Stewart, Mullins, Mancini: Time to make some moves

[wildcard]

Stewart and Mullins pushed me over the edge last night.  I had been saying wait on promotions but their performance  has won me over.  Make the moves now.  Stewart to the O's playing left field.   Mullins to AAA playing center.  Mancini either to the DL or to AAA.

Stewart hit a double and a homer last night driving in the only 3 runs that the Tides would get in their 3-2 win.  That moved his OBP to 363 and his OPS to 814.    Even more impressive is the left-handed batter's splits.  They're almost equal versus lefties and righties.    OBP vs lefties 375,  vs righties 357.   OPS versus  lefties 810, versus righties 816.   Time to promote him to the O's.

Mullins also had a big night going 3 for 4.      His splits are 308/357/497/854.   And he too is  doing it vs lefties   306/325/538/863 and vs righties 306/365/486/851.      Time to see if he can do that at AAA.

Mancini is having a terrible May.    209/295/348/643.   That is not the Mancini we all know and love.  He has not been the same since he slid into the wall on April 20th and hurt his knee.  I don't know it he needs a DL stay or just to be sent down for 10 days to find his swing but its time for a break.   He has options.

Corn has been telling me that Stewart was ready for a promotion.  Its time to agree with him.

 

[mdbdotcom]

I agree with you, which could be a first.

[Frobby]

I don’t see Mancini being sent to the minors based on one bad month.   Whether he should be on the DL is another story.   

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16 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I don’t see Mancini being sent to the minors based on one bad month.   Whether he should be on the DL is another story.   

It's 10 days either way.

[Can_of_corn]

19 minutes ago, Frobby said:

I don’t see Mancini being sent to the minors based on one bad month.   Whether he should be on the DL is another story.   

The O's don't send position players down all that often.  Schoop for instance never got sent down when he was struggling.

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7 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The O's don't send position players down all that often.  Schoop for instance never got sent down when he was struggling.

The O's never had anyone that could replace Schoop's production offensively and defensively.   Stewart is knocking on the door really hard now. He probably can do better than  Mancini has done for the last month.  Promote Stewart and in 10 days when Mancini is ready to return relook at look who is producing and who is not.

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9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

The O's don't send position players down all that often.  Schoop for instance never got sent down when he was struggling.

They just sent down Caleb Joseph.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, wildcard said:

They just sent down Caleb Joseph.

I noticed that.

And I am sure you noticed that I said "all that often".

 

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1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

The O's don't send position players down all that often.  Schoop for instance never got sent down when he was struggling.

Mancini isn't a position player unless you consider a DH a position.   I would bring both Mullins and Stewart up.   Let's see what we have. 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

Mancini would have to get a lot worse to be sent to Norfolk.  Buck won’t even bench Davis 2 to 3 times a week.

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7 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Mancini would have to get a lot worse to be sent to Norfolk.  Buck won’t even bench Davis 2 to 3 times a week.

The option makes a big difference.  The option makes the move temporary and allows the O's to keep the player and bring him back up after 10 day if he improves.

As far as Davis goes, he needed to change his hitting approach to go to left field more.  He looks he is doing that in the last few games.  We will see were that take him.

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11 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Mancini would have to get a lot worse to be sent to Norfolk.  Buck won’t even bench Davis 2 to 3 times a week.

He is worse than replacement level.   I don't think he is a major league quality player.   

[mdbdotcom]

Just now, Roy Firestone said:

No way do I send down Mancini. He's still hitting the ball hard, but its on the ground and he did hit a HR this week . Let him work himself out of it. His knee his fine, Don't mess with him. I would move Gentry or Rickard before I moved Mancini.

I would move Mancini to 1B or DH and add Mullins and Stewart to the outfield. I don't care what happens with Davis, Trumbo, Valencia or Alvarez to make those changes happen. Those players are all history as far as winning baseball in Baltimore goes. It's time to think and act for the future.

[Going Underground]

12 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

No way do I send down Mancini. He's still hitting the ball hard, but its on the ground and he did hit a HR this week . Let him work himself out of it. His knee his fine, Don't mess with him. I would move Gentry or Rickard before I moved Mancini.

Mancini is a decent player but not an outfielder. Since the wall injury,pitchers have been busting him inside and having trouble on low and away.. He has not driven the ball to the outfield but.a few times.At first as I have said ,he is a younger version of CJ Cron.Maybe  a little better OBP but less power.

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9 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

No way do I send down Mancini. He's still hitting the ball hard, but its on the ground and he did hit a HR this week . Let him work himself out of it. His knee his fine, Don't mess with him. I would move Gentry or Rickard before I moved Mancini.

And you know Mancini's knee is fine how?    

May numbers:   Rickard OPS 793,  Mancini 643.   That a 150 point difference.

There is another point to not sending Rickard down or DFAing Gentry.  They both have range.  Stewart is ready for a promotion and an outfield of Mancini, Jones and Stewart does not have enough range.  The team needs better defense;  A poor hitting Mancini for Stewart looks like a good short term move.   See where it goes.

When Mullins and/or Hays are ready they can provide the range to move Gentry or Rickard.