Tony-OH on Vinny & Haynie (105.7)

[OFFNY]

7 minutes ago, Greg Pappas said:

 

Thank you so much @OFFNY for transcribing @Tony-OH's appearance. That's a lot of work ........ much appreciated.

 

o

 

Thanks.

It's really not that much work ........ I put more effort into transforming the rough drafts into final drafts with the fonts that I use and the punctuation corrections that I make than I do into actually getting down the gist of what Roy and/or Tony say.

 

o

[Darkhawk]

3 minutes ago, OFFNY said:

o

 

Thanks.

It's really not that much work ........ I put more effort into transforming the rough drafts into final drafts with the fonts that I use and the punctuation corrections that I make than I do into actually getting down the gist of what Roy and/or Tony say.

 

o

You probably don't get enough credit for all the cool things you do on this board. Transcriptions, line-ups, pitching stat lines, etc. Love the Homer updates as well, would be awesome if you could add the player's OPS at the end of the game where he hit the homer, but now I'm just being greedy. But seriously, thanks for being one of the best posters. 

[wildcard]

Thanks OFFNY.  

[Tony-OH]

4 hours ago, Darkhawk said:

You probably don't get enough credit for all the cool things you do on this board. Transcriptions, line-ups, pitching stat lines, etc. Love the Homer updates as well, would be awesome if you could add the player's OPS at the end of the game where he hit the homer, but now I'm just being greedy. But seriously, thanks for being one of the best posters. 

OFFNY brings a lot to the board and we appreciate him!

[weams]

Just now, Tony-OH said:

OFFNY brings a lot to the board and we appreciate him!

Nice interview. Thanks for getting out there for us. 

[OFFNY]

o

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th

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VINNY & HAYNIE:)l What about Chance Sisco and his offensive resurgence ???

TONY PENTE:)l Yeah, there is no doubt that he has been locked in as of late, and he appears to be supremely confident at the plate. He is really seeing the strike-zone well, and laying off of some close pitches that are just missing the strike-zone. In the past, he has had trouble seeing the spin of the ball and not chasing bad pitches. He has added a little more strength to his body this season, and increased his launch angle. He has had struggles at the Major League level prior to this season, but this year he seems to be more confident at the plate ........ kind of like the guy that we saw in Minors, but with more power. Defensively he is a below-average catcher, and there is no getting around that. He doesn't frame pitches well, and that particularly becomes a problem when you have a bad home-plate umpire, as we saw last night. So the question becomes, "Where will he play if the Orioles intend to try to keep his bat in the lineup on a regular basis ???" For the reasons that I just pointed out, it will be a struggle for him to stay behind plate in anything other than back-up role. We can try to move him to DH, but we already have Nunez there. We can try to see if he can play some 1st Base, but we have a 1st-Round draft pick in Ryan Mountcastle that will presumably be playing there soon. 

 

VINNY & HAYNIE:)l Austin Hays had 5 hits in previous 3 games prior to last night, but he went 0-for-4 yesterday. His Batting Average has been hovering around .200. Why the slow start ??? And, what about his defense ???

TONY PENTE:)l Last September, he looked like a mini-Mike Trout. Now, he appears to be having timing issues. With the short season, the abbreviated Spring Training, and very little time to prepare for the season overall, every player has been a little different from one another in terms of how long it has taken them to get started. Hays has been chasing a lot, especially on pitches on the inside portion of the plate. He has made a lot of weak contact. His exit-velocity has not been up there like it was at the end of last season. That said, prior to last night's game he started to hit the ball better for a few games. Defensively, he has been much better than he was last year. He really has improved his routes to the ball out there. I'm not overly concerned about slow offensive start, for the reasons I just mentioned.

 

VINNY & HAYNIE:)l Offensively, how much better have the Orioles been as a team been through the first 16 games compared to last year ??? They are 2nd in Major Leagues in Batting Average. Can they sustain it ???

