PressBox: D.J. Stewart Thinks He Could Help

[Can_of_corn]

22 minutes ago, Frobby said:

 

I like the guy, but he’s not ready.   Let him spend a year at Bowie/Norfolk and prove he’s better than the others (or some of them).

Unless we think it is going to retard his progress I'd rather see the kids than who we got out there now.

[Three Run Homer]

Alex Verdugo should be the O's next right fielder.  

[atomic]

4 hours ago, RZNJ said:

People can't wait to send Santander down. He's probably the best hitter of the whole bunch. 

His .564 OPS tells me you are right. Plus he is a poor fielder.  

[wildbillhiccup]

4 hours ago, RZNJ said:

You are wrong about the defense.  The offense is coming around.  Stewart, Hays, and Mullins are off to slow starts also, but Santander is doing it against ML pitching.  

No I'm not. I've watched Santander make enough bone head plays in the OF to know that he's a bad defensive player. Not all bad plays show up on the box score as errors. And the difference between him and Stewart, Hays, and Mullins is that their team actually wanted them. Santander is just another team's cast off. 

[sportsfan8703]

4 hours ago, Three Run Homer said:

Alex Verdugo should be the O's next right fielder.  

Alex Verdugo could only OPS .750 in Norfolk.  Look at Schoop and Mancini’s numbers there. 

[LookitsPuck]

5 hours ago, Frobby said:

A 20% strikeout rate in AAA is not terribly high.   League average in the International League is 23%.    I’d like to see Stewart’s other numbers improve, but his strikeout rate is not really an issue IMO.

It's alarming to me when he struck out 16% of the time in AA. He last struck out 20% of the time back to 2016 at A/A+.

So it worries me once he comes up to the majors. It's not quite Franchy Cordero bad, but then again DJ Stewart isn't Franchy Cordero good either. :shrug:

FWIW, it's not the only criteria I have for DJ Stewart. It's merely part of an otherwise lackluster portfolio.

[Morgan423]

7 hours ago, RZNJ said:

People can't wait to send Santander down. He's probably the best hitter of the whole bunch. 

 

7 hours ago, weams said:

He's great.

He's going to be really good, with some more seasoning.  We're asking a lot of him right now as a Rule 5 pick, but I look forward to him coming back once he's trained up some more in the minors.  

[OFFNY]

On 5/3/2018 at 9:21 AM, weams said:

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D.J. Stewart Thinks He Could Help

 

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Stewart wants to help ???

The Orioles have the worst record in the Major Leagues, so there's plenty of room (and need) for that.

 

 

BALTIMORE O RIOLES )))))))) (vs. ATHLETICS, 9/12)

Boyce Cedric Mullins - CF

Jonathan Rafael Villar Roque - 2B

Trey Mancini - DH

Adam Jones - RF

Chris Davis - 1B

Tim Beckham - SS

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART - LF

Robert Austin Wynns - C

Jace Peterson - 3B

Andrew Burton Cashner - RHP ) (4-14, 4.89 ERA)

 

 

OPPOSING PITCHER

Liam Johnson Hendriks - RHP ) (0-1, 6.32 ERA)

 

http://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

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[bobmc]

Oh remember when Liam Hendriks was one of ours and had such promise to fill in the rotation.  Like Triggs, he was not good enough, alas!  Oh well - lose some lose some.

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, bobmc said:

Oh remember when Liam Hendriks was one of ours and had such promise to fill in the rotation.  Like Triggs, he was not good enough, alas!  Oh well - lose some lose some.

Win 41 lose 103.

[Moose Milligan]

And where is Anthony Santander?!?!?!?

[OFFNY]

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Stewart's first career home run as a Major Leaguer gave the Orioles an early 1-0 lead against the Blue Jays.

 

 

(vs. BLUE JAYS, 9/19))))))))) 

 

NUMBER 1

 

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

DEMETRIUS JEROME STEWART

 

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[Legend_Of_Joey]

On 9/12/2018 at 7:44 PM, Moose Milligan said:

And where is Anthony Santander?!?!?!?

He had an infection in his leg at the end of the season. 

[eddie83]

Not that I would necessarily expect anything else but Stewart comes across as very likable. Nice post game interview, his smile never left his face. 

It is certainly much easier to root for young players looking for a chance instead of veterans on the downswing. His second at bat was a great one, about a 12 pitch at bat and rips a double. 

[eddie83]

He brought up in his interview about his struggles at Norfolk and how he was trying too hard to get up to the big leagues. Gary had asked him about his long at bat that finished with a double. He said the first half of his season he had those kind of at bats.