Jump to content

Baby Birdland: Some Surprises

weams

By weams
in Orioles Talk

Recommended Posts

Luke-OH Hangout Grand Counsel

Luke-OH

Posted
Posted

I feel like a naysayer with this, but he's a bigger, less toolsy, RH Jake Ring IMO.

Ring had an interesting season BTW, he changed his swing to try and shorten it up and make it so it'd play at higher levels. Well it worked, he made more contact and was able to wait on pitches longer, leading to more walks. The downside though was huge, it killed his power production and contact quality overall. He went from a .185 ISO in a pitching friendly league/stadium to a .083 ISO in a extremely hitters friendly stadium. He also regressed defensively, so it's possible that there were some injury issues. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Frobby Hangout Grand Counsel

Frobby

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Luke-OH said:

I feel like a naysayer with this, but he's a bigger, less toolsy, RH Jake Ring IMO.

Ring had an interesting season BTW, he changed his swing to try and shorten it up and make it so it'd play at higher levels. Well it worked, he made more contact and was able to wait on pitches longer, leading to more walks. The downside though was huge, it killed his power production and contact quality overall. He went from a .185 ISO in a pitching friendly league/stadium to a .083 ISO in a extremely hitters friendly stadium. He also regressed defensively, so it's possible that there were some injury issues. 

I love Baby Birdland’s stuff, but why is an article about a marginal prospect in low A posted in the major league forum?

As to Jarrett, 136 K’s in 555 PA as a 23 year old in Low A is a red flag for me.    But hopefully he builds on his success at Frederick next year.   

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Go to topic listing

  • Who's Online   0 Members, 0 Anonymous, 297 Guests (See full list)

    • There are no registered users currently online


  • Posts

    • Baseball fandom
      2024 Week 6: Ravens vs Commanders

      By Baseball fandom · Posted

      I really hope the Ravens win this one. I hate all Washington teams and always root for them to lose but especially if they are playing Baltimore teams 
    • sportsfan8703
      Offseason Trade Pondering

      By sportsfan8703 · Posted

      I really don’t see the point of trading Mullins, or even Mountcastle for a reliever. We need Mullins definitely, especially with Santander being a FA.  What good is a reliever if you can’t get a lead?  I just don’t like trading everyday players for relievers, especially when we have a good looking pen next year pre deadline, and what reliever would Mounty/Mullins even buy. Would that reliever even be an upgrade over what we already have? At this point, I’m thinking Mounty goes for some sort of RHH COF. 
    • sportsfan8703
      Grade the Eflin Trade

      By sportsfan8703 · Posted

      We couldn’t have asked for more from the Eflin deal than what we got. 9 starts that kept the rotation afloat to even make the playoffs. Then a “good” playoff start in an elimination game where we had the luxury of going to the pen fast.  It’s always tough giving up prospects, but Eflin did exactly what we needed him to do post deadline.   
    • SilverRocket
      Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller, Fredi Gonzalez and Jose Hernandez let go

      By SilverRocket · Posted

      There should be one philosophy, and that's what the O's claimed to have. There's just a lot more work to coaching 13 hitters (plus callups) than one person can do. Going through video, coordinating with the data folks, developing a plan, all that stuff. Only so many hours in the day.
    • Drifter
      Co-hitting coach Ryan Fuller, Fredi Gonzalez and Jose Hernandez let go

      By Drifter · Posted

      I have no idea why any team would want more than 1 philosophy across the board, especially a young team. Possibly a player's demands or contract calls for his own hitting coach.. but I stand by my wish.
    • Winter
      Offseason Trade Pondering

      By Winter · Posted

      At cost considerations there is 2 players i'd rather have listed in that article over Crochet, Helsley leading that. Also Mountcastle to the Reds for a SP makes a lot of sense also. 
    • Just Regular
      Would you say that the Tigers rebuild is more successful than the O's?

      By Just Regular · Posted

      Guilty. I'm working to be intentional to enjoy the day to day of a lot of exciting careers beginning, and not miss the moment as during say Peyton Manning's career in a different chapter of life when assured 14-2 or 13-3 seasons were four months of boredom while you waited to see what the playoff stumble would be this time.    SIGBOT's stuff works in the regular season same as Billy Beane's didn't in the playoffs. I don't follow Over/Unders, but would guess the 2025 Orioles are 1st or 2nd in the AL on early action.    My informal AL power rankings end of 2024: 1. A nonexistent Orioles team with a functional Adley Rutschman 2. Yankees with Soto 3. Tie between actual Orioles with broken Adley and end stage Astros that lost several series to hot Central teams 4. Yankees without Soto 5. Central I'm cheating Cleveland there for a joke, and hope they win, which they are plenty capable of doing.    It is an interesting matchup for the stuff the two teams are good at being very different.

  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...