Welp, are we officially worried about Sisco?

[ReclaimTheCrown]

8 hours ago, Dark Helmet said:

me·di·oc·ra·cy

ˌmēdēˈäkrəsē/

noun

1. a dominant class consisting of mediocre people, or a system in which mediocrity is rewarded.

    

   Sounds like the Orioles to me lol

Mediocre would be pretty amazing right about now....

[Going Underground]

Also worry about Trey Mancini., has one RBI on a homer since May 16th. .095 average with runners in scoring position. Jonathan Schoop ,one RBi on a homer since May 20th. Schoop fifth worst .OBP in the majors. Minimum 175 at bats.

[webbrick2010]

I don't know can a guy that has had several seasons in the minors, come to the majors and than learn how to hit/recognize a curve ball

I mean he can't even foul off a curve ball, he seems to miss them by feet.

Even pitchers with really bad curve balls get Sisco out on curve balls.

I really don't know if this can be fixed

[Camden_yardbird]

3 hours ago, Going Underground said:

Also worry about Trey Mancini., has one RBI on a homer since May 16th. .095 average with runners in scoring position. Jonathan Schoop ,one RBi on a homer since May 20th. Schoop fifth worst .OBP in the majors. Minimum 175 at bats.

I am really surprised that we haven't seen more on this.  Those two have really fallen off a cliff and it hasn't been talked about.  This is a big reason why the Orioles are the worst team in the league. 

Put it this way.  If Chris Davis didn't exist, and Mancini went in to the season as the starting first baseman, we would 've talking about how he is one of the worst first baseman in the league.  

Now it's as equally a small sample as Sisco, and I think the current woes are more likely to effect a young player.  But this matters.

[Camden_yardbird]

2 hours ago, webbrick2010 said:

I don't know can a guy that has had several seasons in the minors, come to the majors and than learn how to hit/recognize a curve ball

I mean he can't even foul off a curve ball, he seems to miss them by feet.

Even pitchers with really bad curve balls get Sisco out on curve balls.

I really don't know if this can be fixed

Hyperbole? I hope.  Recognizing and hitting a curveball is a skill, and that skill can be learned.  Maybe not by a young catcher in the middle of a season.  But he has shown an aptitude for hitting and I am confident he will pick it up.  But it's not like he's Davis and the hitting coach can be like "we are going to take you away from your other game planning and just focus on hitting for the next week."  That doesn't work for a catcher.

[Frobby]

52 minutes ago, Camden_yardbird said:

I am really surprised that we haven't seen more on this.  Those two have really fallen off a cliff and it hasn't been talked about.  This is a big reason why the Orioles are the worst team in the league. 

Put it this way.  If Chris Davis didn't exist, and Mancini went in to the season as the starting first baseman, we would 've talking about how he is one of the worst first baseman in the league.  

Now it's as equally a small sample as Sisco, and I think the current woes are more likely to effect a young player.  But this matters.

I’m still putting Mancini in the category of player in a slump from which he eventually will emerge.   It’s not as if he’s sucked all year.    He had a .787 OPS as recently as May 13.    3.5 weeks is a long time to struggle, but it happens sometimes and I think he’ll eventually figure it out.    Right now he’s pressing terribly.

[Camden_yardbird]

1 hour ago, Frobby said:

I’m still putting Mancini in the category of player in a slump from which he eventually will emerge.   It’s not as if he’s sucked all year.    He had a .787 OPS as recently as May 13.    3.5 weeks is a long time to struggle, but it happens sometimes and I think he’ll eventually figure it out.    Right now he’s pressing terribly.

I agree as is the case with Schoop.  But the Orioles roster is largely made up of this type of inconsistent and or bad players.  Very little consistency this year.