Where I think the O's roster is right now

[interloper]

2 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Santander  is in the competition for left field and Stewart better pick it up.

Agree. Stewart is starting to play himself into AAA. He swung through some meatballs yesterday that I felt he should have done some damage on. 

[Luke-OH]

3 hours ago, sportsfan8703 said:

RK	Player	Team	Pos	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Diaz, Y	BAL	RF	11	27	3	11	3	0	1	6	0	4	0	1	.407	.407	.630	1.037
2	Mullins, C	BAL	CF	7	23	3	4	2	0	1	2	2	3	2	0	.174	.240	.391	.631
2	Stewart, D	BAL	RF	11	23	3	5	4	0	0	2	2	8	1	0	.217	.280	.391	.671
4	Bostick, C	BAL	2B	12	22	3	4	2	0	0	1	0	7	0	0	.182	.182	.273	.455
4	Mountcastle, R	BAL	3B	13	22	6	5	1	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	.227	.320	.273	.593
6	Hays, A	BAL	RF	7	21	4	6	0	1	2	3	1	4	0	0	.286	.318	.667	.985
6	Jackson, D	BAL	SS	13	21	3	7	1	0	0	2	2	5	0	1	.333	.375	.381	.756
6	Rickard, J	BAL	CF	8	21	4	7	2	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	.333	.391	.524	.915
6	Ruiz, R	BAL	3B	9	21	5	7	2	0	1	5	4	5	1	0	.333	.423	.571	.995
6	Wilkerson, S	BAL	2B	10	21	2	4	0	0	1	6	0	8	1	1	.190	.240	.333	.573
11	Martin, R	BAL	SS	8	20	7	9	2	1	0	4	2	3	2	0	.450	.500	.650	1.150
11	Santander, A	BAL	LF	11	20	5	9	4	0	2	6	1	6	0	0	.450	.500	.950	1.450
13	Nunez, R	BAL	3B	7	19	2	4	0	0	1	5	0	5	0	0	.211	.200	.368	.568
14	Villar, J	BAL	2B	7	18	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	6	1	0	.111	.200	.167	.367
15	Young Jr., E	BAL	LF	8	17	4	5	1	0	1	2	4	5	1	0	.294	.455	.529	.984
16	Escobar, A	BAL	SS	7	16	5	5	1	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	.313	.421	.375	.796
16	Peterson, J	BAL	2B	9	16	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	1	.375	.500	.375	.875
18	Reinheimer, J	BAL	SS	10	15	1	6	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	.400	.400	.667	1.067
19	Perez, C	BAL	C	6	14	1	4	2	0	1	5	0	2	1	0	.286	.286	.643	.929
20	Davis, C	BAL	1B	5	12	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	0	.083	.214	.333	.548
20	Sisco, C	BAL	C	6	12	6	5	0	0	4	9	4	3	0	0	.417	.588	1.417	2.005
22	Susac, A	BAL	C	7	10	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	.300	.462	.700	1.162
22	Yastrzemski, M	BAL	LF	7	10	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	.100	.100	.400	.500
24	Vincej, Z	BAL	SS	7	9	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444
25	Wynns, A	BAL	C	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	.125	.385	.125	.510
26	Mancini, T	BAL	LF	4	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	.286	.444	.286	.730

Diaz: 0% BB, 14.8% K 

Mullins: 8% BB, 12% K

Stewart: 8% BB, 32% K

Bostick: 0% BB, 31.8% K

Mountcastle: 12% BB, 24% K

Hays: 4.5% BB, 18.2% K

Jackson: 8.7% BB, 21.7% K

Rickard: 8.7% BB, 17.4% K

Ruiz: 16% BB, 20% K

Wilkerson: 0% BB, 38.1% K

Martin: 9.1% BB, 13.6% K

Santander: 4.8% BB, 28.6% K

Nunez: 0% BB, 26.3% K

Villar: 10% BB, 30% K

Young Jr: 19% BB, 23.8% K

Escobar: 15.8% BB, 0% K

Peterson: 15.8% BB, 10.5% K

Reinheimer: 0% BB, 6.7% K

Perez: 0% BB, 14.3% K

Davis: 14.3% BB, 50% K

Sisco: 25% BB, 18.8% K

K rate begins to stabilize at 60 PA, BB rate at 120 PA. So none of these numbers mean too much right now, but they reflect true talent in a much smaller sample than overall triple slash. 

