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Stewart, Mullins, Mancini: Time to make some moves

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25 minutes ago, wildcard said:

April was a terrible month for the O's.  Bad weather most games,  hard schedule.   Most teams would have had trouble with that combination.  I can't fault Caleb under those conditions.   In May the weather got better, so did the schedule and so did Caleb.  

I suppose the Orioles also had bad weather and a hard schedule for the entire 2016 season.

There's been a stark difference between Joseph and Mancini offensively. Even if you only include Mancini's numbers since his knee injury, his OPS (.663) is still almost 150 points better than Joseph's was all season (.527). If Mancini is injured and needs to go on the DL, that's one thing, but I don't see the Orioles optioning him anytime soon.

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49 minutes ago, Frobby said:

You make it sound as if Mancini hasn’t been hitting for the last five weeks since he banged his knee, but that’s not true.    He had an .806 OPS in his first 19 games following his injury.   It’s only the last 11 games in which he’s slumped, though it has been a fierce slump (.420 OPS in those 11 games).    

643 OPS in his last 24 games.  That is his May stats.

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53 minutes ago, PaulFolk said:

I suppose the Orioles also had bad weather and a hard schedule for the entire 2016 season.

There's been a stark difference between Joseph and Mancini offensively. Even if you only include Mancini's numbers since his knee injury, his OPS (.663) is still almost 150 points better than Joseph's was all season (.527). If Mancini is injured and needs to go on the DL, that's one thing, but I don't see the Orioles optioning him anytime soon.

Caleb has nothing to do with Mancini being optioned.  Stewart does.   But if Stewart is injured he is not going to be called up.

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Love to hear Wildcard posts but don’t agree here.

First, if Mancini is playing through something, that’s on Buck. DL him. We aren’t winning anything. That is a completely separate issue IMO and shouldn’t be sent down. Great approach st the plate, probably needs to get healthy.

I am a HUGE Mullings fan. Went to Bowie the other night just to see him, Santander, Mountcastle. But he will have his time. Promote him to AAA and recall Stewart first if Jones or Trumbo are traded (hopefully Gentry cut at some point).

I personally think Stewart needs more time at AAA but he should be the first to be recalled after the deadline. Why do that now? There is no good reason. Season is lost.

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5 hours ago, Frobby said:

You make it sound as if Mancini hasn’t been hitting for the last five weeks since he banged his knee, but that’s not true.    He had an .806 OPS in his first 19 games following his injury.   It’s only the last 11 games in which he’s slumped, though it has been a fierce slump (.420 OPS in those 11 games).    

One double in all of May. Not good 

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8 hours ago, Going Underground said:

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.

It’s not Mancini’s fault that he can’t be our 1B or DH. 

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2 hours ago, JohnD said:

Stewart’s OBP is wayyyy too high for the Orioles.  How about a little less getting on base and more swinging for the fences?

The fun thing about Stewart is he swings really hard, he doesn't get cheated and he's got swing and miss. He just makes up for it by having excellent pitch recognition and zone judgement.

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Offhand I can't think of a single current Oriole who deserves more time to work himself out of a slump than Trey Mancini.  If the problem is Chris Davis at 1B, punishing Trey Mancini is illogical.  Perhaps someone with some clout should talk to the guy who keeps playing Chris Davis at 1B.

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