Haynie on 105.7, has been beating the Luis Robert drum for months on the O’s pre game show. So I think that’s why people like the idea of Robert. Robert also is always hurt.
We need a bat. Probably a RH bat to DH in the playoffs versus a LH SP. That bat is Mayo. It’s just hard to get Mayo up before September when we get the extra roster spot.
Holliday went 1 for 2 with 3 walks on Friday night.
2024: .444 OBP, .911 OPS
MiLB Career: .447 OBP, .931 OPS
His OBP is EXACTLY what this O's team needs, would fill a key offensive weakness at 2nd base, help grind opposing pitching, and magnify the power up and down the lineup. It's all dependent on his ability to throw and play 2B at a passable level.
If Holliday starts to hit at the ML level, the question of who bats leadoff is over for the foreseeable future and we can go back to complaining about 1 slumping hitter or backup catcher at the bottom of the lineup.
This. We literally have no lineup holes right now, and Mayo, Norby, Jax lurk. Any trade discussion should center around the four most essential and crucial elements to O's success for the balance of the regular season and playoffs:
1. pitching
2. pitching
3. pitching
4. damn, forgot the 4th one.
oh yeah, its pitching.
I wouldn’t either but the word here is that he’s going back to rotation . Suarez supposedly the one to be moved to bullpen . I think they should wait and see if Irvin can rebound . If Irvin can’t match Suarez’s work, then he should be moved to bullpen
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