[wildcard]

Ramirez moves to the bottom of the rotation competition behind Hess, Yacabonis, Rogers, Wright and Means in no particular order.

[Natty]

Does Mullins get the CF spot even if we have other outfielders batting twice what he is come opening day?

[Aglets]

1 minute ago, Natty said:

Does Mullins get the CF spot even if we have other outfielders batting twice what he is come opening day?

Probably.  And I'm perfectly ok with that.

[Natty]

3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Probably.  And I'm perfectly ok with that.

Well he did bat .235 last year.We need hitters, with our pitching staff, we are going to need lots of runs...

[LookinUp]

2 minutes ago, Natty said:

Well he did bat .235 last year.We need hitters, with our pitching staff, we are going to need lots of runs...

Really? I may be not paying close enough attention, but I feel like defense is the focus, to help the pitchers. I could be wrong. I feel like they'll take .220 with plus defense.

[Luke-OH]

 

9 minutes ago, Natty said:

Does Mullins get the CF spot even if we have other outfielders batting twice what he is come opening day?

1 hour ago, Luke-OH said:

Mullins: 8% BB, 12% K

That's how he's hitting so far, which is good, the rest doesn't really matter, even that isn't reliable in this small of a sample. 

[Aglets]

3 minutes ago, Natty said:

Well he did bat .235 last year.We need hitters, with our pitching staff, we are going to need lots of runs...

If your primary goal is to win games to try and make the playoffs...........this logic makes more sense.

Thankfully the O's brass know that we are not 'going for it' right now.

Mullins had a .780 OPS in the minors. 

This year is about evaluating guys to see what we have.  Is Mullins a future 'nugget?'  Maybe, maybe not.  We need to find out.  And we have to play him to do that.

[Aristotelian]

24 minutes ago, wildcard said:

Ramirez moves to the bottom of the rotation competition behind Hess, Yacabonis, Rogers, Wright and Means in no particular order.

 

11 minutes ago, Natty said:

Does Mullins get the CF spot even if we have other outfielders batting twice what he is come opening day?

 

2 hours ago, wildcard said:

Santander  is in the competition for left field and Stewart better pick it up.

Come on, guys. Trust the track record, follow the plan. Unless a guy is hurt or there is an explanation, these guys have to have the freedom to fail, especially in the spring.

[Natty]

9 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

Really? I may be not paying close enough attention, but I feel like defense is the focus, to help the pitchers. I could be wrong. I feel like they'll take .220 with plus defense.

How is Rickard's CF compared to Mullins? Seriously...

[eddie83]

4 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

 

 

Come on, guys. Trust the track record, follow the plan. Unless a guy is hurt or there is an explanation, these guys have to have the freedom to fail, especially in the spring.

I agree with you in general but for bubble candidates without a track record or a good one.... spring does matter this year. 

No reason Mullins should not be playing. 

[BohKnowsBmore]

19 minutes ago, Natty said:

Does Mullins get the CF spot even if we have other outfielders batting twice what he is come opening day?

 

12 minutes ago, Natty said:

Well he did bat .235 last year.We need hitters, with our pitching staff, we are going to need lots of runs...

Austin Hays, who appears to be one of the guys to whom you are referring, slashed .235/.266/.410/.676 between A and AA last year, but people are dumping on Mullins OPS'ing .671 in the majors last year (vs. an .818 in the minors).

Diaz OPS'd .732 at Bowie.

I don't think those players are bad by any stretch, but those numbers should be mentioned if we're going to dump on Mullins's 2018 and prop up these guys based on 20-something Spring Training plate appearances...

[Luke-OH]

1 minute ago, Natty said:

How is Rickard's CF compared to Mullins? Seriously...

Mullins>Hays>Rickard regarding CF defense IMO. 

[eddie83]

2 hours ago, interloper said:

Agree. Stewart is starting to play himself into AAA. He swung through some meatballs yesterday that I felt he should have done some damage on. 

If Stewart doesn’t get a good look this year then I don’t know when he ever will. 

I just don’t see the harm of playing him a ton first couple months of the season.