TONY PENTE:)l You would like to think that some of the guys like Ruiz, Santander, and Nunez are coming into their own. Age-wise, they are all at their peak at about 25 or 26 years-old. That said, they really are outperforming their Minor League numbers, so we really have to wait and see a larger sample size to determine whether or not they are indeed considerably improved or if this is just a small hot stretch. Also, 30 year-old Jose Iglesias, who had a career .687 OPS prior to this season, is hitting like a  #3 hitter. Unfortunately, they will likely come back do "normalization" ........ the question is, just how far will they be coming back from where they are all at now ??? 

 

VINNY & HAYNIE:)l How much longer do you expect the Orioles to continue running Chris Davis out there 4 or 5 times a week ??? He has 1 RBI, has a BA of .150, and a SLG AVG of .225.

TONY PENTE:)l I think that this is what the Orioles OVERALL have to decide, not just Hyde. I think Hyde is feeling pressure from above, and that he would not necessarily have been playing Davis as much as he has been if the decision were entirely up to him. If he keeps starting, then you have to question whether or not the goal of the organization is to win ball games this year. I that know Hyde wants to win, but the organization above him probably isn't too concerned about being able to sustaining a .500-ish season this year. I don't understand it if they are expecting something to happen with him that has not happened in almost 3 years. He put some muscle back on this season, and had a good Spring Training prior to the abrupt shut-down due to the pandemic ........ maybe that is why they were hopeful for at least a modest resurgence from him, but I think that it is clear that he is continuing the down-slide that he has been on for the last 2 and a half years. Overall, I don't think that the current core of the team that we have now (including Davis) is going to be the core that we will have in 2 or 3 years when they (the Orioles organization at-large) will be expecting to win. Maybe Davis will go to the bench soon, and they will bring up Mountcastle ........ but if they keep running Davis out there, you have to question the organization's desire to win now (in 2020.)

 

o

[section18]

Thank you for posting this interview. I missed it this time. I was a little bit surprised about the comments about Cisco behind the plate. I thought I heard the other night he ranked 8th behind the plate in pitch framing. He seems okay to me. He has less passed balls than Severino who seems to have one every game. 

[OFFNY]

13 minutes ago, section18 said:

 

Thank you for posting this interview. I missed it this time. I was a little bit surprised about the comments about Cisco behind the plate. I thought I heard the other night that he ranked 8th behind the plate in pitch-framing. He seems OK to me. He has less passed balls than Severino who seems to have one every game. 

 

o

 

Keep in mind that when I post radio interviews of Tony Pente and Roy Firestone, I am paraphrasing ...... subsequently, there may be a thing or two in my transcriptions that may be somewhat amiss.

 

o

[section18]

Okay ! Great job!

[25 Nuggets]

Regarding Sisco re: Tony's take - It seems easy to me, that Sisco can get plenty of plate appearances as a left handed C/1B/DH that gives Severino (R), Nunez (R), and eventually Mountcastle (R) and Rutschman (S) days off.  The backup catcher doesn't have to be a defensive specialist if the primary catcher is good (ie Rutschman), and even so, the Orioles can carry three C if need be.

[makoman]

FWIW Sisco has been decent at framing this year per baseballsavant, 23rd of 56 qualifiers. Severino is near the bottom. I have no idea if there is a better source for framing, nor do I know how long it takes for framing to stabilize.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing?year=2020&team=&min=q&sort=4,1

 

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, makoman said:

FWIW Sisco has been decent at framing this year per baseballsavant, 23rd of 56 qualifiers. Severino is near the bottom. I have no idea if there is a better source for framing, nor do I know how long it takes for framing to stabilize.

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing?year=2020&team=&min=q&sort=4,1

 

I don't know how you can grade framing this season with as erratic as the umps have been.  What's your baseline for what is a strike?

[makoman]

Just now, Can_of_corn said:

I don't know how you can grade framing this season with as erratic as the umps have been.  What's your baseline for what is a strike?

I almost added something about that. Does the catcher get credit when the ump just decides to start calling strikes 6 inches off? And blame when a ball is called middle of the zone? 

[Ruzious]

Yesterday looked like bad framing - but several times, it looked like the pitcher crossed him up - which looked like it cost them a couple of strikes.  That seems to be happening a lot this year - not just with the O's.  

[CarrRun49]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I don't know how you can grade framing this season with as erratic as the umps have been.  What's your baseline for what is a strike?

Letters to the knees!