowest in MLB among first basemen out of 49. He's very slow.

Chris has slowed down considerably since he has joined the O's.

I remember posting the to first times last year.

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5 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

Statcast sprint speed has the MLB average at 27 ft/s. Chris Davis came in at 25 ft/s, 6th slowest in MLB among first basemen out of 49. He's very slow.

How fast is Rickard? 

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5 minutes ago, Babypowder said:

Statcast sprint speed has the MLB average at 27 ft/s. Chris Davis came in at 25 ft/s, 6th slowest in MLB among first basemen out of 49. He's very slow.

Ha! I was just looking this up. Yeah, is that slow.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard?year=2017&position=3&team=&min=10

His OBP has also fallen off.

Up to .370 and .361 in 2013 and 2015, down to .300 and .309 in 2014 and last year respectively. Not good.

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Ha! I was just looking this up. Yeah, is that slow.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sprint_speed_leaderboard?year=2017&position=3&team=&min=10

His OBP has also fallen off.

Up to .370 and .361 in 2013 and 2015, down to .300 and .309 in 2014 and last year respectively. Not good.

This is the last year of the deal he signed right?

 

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Rasmus will play, I believe.

Sisco will likely go Sunday (day game after a night game).

I think the Davis-leadoff experiment will eventually run its course, but I don't think Buck will abandon it after one day.

So I'll say he goes with:

Davis 1B

Machado SS

Schoop 2B

Jones CF

Mancini LF

Alvarez DH

Beckham 3B

Rasmus RF

Joseph C

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